Collection of antler or horns by residents and nonresidents.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify which big game animals are included in the collection rules.

Rules for Collecting Antlers and Horns

This law requires the Game and Fish Commission to set seasons for collecting antlers and horns on designated state or public lands, with residents starting seven days earlier than nonresidents.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to establish rules for the collection of shed big game animal antlers and horns on designated state or public lands west of certain interstates.
• Specifies that any season to collect antlers and horns shall begin seven days earlier for residents than for nonresidents.

Who It Names or Affects

• Residents of Wyoming
• Non-residents visiting Wyoming

Terms To Know

Game and Fish Commission

The group that makes rules about hunting, fishing, and wildlife in Wyoming.

Designated state or public lands

Specific areas of land owned by the government where people can collect antlers and horns according to set seasons.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to designated state or public lands west of certain interstates.
• It does not specify which big game animals are included in the collection rules.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0295
Bill No.:

HB0123

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0295

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0077

Chapter No.:

145

Prime Sponsor:

Berger

Catch Title:

Collection of antler or horns by residents and nonresidents.

Subject:

Requires the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to institute seasons for the collection of antlers and horns on state and public lands.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act requires the Game and Fish Commission to establish seasons for the collection of shed big game animal antlers and horns on designated state or public lands.

Any season to collect antlers and horns will start seven (7) days earlier for residents than for nonresidents.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

23LSO-0295

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0123

ENROLLED ACT NO. 77,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

AN ACT relating to game and fish; requiring the game and fish commission to promulgate rules to establish seasons for the collection of antlers and horns; specifying the start of horn and antler collection seasons for residents and nonresidents; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 23
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302(a)(xxxi) is amended to read:

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302.

Powers and duties.

(a)

The commission is directed and empowered:

(xxxi)

To regulate and control the collection of shed antlers and horns of big game animals for the purpose of minimizing the harassment or disturbance of big game populations on public lands west of Interstate 90 from the Wyoming
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Montana state line to Buffalo and west of Interstate 25 from Buffalo to the Wyoming
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Colorado state line any time during the year, subject to the provisions for bighorn sheep horns in W.S. 23
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. Pursuant to this paragraph, the commission shall establish by rule seasons for the collection of big game animal shed antlers and horns on designated state or public lands. Any season to collect big game animal antlers and horns shall begin for residents seven (7) days before the start of the season for nonresidents
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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