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Wyoming 2020 Registration Changes for New Black Bear Bait Sites - Registration Now Open
Submitted by: TBC Press
Posted on: 04/15/20
News # 13487
Applications close at 5 p.m. MDT on April 17, and rankings will be posted on the Game and Fish website at 8 a.m. MDT on April 20.
Licenses can be purchased anytime online at https://wgfapps.wyo.gov/elso/ELSOWelcome2.aspx or at a license selling agent. Black bear hunting licenses purchased online will be mailed within 10 days.
For hunters who do not have internet access, please contact your local regional office.
- Casper Regional Office - (307) 473-3400
- Cody Regional Office - (307) 527-7125
- Green River Regional Office - (307) 875-3223
- Jackson Regional Office - (307) 733-2321
- Lander Regional Office - (307) 332-2688
- Laramie Regional Office - (307) 745-4046
- Pinedale Regional Office - (307) 367-4353
- Sheridan Regional Office - (307) 672-7418
RANKING APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply:
- Visit the Game and Fish Hunting webpage at: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/hunting.
- Applicants will need to know their 2020 black bear hunting license number or outfitter license number and designate a single Game and Fish region on their First Primary bait site location. These license numbers will also grant applicants access to the bear bait site map on the website so they can get bait site location legal description (Township, Range, Section). If you do not have your black bear hunting license number, call your local regional office.
- Applicants can register up to two primary bait sites; one must be in the single region designated under step number #2. Up to six alternate bait sites locations may also be submitted and can be in multiple regions. Applicants can only submit one application.
- Regardless of the number of bait site registration locations submitted, each non-outfitter applicant can have no more than two registered bait sites statewide.
RULES FOR BAIT SITES
No bear bait may be placed on state, federal or Game and Fish lands without first registering the bait site with Game and Fish. See Section 6 of the Black Bear Hunting Seasons regulation for areas closed to baiting. Each bear hunter is allowed two bait sites; however, hunters may only have one bait per section, as illustrated on U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management maps. Bear baits cannot be placed more than seven days prior to opening day and must be removed seven days after the last day of the spring or fall black bear hunting season.
For more information see; https://wgfd.wyo.gov/News/Registration-process-changes-for-new-black-bear-ba
COVID-19
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and continue to enjoy outdoor activities during this pandemic, ALL outdoorsmen (man, woman, child) must follow the guidelines (set by nps.gov) to help control the spread of COVID-19. These guidelines include; social distancing, the Leave No Trace principles, including pack-in and pack-out, to keep outdoor spaces safe and healthy.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently announced the emergency process to register new black bear bait sites for 2020. New sites will now be registered through an online application process.
These changes to the registration process creates a priority ranking that will be used to allocate open bait sites while minimizing contact between people.
Game and Fish will begin accepting bear bait registration ranking applications at 8 a.m. MDT on April 15 on the Game and Fish website at https://wgfd.wyo.gov/hunting. Black bear hunters must have already purchased a 2020 black bear license in order to register a bait site.
