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BIG GAME REGULATIONS
BIG G A M E R E G U L A T IO N S

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BIG GAME REGULATIONS Big Game and Turkey Seasons (pages 36-42)
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The regulations on this page apply to all
Legal Means of Taking fully open. Arrow rifles are only to be used Shooting Hours
during open rifle seasons and are not permitted One-half hour before official sunrise to one-half
Archery during archery or muzzleloader seasons. hour after official sunset.
This includes Deer Archery, Elk Archery, Antelope • Suppressors (Silencers): Hunters are allowed to
Archery & Bear Archery seasons. use legally acquired and possessed suppressors Tracking With Dogs
on both private and public lands.
• Illegal devices: Fully automatic firearms, laser Hunters are allowed the use of a leashed dog to
• Bow: Any compound bow of 30 pounds or more
draw weight; any recurve, longbow or self-bow sights (unless certified 100% disabled or legally help locate downed game after notifying a game
of 40 pounds or more draw weight. Hand-held blind) thermal tracking devices, and light warden (message, email or call) with location and
releases are legal. Devices that permit a bow enhancement devices (including nightscopes) time. No person may have a means of take on their
to be held mechanically at full or partial draw from sunset to sunrise. person while tracking with dogs.
are allowed. Muzzleloader
• Broadheads: Arrows and/or bolts must be More Than One Method
fitted with hunting type points not less than This includes Deer Muzzleloader, Elk Muzzleloader of Take in the Field
7/8 inches wide, including mechanical broad- & Bear Muzzleloader seasons.
heads meeting this width requirement when Hunters are allowed to carry both archery
fully open. Muzzleloading Rifles/Pistols: .40 cali- equipment and a muzzleloader during the
• Crossbows: Minimum of 100 pounds draw ber or larger, firing a single ball/bullet. muzzleloader season provided they have the
weight and equipped with safety devices. Bolts appropriate licenses and follow other muzzleloader
must be a minimum of 14 inches in length. Muzzleloading Shotgun: 20 Gauge or season regulations. Hunters are allowed to carry
Leverage gaining devices are legal. larger, firing a single slug. both archery equipment and legal firearms during
• Firearms Restrictions: Unless otherwise any modern gun season, provided they have the
provided by state law, no person may carry or appropriate licenses and follow other regulations
use any firearm in conjunction with archery to participate in those seasons.
equipment during any archery season. Hunters • Unless otherwise provided by state law, no
are allowed to carry both archery equipment person shall carry or use any modern firearm Carcass Disposal
and a muzzleloader during the muzzleloader in conjunction with any legal muzzleloading No person may dump the carcass of any dead
season provided they have the appropriate firearm during any muzzleloader season. animal in any well, spring, pond, or stream of
licenses and follow other muzzleloader season • Archery: Equipment described as legal in the water or leave it within 1/4 mile of any occupied
regulations. Hunters also are allowed to carry archery section. dwelling or public highway without burying the
both archery equipment and legal firearms • Illegal devices: Blackpowder firearms loaded carcass in an appropriate manner where it is not
during any modern gun season, again provided from the breech, laser sights (unless certified likely to become exposed through erosion of the
they have the appropriate licenses and follow 100% disabled or legally blind), thermal tracking soil or where such land is subject to overflow.
other regulations to participate in those seasons. devices, and all light enhancement devices Anyone transporting deer and/or elk carcasses
• Illegal Devices: Laser sights (unless certified (including nightscopes) from sunset to sunrise. or parts must abide by the regulations in each state
100% disabled or legally blind), thermal tracking in which they travel through.
devices, and light enhancement devices Public Lands
(including nightscopes) from sunset to sunrise. Seasons on public lands may vary from Importation of Cervid
Gun statewide seasons. Consult public hunting lands Carcasses or Carcass Parts
This includes Youth Deer Gun, Deer Gun, Youth special regulations on page 55. No person shall import, transport, or possess
Elk Gun, Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun, Elk Gun & any cervid carcass or part of a cervid carcass
Antelope Gun seasons.
• Rifles: Centerfire rifles firing at least a 55-grain
weight soft-nosed or hollow-point bullet. HUNTER ORANGE
There is no restriction on magazine capacity
regardless of caliber. (DAYLIGHT FLUORESCENT ORANGE)
• Shotguns: Any centerfire shotgun firing a
single slug, are legal. Hunter orange requirements apply to hunters hunting either public or private property.
• Handguns: Any centerfire handgun firing a All hunters participating in any antelope, bear, deer or elk season using a firearm (muzzle-
single bullet with at least a 55-grain weight. loader or gun) must wear both a head covering and an outer garment above the waistline,
Minimum barrel length is four inches. both totaling at least 400 square inches of hunter orange that are clearly visible while in
• Archery: Equipment described as legal in the the field. Camouflage hunter orange is legal as long as there are at least 400 square inches
archery section. of hunter orange.
• Muzzleloaders: Equipment as described as Antelope, bear, deer or elk hunters using archery equipment during any antelope, bear,
legal in the muzzleloader section. deer or elk firearms (muzzleloader or gun) season in any open hunting area (zone, county,
• Arrow rifles: A device that fires an arrow or bolt or area), this includes public lands closed to the firearm(s) season(s), must conspicuously
solely by the use of unignited compressed gas as wear either a head covering or an outer garment above the waistline consisting of hunter
the propellant. Legal arrow rifles will maintain a orange. Camouflage hunter orange is legal.
minimum of 2000psi and have a visible pressure
gauge to prove proper pressure. Legal arrows All other hunters, including trappers, except those hunting waterfowl, crow, crane or dove,
and bolts for deer shall be a minimum of 18 or while hunting furbearing animals at night, must wear either a head covering or upper
garment of hunter orange clothing while hunting during any antelope, bear, deer or elk
inches in length with fletching for stability and firearms (muzzleloader or gun) season in any open hunting area (zone, county or area), this
fitted with a broadhead hunting type point not includes public lands closed to the firearm(s) season(s). Camouflage hunter orange is legal.
less than 7/8 inches wide, including mechanical
broadheads meeting these dimensions when
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