Wyo. Code R. 040-0001-44
Effective Date: 12/26/1997 to 06/15/1998
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 040.0001.44.12261997
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Section 1. Authority. This regulation is promulgated by authority of W.S. §23-1-302, §23-1-703, §23-1-705, §23-2-101, §23-2-102, §23-2-107, §23-2-108, §23-2-109, §23-2-201, §23-2-306, §23-2-307 and §23-3-403.
Section 2. Regulation and Effective Date. The Commission authorizes the Department through the authority of the Chief Fiscal Officer to issue licenses, permits, stamps and tags and to develop and maintain policies, processes and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission hereby adopts the following regulation governing the issuance of licenses. This regulation shall become effective January 1, 1998 and shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by the Commission.
Section 3. Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, definitions contained shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) 'Area Wild Turkey Licenses' mean wild turkey licenses that are unlimited in number; these licenses are valid only in a specific hunt area, for the sex of turkey indicated in the wild turkey hunting regulations and during a specified time period.
(b) 'Commissioner Complimentary License' means a license issued at cost at the request of a commissioner.
(c) 'Completed Application' means all required portions of the application, except Social Security number, have been properly completed with correct applicant information and desired valid hunting license specifications.
(d) 'Dependent Child' means an individual less than 18 years of age who is domiciled with parents or legal guardian.
(e) 'Document' means an instrument on which information has been recorded by means of letters, figures, or marks and which may be used as evidence.
(f) 'Documentary Evidence' means evidence furnished by written instruments, inscriptions, and/or documents of all kinds.
(g) 'Domicile' means an individual's principal place of residence.
(h) 'General Licenses' mean big or trophy game licenses valid in any hunt area in which licenses have not been totally limited in number. General licenses shall be valid only under species, sex, age class, and harvest limitations that are in effect for each hunt area.
(i) 'Governor Complimentary License' means a license issued for no fee at the request of the Governor.
(j) 'Headquarters' means the Cheyenne Office of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department located at 5400 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82006.
(k) 'Issue-After Licenses' mean licenses that are limited in number and that were not issued in the regular and leftover drawings; these licenses shall be issued on an as processed basis.
(l) 'Landowner' means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company or combination of these which either owns real property in fee simple or is acquiring equitable interest by written contract.
(m) 'Landowner Applicant' means an individual who either owns real property solely or jointly with other individuals or who holds an interest in a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company which owns real property or is a member of the 'immediate family' of the individual.
(n) 'Landowner Applicant's Immediate Family' means the landowner applicant's spouse, parents, grandparents, or lineal descendants and their spouses.
(o) 'Leftover Drawing' means a computer processed random drawing to issue licenses remaining after the regular drawings.
(p) 'Leftover Licenses' mean limited quota and nonresident regional general deer licenses issued in the leftover drawing.
(q) 'License' means a document issued by the Department, through the authority of the Commission, to a qualified individual that grants certain privileges in accordance with statutory or regulatory provisions.
(r) 'License Authorization' means a document approved by the Governor or member of the Commission that empowers the Department to issue a Governor complimentary or Commissioner complimentary license in the name of the applicant designated on the document.
(s) 'License Issuance Review Board' means a board authorized by the Commission consisting of the Director, Chief Fiscal Officer, and Chief Game Warden, or in their absence, the deputy directors or assistant division chiefs, to review complaints brought by individuals regarding the issues surrounding their applications and/or licenses.
(t) 'Limited Quota Licenses' mean licenses limited in number and valid only in a specified hunt area(s) or portion(s) of a hunt area, for a specified sex, age class or species of big game, trophy game, or wild turkey during specified season dates.
(u) 'Party' means a group of individuals who apply together for hunting licenses for the same species, area and type, and who have expectations of receiving the same treatment in processing of their applications and receiving the same drawing results. For purposes of this regulation, a Party does not include anyone else regardless of whether or not they may accompany the party of hunters during the hunt.
(v) 'Party Application' means a group of applications in which all applicants specify the same species, hunt area and type in the same order of preference, and all applicants expect the same processing and draw results.
(w) 'Permit' means a document which grants additional privileges to an individual who possesses the proper license(s) to carry out activities not authorized by the license itself.
(x) 'Proper Application Form' means the current year's form prescribed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department or a photocopy of the form. These forms shall be the only forms accepted by the Department.
(y) 'Proper Fee' means cash or a negotiable instrument as set forth by W.S. §34.1-3-104 which results in payment in full to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in U.S. dollars in the amount specified by law and/or regulation, for the respective license, stamp, tag, permit or certificate.
