WYOMING –
UPDATE (June 1): Black bear hunters are alerted that Black Bear Hunt Area 12, Pine Mountain, closed at 1pm on Friday, June 1.
Hunt area 12 has a female mortality limit of one female in the spring and one female in the fall. Black bear hunting seasons close when the female mortality quota is reached, or on the closing day, whichever comes first.
Black bear hunters are alerted that the spring black bear season in Hunt Areas 1 and 2 closed at 4:30pm on Thursday May 31. The closed areas are located in the northern Bighorn Mountains.
The black bear hunting season closes for each hunt area or group of hunt areas in the black bear management unit when the female mortality limit has been reached or, on June 15, whichever comes first. The female limits are used to ensure that over harvest of female bears does not occur.
Bear hunters should call the Black Bear Mortality Limit Hotline before going hunting to determine which hunt areas are open for hunting black bear. It is the hunter’s responsibility to confirm that the black bear hunt area he or she intends to hunt is open. Hunters should check the black bear regulations for specific hunt area boundaries. The black bear mortality limit hotline is: 1-800-264-1280.
Information on hunt area closures and quotas is updated on a daily basis. Any harvested black bear must be reported to a game warden, wildlife biologist, or Game and Fish Regional office within 72 hours.
