Wyoming 2026 Hunting Regulations: What Changed
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Wyoming's 2026 regulation changes are worth paying attention to if you hunt across the border — or if you're one of those guys who's been stacking points for years waiting on a moose or goat tag.
"For the 2026 season the license split for moose, bighorn sheep, bison, and mountain goat is set at 90% resident / 10% nonresident."
The bighorn split was already at 90/10 — that wasn't new. What changed is they draped that same framework over moose, bison, and mountain goat all at once. If you're a nonresident who's been banking points on a Wyoming moose tag, your math just got harder.
"SF0051 amends W.S. 23-1-302(h) to allow resident landowners to qualify for up to two hunting licenses per eligible species each calendar year."
One tag to two tags per species is a real shift for landowners — and the article flags a transferability component that isn't fully spelled out in the available sources yet. That detail matters a lot depending on whether you lease ground or know someone who owns it. Read the enrolled bill text before you assume anything about how those tags can move.
"One bill potentially caps how many landowner licenses flow into limited quota areas. The other lets landowners claim more licenses per species. How the Commission applies both in practice will be worth watching when season proposals are finalized."
SF0025 and SF0051 are pulling in opposite directions, and the Commission is going to have to reconcile them on the ground. If you guide on private ground in a limited quota unit, you're not going to know what you're actually working with until the Commission publishes those limits — and that's not a comfortable place to be when clients are asking what they can book.
Anyone here been building Wyoming points on moose or goat? Curious where nonresidents stand at this point and whether the 90/10 change actually moves the needle on expected draw odds or if those tags were already effectively out of reach.
Read the full article in The Handbook → | By The Boise Gun Club Team
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