(z) 'Qualified Person' means an individual who meets the statutory and regulatory requirements to apply for or receive a license. A person shall not be qualified if their privilege to apply for or receive a license has been revoked, suspended, or restricted by a court in Wyoming or has been revoked or suspended in Wyoming through the Wildlife Violator Compact.
(aa) 'Quota' means the maximum specified number of licenses to be issued for a given area and species as provided by Commission regulation; in the case of nonresident elk hunt area quotas, the maximum number of specified licenses to be issued by hunt area as provided in writing by the Wildlife Division to the Fiscal Division.
(bb) 'Region General Deer Licenses' mean general nonresident deer licenses that shall be limited in number and valid for a specified group of hunt areas in accordance with Commission regulations. A license issued for a region shall only be valid in hunt areas within the region where limitations in Commission regulations specify general licenses. A license issued for a region shall not be valid in any hunt area within that region in which licenses are totally limited in quota, unless specified by Commission regulations.
(cc) 'Regular Drawings' mean computer processed random drawings held for initial offering of resident and nonresident licenses and permits.
(dd) 'Special Nonresident Elk, Deer or Antelope Licenses' mean those licenses having a fee greater than that of a regular nonresident elk, deer or antelope license as defined in Wyoming statute.
(ee) 'Sportsperson Identification Number' means the unique number assigned by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to each individual license applicant on the Game and Fish Fiscal Division Customer database.
(ff) 'Transfer' means to convey a license privilege from one individual to another.
(gg) 'Youth License' means a big game license that may be issued to a resident or nonresident individual who is at least 11 years of age and who has not attained 18 years of age. The license shall not be valid until the license holder reaches his/her 12th birthday. For all other species requiring a license to take means a license that may be issued to a resident or nonresident individual who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age.
(hh) 'Wyoming Driver's License' means a valid driver's license issued by the State of Wyoming Department of Revenue.
Section 4. Method of License Issuance and Accounting. The Fiscal Division shall maintain inventory control and account for the issuance and sale of all licenses, permits, stamps and tags issued under the authority of the Commission. All licenses, permits, and tags shall be issued on the basis of completed proper application forms. Applications may be in the form of a separate document or may be incorporated into and considered as part of the license document.
(a) Licenses issued over-the-counter. All licenses, permits, stamps and tags that are not limited in number shall be issued by the Department through designated Department personnel and facilities and/or designated license selling agents.
(b) Licenses issued through competitive drawings. Except as provided in this chapter, all licenses and permits that are limited in number shall be issued through competitive drawings conducted by the Fiscal Division License Draw Section. Entry into the drawing for a limited quota license or permit shall be upon submission of a completed proper application form.
(c) Commercial license issuance. All commercial licenses shall be issued by the Fiscal Division License Sales and Accounting Section at Headquarters and/or by designated Department personnel and/or at facilities in accordance with statutory and regulatory provisions and requirements.
(d) Licenses issued after competitive drawings. Issue-after licenses shall be issued in the order of the day that the proper application form was received by the Fiscal Division License Draw Section; the order received shall be evidenced by the date stamp affixed by the License Draw Section.
(e) Depredation license issuance. Depredation licenses may be issued at designated Department locations when additional harvest is needed as determined by the Wildlife Division.
(a) In circumstances where the demand for a particular type of license exceeds the supply, a competitive drawing shall be utilized when feasible to determine successful applicants.
(b) The Department shall only issue licenses in excess of established quotas in the following circumstances:
(c) To establish the number of leftover licenses and/or permits, the Department may continue alternately running the unsuccessful applicants of each resident and nonresident drawing until there are no unissued licenses and/or permits for which there are unsuccessful applications.
(d) Big Game Licenses. No individual shall apply for or receive more than one license for each big game species during any one calendar year, except as otherwise provided in Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regulation.
(i) Antelope. Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota antelope licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawing. The order of the resident antelope drawings depicted in this section shall be Resident Landowner Licenses, then Resident Regular Licenses.
(A) Statutes provide for up to eighty (80) licenses to be available for a one-shot antelope hunt. These licenses shall be issued above quotas established for the hunt area(s) and shall be allocated to residents and nonresidents as designated by the Wildlife Division.
(B) The order of the nonresident antelope drawings set forth in this section, shall be Nonresident Landowner Licenses, Nonresident Special Licenses, then Nonresident Regular Licenses. The allocation of remaining licenses after the landowner drawing shall be 30% to the Nonresident Special Drawing and 70% to the Nonresident Regular Drawing.
