Wyoming § 23-3-309 Intentional feeding of elk; penalty

Wyoming Statutes

§ 23-3-309 — Intentional feeding of elk; penalty

Wyoming § 23-3-309

Title 23Game and Fish

Ch. 3GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Art. 3WILDLIFE PROVISIONS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 23-3-309 (2026).

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(a)No person shall intentionally attract or feed any elk by depositing, placing, distributing or scattering feed that results in commingling with livestock.

(b)Nothing in this section shall prohibit:

(i)Any normal or accepted agricultural management practice;

(ii)Any elk feeding program authorized or conducted by the department;

(iii)Any legal form of baiting elk as authorized by commission rule and regulation;

(iv)Any feeding of elk for the purpose of reducing the opportunity for contact with livestock when undertaken with prior notice to the department;

(v)Any feeding of elk outside a brucellosis surveillance area designated pursuant to Wyoming livestock board rules and regulations.

(c)A first violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S.

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(a) No person shall intentionally attract or feed any elk
by depositing, placing, distributing or scattering feed that
results in commingling with livestock.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit:
(i) Any normal or accepted agricultural management
practice;
(ii) Any elk feeding program authorized or conducted
by the department;
(iii) Any legal form of baiting elk as authorized by
commission rule and regulation;
(iv) Any feeding of elk for the purpose of reducing
the opportunity for contact with livestock when undertaken with
prior notice to the department;
(v) Any feeding of elk outside a brucellosis
surveillance area designated pursuant to Wyoming livestock board
rules and regulations.
(c) A first violation of this section constitutes a low
misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v). A
second or subsequent violation of this section constitutes a
high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).