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Leashed dogs for tracking-black bear, the official text

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ENROLLED ACT NO. 22, SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to game and fish; allowing a person to use a leashed blood-trailing dog to track and recover a killed or wounded black bear; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1. W.S. 23‑3‑109(d)(intro) is amended to read:

23‑3‑109. Use of dogs; dogs injuring big or trophy game animals may be killed; citation of owners of dogs harassing game animals; penalties; leashed dogs for tracking.

(d) A person may use one (1) leashed blood‑trailing dog to track a wounded or killed big game animal or black bear within seventy‑two (72) hours of shooting the animal. A person using a dog in this manner:

Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2026.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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