ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED

BILL NO. 0050

ENROLLED ACT NO. 16, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to game and fish; prohibiting the baiting
of big game animals for purposes of hunting as specified;
exempting normal agricultural management practices;
defining terms; imposing penalties; and providing for an
effective date.

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

Section 1.  W.S. 23-3-304(c) and by creating new
subsections (d) through (f) is amended to read:

23-3-304. Certain trapping devices unlawful; game for
bait prohibited; baiting big game animals prohibited;
penalties.

(c) Violation of subsections (a) and (b) of this
section constitutes a 3rd degree misdemeanor.

(d) No person shall place any bait for the purpose of
taking a big game animal nor shall any person knowingly
take a big game animal by the use of any bait that has been
deposited, placed, distributed or scattered in a manner to
constitute a lure, attraction or enticement to, on or over
the area where any hunter is taking big game animals.
Nothing in this subsection shall:

(i) Apply to normal or accepted agricultural
management practices;

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(ii)  Prohibit taking big game animals over
stored and standing crops, salt, mineral or other feed
scattered solely as a result of normal and accepted
agricultural practices;

(iii) Apply to the placement, distribution,
depositing or scattering of bait, as approved by the game
and fish commission, for the taking of big game animals by
any legally blind person or person confined to a
wheelchair.

(e) As used in subsection (d) of this section, "bait"
means the direct or indirect placing, exposing, depositing,
distributing or scattering of salt, hay, grain, fruit, nuts
or chemical, mineral or other feed as an attraction or
enticement for big game animals, regardless of the kind and
quantity. A chemical used as an attractant or mask rather
than for consumption shall not be considered "bait".

(f) A violation of subsection (d) of the section
constitutes a 5th degree misdemeanor.

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Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

(END)

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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