Wyoming Hunting

Wyoming

Pronghorn Capital of the World, high-desert mule deer, Rocky Mountain elk, and bighorn sheep.

State Field Guide

Small Game & Upland Hunting in Wyoming

Official Regulatory Authority

Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD)

Small Game Regs & Permits
Greater Sage-Grouse
Sagebrush Heartland

Greater Sage-Grouse

Wyoming is the stronghold of the greater sage-grouse, holding the largest population in the world across the Red Desert and Bighorn Basin.

Chukar & Hungarian Partridge
Canyon Rim Chukars

Chukar & Hungarian Partridge

Rugged badlands and rocky river canyons in the Bighorn and Wind River basins offer outstanding wild chukar and Hun hunting.

Ring-necked Pheasant
Agricultural Basin Walk-Ins

Ring-necked Pheasant

Goshen County, the Bighorn Basin, and Sheridan area provide pheasant hunting on Walk-In Areas and state wildlife habitat units.

Mountain Cottontail & Snowshoe Hare
Desert & Alpine Hares

Mountain Cottontail & Snowshoe Hare

Plentiful across sage-steppe, rimrock crevices, and mountain forests with a 10-rabbit daily limit.