(C) Antelope licenses that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be offered to residents and nonresidents in a competitive “leftover” drawing. Eighty percent (80%) of the antelope licenses remaining after the regular drawing shall initially be offered to residents in the “leftover” drawings. The “leftover” drawing application period will be determined on an annual basis and published in the respective current Hunter Information Booklet. Antelope licenses remaining after the “leftover” drawing will be administratively distributed for sale as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(D) Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota doe/fawn antelope licenses shall initially be offered to residents in a competitive drawing. An applicant shall only apply for and receive one (1) doe/fawn antelope license in the competitive drawing. Any doe/fawn antelope licenses remaining unsold following the drawing shall be made available on August 15 at designated Game and Fish Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agencies throughout the state. No doe/fawn antelope licenses shall be sold between the drawing and August 15 to allow time for shipment of the licenses to designated Game and Fish Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agencies. The price of doe/fawn antelope licenses shall be twenty dollars ($20) for residents, fourteen dollars ($14) for resident youth, eighty dollars ($80) for nonresidents and fifty dollars ($50) for nonresident youth.
(ii) Bighorn Sheep. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total available limited quota bighorn sheep licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawings. The order of the resident and nonresident bighorn sheep drawing shall allow individual applicants with the highest number of preference points to be given a drawing advantage for the total number of available licenses to be issued; then the applicants with the next highest number of preference points shall be selected, and so forth, until the quota has been filled.
(iii) Deer. Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota deer licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawing. The order of the resident deer drawings depicted in this section shall be Resident Landowner Licenses, then Resident Regular Licenses.
(A) The Commission shall annually establish the nonresident region general deer license quotas in addition to license quotas for limited quota hunt areas. Nonresident region general deer license quotas shall not include hunt area limited quota licenses issued to nonresidents.
(B) Statutes provide for up to seventy-five (75) nonresident special deer licenses to be available for a national bow hunt. This quota shall be deducted from the nonresident special deer quota for Region J.
(C) Statutes provide for up to twenty-five (25) licenses which may be issued for a gunpowder or buck-skin hunt. These licenses shall be issued above quotas and allocated to residents and nonresidents as designated by the Wildlife Division.
(D) The order of the nonresident deer drawings depicted in this section, shall be Nonresident Landowner Licenses, Nonresident Special Licenses, then Nonresident Regular Licenses. The allocation of remaining licenses after the nonresident landowner drawing shall be 20% to the Nonresident Special Drawing and 80% to the Nonresident Regular Drawing.
(E) Nonresident Region General deer licenses that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be offered to nonresidents in a competitive “leftover” drawing. One-hundred percent (100%) of the Nonresident Region General deer licenses remaining after the regular drawing shall be offered to nonresidents in the “leftover” drawing. Limited quota deer licenses that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be offered to residents and nonresidents in a competitive “leftover” drawing. Eighty percent (80%) of the limited quota deer licenses remaining after the regular drawing shall initially be offered to residents in the “leftover” drawing. The “leftover” drawing application period will be determined on an annual basis and published in the respective current Hunter Information Booklet. Deer licenses remaining after the “leftover” drawing will be administratively distributed for sale as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(F) Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota doe/fawn deer licenses shall initially be offered to residents in a competitive drawing. An applicant shall only apply for and receive one (1) doe/fawn deer license in the competitive drawing. Any doe/fawn deer licenses remaining unsold following the drawing shall be made available on August 15 at designated Game and Fish Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agencies throughout the state. No doe/fawn deer licenses shall be sold between the drawing and August 15 to allow time for shipment of the licenses to designated Game and Fish Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agencies. The price of doe/fawn deer licenses shall be twenty dollars ($20) for residents, fourteen dollars ($14) for resident youth, eighty ($80) for nonresidents and fifty dollars ($50) for nonresident youth.
(G) Resident general deer licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agencies. Resident General deer licenses may also be applied for and issued through the application procedure.
(iv) Elk. A total license limit of 7,250 nonresident elk licenses shall be made available to nonresident applicants in the initial competitive drawing each year. Cow/calf elk licenses, leftover limited quota elk licenses from the competitive drawings and issue-after limited quota elk licenses depicted in this chapter may be made available to nonresidents in addition to the limit of 7,250. Sixteen percent (16%) of the total available limited quota elk licenses shall initially be offered to nonresidents in the drawing. The order of the nonresident elk drawings depicted in this section, shall be Nonresident Landowner Licenses, Nonresident Special Licenses, then Nonresident Regular Licenses. Following the Nonresident Landowner Drawing, licenses available in the drawing from the initial 7,250 limit shall be allocated as follows: 40% to the Nonresident Special Drawing and 60% to the Nonresident Regular Drawing. If the 7,250 license quota is not issued in the initial nonresident drawings, the Department may achieve the 7,250 license quota by issuing general elk licenses. Remaining licenses in limited quota areas resulting from this procedure shall be made available in the resident elk drawing.
