In order to be licensed as a shooting preserve operator, the operator must own or lease a minimum of one hundred contiguous acres, including water areas. The preserve is restricted to not more than one thousand, five hundred contiguous acres. Proof of ownership or leasehold interest and accurate maps or plats identifying the proposed area must accompany all applications. Shooting preserves may be approved by the department to release pen-raised turkeys but those preserves are restricted to not less than ten thousand contiguous acres owned by the operator. Shooting preserves approved by the department to release pen-raised turkeys must apply for a permit annually and pay a fee of ten thousand dollars in lieu of the fees required by Section 50-11-1220. Nonresident big game permits are not required on those specially licensed shooting preserves.