§ 23-3-106 — Wyoming game and Wyoming interstate game tags; when required

Wyoming § 23-3-106

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 23: Game and Fish
• Ch. 3: GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS
• Art. 1: BIRD AND ANIMAL PROVISIONS

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section
and W.S. 23-2-302(e), no person shall ship, transport, or
receive for shipment or transportation within Wyoming, any game
animal, game bird, or any part thereof, unless tagged with a
Wyoming game tag or Wyoming interstate game tag, or unless:
(i) The transportation is by a person accompanying
the carcass of a big or trophy game animal who is in possession
of a proper coupon;
(ii) The transportation is by a properly licensed
bird or small game hunter in possession of not more than his
daily bag or possession limit; or
(iii) The transportation is by a person possessing
authorization pursuant to W.S. 23-3-310.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section
and W.S. 23-2-302(e), no big or trophy game animal, or any part
thereof, shall be shipped or transported from the state unless
accompanied by the licensee who harvested the animal, in
possession of a proper coupon, or unless:
(i) The amount does not exceed twenty-five (25)
pounds and is properly tagged with a Wyoming interstate game
tag. Only twenty-five (25) pounds from any one (1) big or trophy
game animal may be exported from the state except as otherwise
provided;
(ii) The part to be exported from the state is of a
nonedible trophy or hidelike nature and properly tagged with a
Wyoming interstate game tag;
(iii) The big or trophy game animal was legally
harvested by a nonresident and is tagged with a Wyoming
interstate tag.
(c) Tag selling agents may tag meat from any number of big
game animals if the person lawfully accompanying the animals
signs an affidavit that each animal was lawfully taken.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 156, § 2.
(e) Violation of this section constitutes a low
misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(f) Shipment or receipt from a meat processing plant to
another meat processing plant of any edible portions of big game
animals or game birds are exempt from the requirements of
subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Meat processing plants
shipping any game animal, game bird or any part thereof to the
licensee who harvested the animal are exempt from the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section when the
shipment is accompanied by the proper coupon.