(A) Following the nonresident elk drawing, quotas for resident limited quota elk licenses shall be adjusted according to the elk quotas established by Commission regulation. In those cases for hunt areas or license types that did not exist for the nonresident elk drawing but which were later approved by Commission regulation, one hundred percent (100%) of the total available limited quota elk licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawing. For the license types that have increased from the initial total available quota established for the nonresident elk drawing, one hundred percent (100%) of the increased quota shall initially be offered to residents regardless of the quota already issued in the nonresident elk drawing. For the license types that have decreased from the initial total available quota established for the nonresident elk drawing, one hundred percent (100%) of the remaining quota shall initially be offered to residents regardless of the quota already issued in the nonresident elk drawing. In all cases, any licenses remaining from the nonresident elk drawing shall be offered to residents in the drawing. The order of the resident elk drawings depicted in this section shall be Resident Landowner Licenses, then Resident Regular Licenses.
(B) Elk licenses that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be offered to residents and nonresidents in a competitive 'leftover' drawing. Eighty-four percent (84%) of the limited quota elk licenses remaining after the regular drawing shall initially be offered to residents in the 'leftover' drawing. The 'leftover' drawing application period will be determined on an annual basis and published in the respective current Hunter Information Booklet. Elk licenses remaining after the 'leftover' drawing will be administratively distributed for sale as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(C) Eighty-four percent (84%) of each year's total available limited quota cow/calf licenses shall be initially offered to residents in competitive drawings. An applicant shall only apply for and receive one (1) cow/calf elk license in the competitive drawing. Cow/calf elk licenses remaining unsold following the drawings shall be made available on August 15 at designated Game and Fish Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents throughout the state. No cow/calf license shall be sold between the drawing and August 15 to allow time for shipment of the licenses to designated Game and Fish Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agencies.
(D) Resident general elk licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agencies. General elk licenses may also be applied for and issued through the competitive drawing process.
(v) Moose. Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota moose licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawings. The order of the resident and nonresident moose drawing shall allow individual applicants with the highest number of preference points to be given a drawing advantage for the total number of available licenses to be issued; then, the applicants with the next highest number of preference points shall be selected, and so forth, until the quota has been filled.
(vi) Mountain Goat. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total available limited quota mountain goat licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawings.
(e) Trophy Game. No individual shall apply for or receive more than one license for a specific trophy game species during any one calendar year, except as otherwise provided in Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regulation.
(i) Black Bear. Black bear licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
(ii) Grizzly Bear. No licenses shall be issued for this species until such time as the Commission may establish an open season.
(iii) Mountain Lion. Mountain lion licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
(f) Wild Bison. No individual shall apply for or receive more than one license for bison during any one calendar year. Priority lists for wild bison licenses shall be generated through a competitive drawing by the Fiscal Division License Draw Section at Headquarters. Notification of selected applicants for license issuance shall be in accordance with Commission regulations. Wild Bison licenses shall be issued on the basis of the wild bison priority lists at the respective Game and Fish Regional Office in the region where the bison reduction opportunity exists.
(i) Applications for resident and nonresident wild bison priority lists shall be accepted on proper application forms. Applicants shall have the choice of applying for a male wild bison or a cow/calf wild bison. Applications accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of five dollars ($5) shall be accepted at Headquarters. A computer random number selection shall be utilized to determine name placement on the priority list. Applicants shall be notified of their placement on the priority list. Eighty percent (80%) of the wild bison licenses shall be reserved for residents. If the number of resident applications does not meet or exceed the resident allocation, the remaining resident allocation may be issued to nonresidents. If the number of nonresident applications does not meet or exceed the nonresident allocation, the remaining allocation may be issued to residents.
(ii) The priority list shall be established annually. The effective period of each annual Wild Bison Selection List shall be November 1 of the year the drawing takes place through October 31 of the following year.
(g) Bird.
(i) Falconry. Hunt with Falcon licenses and Capture Falcon licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at Headquarters.
(ii) Game Bird. Game Bird licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state. Special Bird licenses for hunting game birds on private game bird farms may be purchased at bird farms that have been authorized to sell bird licenses.
(iii) Wild Turkey. No individual shall apply for or receive more than one spring wild turkey license and one fall wild turkey license in any one calendar year. Eighty percent (80%) of each year's total available spring and fall limited quota wild turkey licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the drawing. The order of the resident and nonresident drawing shall be Landowner, then Regular.
(A) The Commission may authorize area wild turkey licenses which shall not be limited in number. Those licenses shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at designated Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agencies. These licenses may also be applied for and issued through the competitive drawing process.
(h) Small Game. Small Game licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
(i) Furbearing Animals.
(i) Trapping. Resident furbearing animal trapping licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state. Nonresident furbearing animal trapping licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at Headquarters.
