CHEYENNE – You can locate your hunting partner’s game, field dress it, pack it out and even help eat it. But according to Wyoming law, you can’t shoot it.

                Party hunting – the tradition of hunters shooting their partners’ game to fill all licenses in camp – is legal in some states, but in Wyoming it can land offenders a fine of up to $500 and forfeiture of the animal and several years hunting privileges.

                “A Wyoming hunting license gives the purchaser, and the purchaser alone, the privilege to hunt and take game in Wyoming,” said Mike Choma, Wyoming Game and Fish Department enforcement coordinator. “Anyone other than the license holder who harvests game with that license will be in violation of Wyoming wildlife laws.”

                Choma urges all hunters to completely read their regulations before going afield. Hunters are encouraged to contact their local game warden or G&F office if they have any questions about regulations or laws.