(a)Any person may, in the discretion of the department
upon application and the payment of the proper fee, receive a
license to trap any furbearing animal. The department shall
issue a trapping license to a nonresident only if his state
issues licenses to Wyoming residents to trap the same species
for which residents of that state may be licensed to trap in
that state. Any nonresident applying for a Wyoming trapping
license shall furnish:
(i)A notarized affidavit stating the applicant's
legal address including his state of residence; and
(ii)A copy of the most current statutes or rules and
regulations of the applicant's state of residence which show
that the state issues nonresident trapping licenses which
authorize Wyoming residents to trap the same species for which
residents of that
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(a) Any person may, in the discretion of the department
upon application and the payment of the proper fee, receive a
license to trap any furbearing animal. The department shall
issue a trapping license to a nonresident only if his state
issues licenses to Wyoming residents to trap the same species
for which residents of that state may be licensed to trap in
that state. Any nonresident applying for a Wyoming trapping
license shall furnish:
(i) A notarized affidavit stating the applicant's
legal address including his state of residence; and
(ii) A copy of the most current statutes or rules and
regulations of the applicant's state of residence which show
that the state issues nonresident trapping licenses which
authorize Wyoming residents to trap the same species for which
residents of that state may be licensed to trap in that state.
(b) At the time of application for a trapping license, the
department shall determine:
(i) The area in the district where the trapper may
take furbearing animals;
(ii) Allowable harvests of furbearing animals within
designated areas which may be taken in a given time.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 156, § 2.
(d) The commission, following consultation with other
affected entities, may promulgate rules and regulations
establishing specifications for snares, breakaway weights,
location of breakaway devices, loop size and anchors for
trapping and snaring of furbearing and predatory animals. All
traps and snares used for furbearing or predatory animals shall
be permanently marked or tagged with the name and address of the
owner or the identification number assigned to the owner by the
department. Any identification number attached to a trap or
snare pursuant to this subsection is solely for the use of the
department or appropriate law enforcement officers and is not a
public record for purposes of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205.
No trap or snare shall be set for furbearing or predatory
animals within thirty (30) feet of any exposed bait or carcass
over five (5) pounds in weight. As used in this subsection,
"exposed bait or carcass" means the meat or viscera of any part
of a mammal, bird or fish, excluding dried bones. All snares
used for taking furbearing or predatory animals shall be
equipped with a break-away device. Unless otherwise specified in
this subsection, all steel-jawed leghold traps shall be checked
by the owner at least once during each seventy-two (72) hour
period unless extensions are granted by the department. All
snares and quick kill body grip traps shall be checked by the
owner not less than once each week unless extensions are granted
by the department. All wildlife caught in any trap or snare
shall upon discovery, be removed immediately by the owner.
Violation of this subsection constitutes a low misdemeanor
punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(e) After the date gray wolves are removed from the list
of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or
threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S. 23-1-108 the
commission may enact rules and regulations setting forth the
specifications for traps and snares used for the taking of gray
wolves and the time period for checking such traps and snares.
Except as otherwise provided by commission rule, the provisions
in this section regulating the trapping of furbearing and
predatory animals shall apply to the trapping of gray wolves.
(f) Any trap or snare found in the field not bearing the
name and address of the owner of the trap or snare or the
identification number assigned by the department to the owner of
the trap or snare may be confiscated by any employee of the
department. Any landowner or his agent may inspect any trap or
snare set on his property, may remove the trap or snare and may
release or remove from the trap or snare any wildlife which has
not been taken lawfully. The landowner or his agent shall
notify the department of any such wildlife, excluding predatory
animals, as soon as practicably possible after removing the
wildlife from a trap or snare.
(g) A violation of this subsection constitutes a low
misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall
intentionally:
(i) Tamper with or remove a trap or snare set and
maintained in compliance with this act; or
(ii) Release or remove a furbearer or predator from a
trap or snare set and maintained in compliance with this act.