(ii) Capture Furbearing Animal for Domestication. Capture Furbearing Animal for Domestication licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at Headquarters.
(j) Archery. Archery licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
(k) Commercial Licenses. Commercial licenses require written approval by Department personnel prior to issuance.
(i) Commercial Fish Hatchery. Commercial Fish Hatchery licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at Headquarters.
(ii) Deal in Live Bait. Deal in Live Bait licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices and Headquarters.
(iii) Fishing Preserve. Fishing Preserve licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at Headquarters.
(iv) Fur Dealer. Fur Dealer licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at Headquarters.
(v) Game Bird Farm. Game Bird Farm licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at Headquarters.
(vi) Seine or Trap Fish. Seine or Trap Fish licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices and Headquarters.
(vii) Taxidermist. Taxidermist licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued to qualified persons at Headquarters.
(l) Fishing. Fishing licenses shall not be limited in number. They shall be issued as over-the-counter licenses at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
(m) Duplicate Licenses.
(i) With the exception of big or trophy game and wild turkey licenses, any lost or destroyed hunting, fishing, or trapping license may be replaced by either purchasing another license or purchasing a “duplicate license”. A “duplicate license” shall be required for the replacement of lost or destroyed big or trophy game and wild turkey licenses.
(ii) In order for a duplicate license to be issued, a duplicate license affidavit shall be properly completed by the licensee and by the license agent that issued the original license.
(iii) “Duplicate licenses” shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and through designated Department personnel.
(i) Early Sandhill Crane/Canada Goose. Applicants shall be selected by random computer selection. Both residents and nonresidents shall draw against the same quota. Early Sandhill Crane/Canada Goose permits that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be issued at Headquarters on an as processed basis until quotas have been reached or the permit is no longer valid.
(ii) Late Crane. The permits shall not be limited in number and shall be issued as over-the-counter permits at Headquarters.
(iii) Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt. A goose management permit shall be required to hunt geese in the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt. Applicants shall be selected by random computer selection. Both residents and nonresidents shall draw against the same quota. Bump-Sullivan permits that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be issued at Headquarters on an as processed basis until quotas have been reached or the permit is no longer valid.
(i) Harvest Information Permit. Harvest Information Permits shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
(i) Applicants shall be selected by random computer drawing. Leftover permits may be issued to the first eligible applicant applying to Headquarters for the remaining permits.
(i) Glendo Permit. Eighty percent (80%) of each year's total available limited quota Glendo pheasant permits shall initially be offered to residents in the drawing. Glendo pheasant permits that have not been applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be issued at Headquarters on an as processed basis until quotas have been reached or the permit is no longer valid.
(ii) Springer Permit. Eighty percent (80%) of each year's total available limited quota Springer pheasant permits shall initially be offered to residents in the drawing. Springer pheasant permits that are not applied for and issued through competitive drawings shall be issued at the Springer Check Station.
(e) Reciprocity Permit. Reciprocal agreements provide for licensing for fishing of residents of Wyoming and adjoining states upon artificial impoundment of water forming the boundary between Wyoming and adjoining states. Reciprocity permits shall not be limited in number and shall be sold at designated Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agencies.
(f) Special Management Permit. Any individual participating in a special management program shall be required to purchase a special management permit. Special Management Permits shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state. Hunters purchasing a special management permit for the purposes set forth in this section shall validate the permit by signing in ink across the face of the permit.
(a) Interstate Game Tag. Interstate Game Tags shall not be limited in number and shall be sold through Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated Department personnel and/or their designees throughout the state.
(a) Conservation Stamp. Conservation Stamps shall not be limited in number and shall be sold through all Game and Fish Regional Offices, Headquarters, designated Department personnel and at designated license selling agencies throughout the state.
Section 9. Landowner Licenses. The intent of the landowner license regulation is to recognize landowners who own and manage land for farm and ranching operations when the land also provides habitat for certain wildlife species. It is not the intent of the Commission to promulgate these regulations to provide a means for landowners to increase the number of landowner licenses or to transfer landowner licenses by simply subdividing lands. It is not the intent of the Commission to promulgate these regulations to provide a means for landowners to purchase lands simply for the purpose of obtaining landowner licenses. Any lands purchased or subdivided for the primary purpose of obtaining landowner licenses shall not be eligible for landowner licenses. The intent of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in authorizing the issuance of landowner licenses shall be to provide the opportunity for a landowner applicant or member of the landowner applicant's immediate family to hunt antelope, deer, elk and/or wild turkey on the landowner's property in the case where all available licenses for a hunt area have been totally limited in number and only available through a competitive drawing. In the case of resident license availability, no landowner licenses shall be authorized if hunting with a general license is allowed at any time during the hunting season. In the case of nonresident license availability, landowner licenses will be authorized and issued as general licenses if hunting with a general license is allowed in the hunt area for which applied since all nonresident antelope, deer, elk and wild turkey licenses, with the exception of area wild turkey licenses, are totally limited in number to be issued. No landowner licenses shall be issued for doe/fawn antelope, doe/fawn deer, or cow/calf elk.
