23-3-106. Transportation of big or trophy game animal.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section and W.S. 23-2-302(e), no person shall ship, transport, or receive for shipment or transportation within Wyoming, any game animal, game bird, or any part thereof, unless tagged with a Wyoming game tag or Wyoming interstate game tag, or unless:

(i) The transportation is by a person accompanying the carcass of a big or trophy game animal who is in possession of a proper coupon; or

(ii) The transportation is by a properly licensed bird or small game hunter in possession of not more than his daily bag or possession limit.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section and W.S. 23-2-302(e), no big or trophy game animal, or any part thereof, shall be shipped or transported from the state unless accompanied by the licensee who harvested the animal, in possession of a proper coupon, or unless:

(i) The amount does not exceed twenty-five (25) pounds and is properly tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag. Only twenty-five (25) pounds from any one (1) big or trophy game animal may be exported from the state except as otherwise provided;

(ii) The part to be exported from the state is of a nonedible trophy or hidelike nature and properly tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag;

(iii) The big or trophy game animal was legally harvested by a nonresident and is tagged with a Wyoming interstate tag.

(c) Tag selling agents may tag meat from any number of big game animals if the person lawfully accompanying the animals signs an affidavit that each animal was lawfully taken.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 156, § 2.

(e) Violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).

(f) Shipment or receipt from a meat processing plant to another meat processing plant of any edible portions of big game animals or game birds are exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Meat processing plants shipping any game animal, game bird or any part thereof to the licensee who harvested the animal are exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section when the shipment is accompanied by the proper coupon.