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Btw, the type 6 only opens in August if you're hunting private land in certain counties, otherwise it opens to rifle in mid October like types 1 and 4.

Wyoming Game and Fish:

Good morning,
Thank you for your interest in hunting in Wyoming.
Question #1 is……..do HMA’s and Walk-In areas count as ‘private land’ starting August 15th (given those private areas are open during that timeframe).
HMA's and Walk in areas can contain private and public land. You will need review the map to verify if the section you are in is private or public. If the section is private you can use a private land only tag on it . For example the map below is Pinto Creek which is in area 7. The yellow squares are BLM and the blue squares are Wyoming State land,; both are public land and cannot be hunted during the private land timeframe. However if you have a permission slip for the correct dates the beige squares are private land and can be hunted if you have an access permit.

In zone 7…..a type 6 license can archery hunt Sept.1-30 on public….and rifle hunt ‘private land’ (HMA’s and walk-in’s) during that same time?
That is correct, you can rifle hunt in Platte county or Private land in Albany or Converse counties beginning August 15th. You can Archery hunt the entire area September 1-30 with a special archery permit.