(a) Resident or nonresident landowner applicants that own land in Wyoming or members of the landowner applicant's immediate family may be issued licenses upon application and payment of the specified fee. Licenses shall be issued to landowners without participating in a competitive drawing unless the number of landowner license applications exceeds the number of licenses authorized for the hunt area by the Commission. In such cases, a competitive drawing shall be utilized to determine successful landowner license applicants. Landowner license applications shall be drawn first in each respective resident and nonresident drawing and shall be drawn against the total quota available in each respective hunt area.
(b) In order to qualify for a license issued under this section, the deeded land qualifying the landowner applicant must be located in the hunt area for which applied, must consist of a minimum of 160 contiguous acres and must be utilized by the type of big game or wild turkeys for which the applicant applied to the extent the land provides food, cover and water. The landowner applicant must exhibit that the species of wildlife for which the license application has been made utilized the described land for a minimum of 2,000 days of use during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of application. Applications for landowner licenses shall be submitted to the game warden or regional wildlife supervisor in whose geographic area of responsibility the land listed on the application occurs.
(c) Landowner license applications shall be limited to the following species: antelope, deer, elk and wild turkey. A maximum of two licenses per species may be authorized for a qualified landowner to be applied for by a landowner applicant. The two licenses shall be designated by the landowner to be applied for by the landowner applicant, or a member of the landowner applicant's immediate family. In no case may an individual landowner applicant apply for or receive more than one landowner license per species in a calendar year; except, an individual landowner applicant may apply for and receive one landowner license for a spring wild turkey license and one landowner license for a fall wild turkey license in the same calendar year. A maximum of one license per species may be allowed to a landowner applicant regardless of the number of landholdings in which the landowner applicant holds an interest.
(d) As a condition of eligibility for licenses issued to landowners, landowner applicants must provide on and with the application for a license issued to landowners, documentation that substantiates in which capacity the individual qualifies as a landowner applicant under the definition of a landowner applicant and/or landowner's immediate family in this chapter. Documentation shall be the completion of the landowner license application form provided by the Department and any attachments required by the Department to determine eligibility of the applicant.
Section 10. Lifetime Licenses and Conservation Stamp. Any resident qualified to purchase a lifetime fishing or lifetime combination game bird/small game/fishing license pursuant to Wyoming statute may apply on the proper application form to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department License Sales and Accounting Section at Headquarters.
(a) Wyoming Statute provides for a lifetime conservation stamp. Any person may apply on the proper application form to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department License Sales Accounting Section at Headquarters.
Section 11. Governor Complimentary Licenses. Wyoming statute provides for the issuance of complimentary licenses to be issued at the request of the Governor. Big game licenses authorized under this section shall be valid for the species for which the license has been issued. These licenses shall be valid in any hunt area in accordance with Commission regulations, except for the following:
(a) Complimentary moose licenses shall not be valid in any moose hunt area which has a total quota of 10 or less licenses.
(b) Complimentary bighorn sheep licenses shall not be valid in any bighorn sheep hunt area which has a total quota of eight (8) or less licenses.
(c) Holders of Governor Complimentary licenses shall be exempt from the provisions in this chapter limiting the number of big game licenses an individual can possess in any one calendar year. An individual is eligible to receive a Governor Complimentary moose license and/or a Governor Complimentary bighorn sheep license annually. Recipients shall be exempt from the five (5) year waiting period and preference points shall not be lost if an individual receives a Governor Complimentary moose license or bighorn sheep license.
Section 12. Commissioner Complimentary Licenses. Statutes provide that each appointed commissioner may cause to be issued, at full price, complimentary licenses. All big game licenses authorized under this section are valid for a specific region or hunt area as designated by the license holder at the time of application. Holders of Commissioner Complimentary licenses shall be exempt from the provisions in this chapter limiting the number of licenses an individual can possess in any one calendar year. The Department shall, through administrative procedure, require the recipient organization to certify that they are a non-profit, charitable organization and are eligible to receive the authorization.
Section 13. Pioneer Licenses. Wyoming statute provides for the issuance of a Pioneer lifetime combination game bird/small game/fishing license to qualified individuals. The Pioneer Game Bird/Small Game/Fishing licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Game and Fish Regional Offices and Headquarters.
