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Wyo. Stat. § 23-3-305 (2026)

Hunting from highway; entering or traveling

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through private property without permission; penalty; hunting at
night without permission prohibited.

     (a) No person shall hunt, shoot, or attempt to kill any
wildlife from any public road or highway.
     (b) No person shall enter upon, travel through or return
across the private property of any person to take wildlife,
hunt, fish, collect antlers or horns, or trap without the
permission of the owner or person in charge of the property.
Violation of this subsection constitutes a low misdemeanor
punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v). For purposes of
this subsection "travel through or return across" requires
physically touching or driving on the surface of the private
property.

     (c) No person shall fire any firearm from, upon, along, or
across any public road or highway.

     (d) No person knowingly shall fire any rifle from the
enclosed lands of one person onto or across the enclosed lands
of another without the permission of both persons.

     (e) No person shall hunt at night upon privately owned or
leased lands except with written permission of the landowner or
lessee.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2003–2023 · leading case: Heilig v. Wyoming Game & Fish Comm'n, 2003 WY 27 (Wyo. 2003).
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Heilig v. Wyoming Game & Fish Comm'n, 2003 WY 27 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 7× “Heilig in the Big Horn County Circuit Court alleging he failed to obtain landowner consent to hunt in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 23-3-305 (b) (LexisNex-is 2001).”
Gray v. North Dakota Game & Fish Dept., 2005 ND 204 (N.D. 2005). · cites it 4× “I [¶ 2] On April 16, 2004, Gray, a North Dakota resident, was convicted by a Wyoming circuit court jury of trespass to hunt in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 23-3-305 (b) (2005). While hunting in Wyoming, Gray had driven his truck across private property posted with "No…”
Lyle L. Williams v. State of Wyoming ex rel., Univ. of Wyoming Bd. of Trs., 2019 WY 90 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 2× “Heilig was prosecuted in circuit court under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 23-3-305 (b), which criminalizes hunting on private property without permission, because he had allegedly been “hunting an unauthorized species under the program rules.”
Iron Bar Holdings LLC v. Cape (D. Wyo. 2023). · cites it 3× “Wyo. Stat. § 23-3-305(b) (bold added) (to become effective July 1, 2023).”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Michael, 196 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (D. Wyo. 2016). “Anglers, due to a lack of skill in reading maps or GPS units, may think they are on public land but soon find they are not when a rancher confronts them in a field.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 23-3-305(b) — 3 cases
Heilig v. Wyoming Game & Fish Comm'n, 2003 WY 27 (Wyo. 2003). “Heilig in the Big Horn County Circuit Court alleging he failed to obtain landowner consent to hunt in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 23-3-305 (b) (LexisNex-is 2001).”
Iron Bar Holdings LLC v. Cape (D. Wyo. 2023). “Wyo. Stat. § 23-3-305(b) (bold added) (to become effective July 1, 2023).”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Michael, 196 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (D. Wyo. 2016). “Anglers, due to a lack of skill in reading maps or GPS units, may think they are on public land but soon find they are not when a rancher confronts them in a field.”
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