(a) Wyoming statute provides for the issuance of deer, antelope or elk pioneer licenses to individuals qualified at the time of license issuance. For purposes of competitive drawings for which the submission of a proper application form shall be required, license issuance shall be considered to be the published tentative draw date. Any resident person qualified to receive a limited quota pioneer big game license shall make application on proper application forms to Headquarters or any location designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer. Limited quota pioneer licenses for elk, deer and antelope shall be applied for in accordance with Section 17 of this chapter. Pioneer general elk and pioneer general deer licenses shall be issued at Game and Fish Regional Offices and Headquarters.
Section 14. Depredation Licenses. Application shall be made to Game and Fish Regional Offices in the region where participation is desired on proper application forms. Applicants must apply annually to be included on priority lists. Applicants shall make separate application for each species. Name placement on each list shall be established in accordance with Commission regulations.
Section 15. Party Applications. The maximum allowable number of applications in a party shall be six (6). Residents and nonresidents shall not apply together in the same party. Applications from landowner applicants shall not be accepted as a party with non-landowner applicants. Nonresidents applying in the drawing for special licenses shall not apply as a party with nonresidents applying in the drawing for regular licenses. No party applications shall be accepted for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, doe/fawn deer, doe/fawn antelope, or cow/calf elk. All party applications shall be disqualified if one or more applications within the party are improper or incomplete; or, if the party block has not been properly completed; or, all applications do not specify the same species, hunt area and type in the same order of preference. All applications in the same party must be submitted together in the same envelope. All members of a party may either receive licenses or refunds of their license fees minus application fees.
(a) Domicile for the purposes of claiming residency status for Wyoming Game and Fish licenses to take wildlife shall be considered to be established when the individual can demonstrate that the individual:
(i) Physically resides in Wyoming, and
(ii) Intends on making Wyoming a permanent home, and
(iii) Is not residing in Wyoming for a special or temporary purpose, and
(iv) Has abandoned all other domiciles, and
(v) Has physically resided in Wyoming for one (1) year to establish residency immediately preceding the date of the individual's application.
(b) Individuals applying for resident licenses as provided by Wyoming statute shall provide proof of residency when making application for or attempting to purchase a resident license. License selling agents and the Department will accept as documentary evidence of residency any of the following:
(i) Applicant's Wyoming driver's license, identification card or copy thereof, or
(ii) Applicant's Wyoming resident hunting, fishing or trapping license for the current year or Wyoming resident hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued in the immediately preceding year, or
(iii) Copies of school or military service records which indicate Wyoming as the applicant's domicile and home of record, or
(iv) A "Proof of Residency Statement" on a form provided by the Department that has been completed and signed by the applicant. Any active duty member of the armed forces and/or the spouse or minor child of the active duty member making application for a resident license shall be required to complete and submit the "Proof of Residency Statement."
(c) Dependent children may use as proof of residency the documentary evidence of the parent or legal guardian. Dependent children shall be considered residents only if the child does not claim residency in another state.
(d) Documentary evidence furnished by an applicant for a resident license shall not be considered conclusive proof in a court of law that the applicant is a resident in accordance with Wyoming statutes.
Section 17. Application Dates.
(a) Proper Application forms for drawings shall be separate documents submitted to Headquarters during the application periods stated in this section.
(b) All applications for resident licenses and permits must contain the resident applicant's signature and when applicable, the parent or legal guardian's signature in accordance with Wyoming statute. All applications for nonresident licenses and permits must contain either the nonresident applicant's signature or the signature of the person submitting the application on behalf of the applicant. Where Commission regulation does not provide for a distinction between resident and nonresident applicants, the application must contain the applicant's signature or the signature of the person submitting the application on behalf of the applicant.
(c) Photo copies of properly completed applications will be accepted through mail or hand delivery. Except as specifically authorized by the Fiscal Division License Draw Manager, applications submitted to the Department through facsimile devices shall not be accepted.
(d) Applications made on the proper application form and accompanied by the proper fee shall be accepted at Headquarters and/or any location designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer per the schedule presented in Section 17 of this chapter. Personal checks drawn on banks not in Wyoming shall not be accepted by the Department for any licenses issued after the regular drawings, sold over-the-counter, or for doe/fawn or cow/calf licenses sold through Game and Fish Department Regional Offices or Headquarters. Cash will be accepted as proper fee. However, the sending of cash and endorsed checks through the mail or left at the Headquarters drop box shall be done at the applicant's own risk. The Department shall not provide receipts and shall not accept any responsibility for theft or loss for any reason.
(e) Applications shall not be accepted after the application dates listed below in this section regardless of postmark date or mail deliverance method utilized by the applicant, except for licenses remaining unsold after the competitive drawings. If the deadline date occurs on a day when Headquarters has been closed to mail delivery and/or for license sales (weekends, holidays, etc.), applications received in the first regularly scheduled mail delivery, regardless of method of mail deliverance utilized by the applicant, on the next working day or deposited in the Headquarters drop box by 8:00 a.m. on that day will be accepted as meeting the application deadline.
(f) Application Dates
| LICENSE | BEGINNING APPLICATION DATE | LAST DATE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS |
|---|---|---|
| ANTELOPE | ||
| Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Doe/Fawn | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Landowner | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Special | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
|---|---|---|
| Limited Quota Nonresident Youth | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| BEGINNING | LAST DATE | |
| APPLICATION | TO ACCEPT | |
| LICENSE | DATE | APPLICATIONS |
| Limited Quota Nonres. Youth Doe/Fawn | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Landowner | April 15 | May 15 |
| Limited Quota Resident Youth | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Youth Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| BIGHORN SHEEP | ||
| Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28 |
| Limited Quota Resident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28 |
| EARLY SANDHILL CRANE/ CANADA GOOSE | July 1 | July 31 |
| LATE CRANE end of season | Aug. 1 | Through |
| BUMP-SULLIVAN GOOSE HUNT | Aug. 15 | Sept. 15 |
| DEER | ||
| Limited Quota Nonresident Additnl Any White-tailed Deer | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Doe/Fawn | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Landowner | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Youth Additnl Any White-tailed Deer | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonres. Youth Doe/Fawn | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Region and Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Region and Limited Quota Nonres. Special | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Region and Limited Quota Nonres. Youth | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Resident Landowner | April 15 | May 15 |
| General and Limited Quota Resident Additional Any White-tailed Deer | May 1 | May 31 |
| General and Limited Quota Resident Youth Additnl Any White-tailed Deer | May 1 | May 31 |
| General and Limited Quota Res. Youth | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Youth Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer | May 1 BEGINNING APPLICATION DATE | May 31 LAST DATE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS |
|---|---|---|
| LICENSE | ||
| Limited Quota Pioneer Additional Any White-tailed Deer | May 1 | May 31 |
| ELK | ||
| General and Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| General and Limited Quota Nonres. Special | Jan. 1 Jan. 31 | |
| General and Limited Quota Nonres. Youth | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| General and Limited Quota Nonres. Landowner | Jan. 1 Jan. 31 | |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Cow/Calf | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Limited Quota Nonres. Youth Cow/Calf | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer Cow/Calf | May 1 May 31 | |
| General and Limited Quota Resident | May 1 | May 31 |
| General and Limited Quota Res. Youth | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Cow/Calf | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Res. Youth Cow/Calf | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident Landowner | April 15 | May 15 |
| FURBEARING ANIMAL LIMITED QUOTA TRAPPING PERMIT | July 1 | Sept. 1 |
| MOOSE | ||
| Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28 |
| Limited Quota Resident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28 |
| MOUNTAIN GOAT | ||
| Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28 |
| Limited Quota Resident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28 |
| PHEASANT | ||
| Glendo Permit | Aug. 15 | Sept. 15 |
| Springer Permit | Aug. 15 | Sept. 15 |
| WILD BISON SELECTION LIST | Aug. 1 | Aug. 31 |
| WILD TURKEY | ||
| Limited Quota Nonresident | ||
| Spring | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Fall | July 1 | Aug. 15 |
| BEGINNING | LAST DATE |
| LICENSE | APPLICATION DATE | TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS |
|---|---|---|
| Limited Quota Nonresident Landowner | ||
| Spring | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Fall | July 1 | Aug. 15 |
| Nonresident Area | ||
| Spring | Jan. 1 | Through end |
| of season | ||
| Fall | July 1 | Through end |
| of season | ||
| Limited Quota Resident | ||
| Spring | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Fall | July 1 | Aug. 15 |
| Limited Quota Resident Landowner | ||
| Spring | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Fall | July 1 | Aug. 15 |
| Resident Area | ||
| Spring | Jan. 1 | Through end |
| of season | ||
| Fall | July 1 | Through end |
| of season |
Section 18. Drawing Advantage. The Department shall develop and maintain a license issue system that allows qualified individuals who were unsuccessful in the drawing for a moose and/or bighorn sheep license, a drawing advantage in future years as prescribed in Wyoming statutes. All preference points accumulated through methods not authorized by this regulation and/or statute shall be subject to deletion.
Section 19. Reservation of Licenses. Individuals who have been issued bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, moose or mountain goat licenses and who have been prevented from hunting by disabling injury or illness may reserve a license for the same species, hunt area and season type for the immediately succeeding calendar year only. Conditions of this reservation are set forth in subsection (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this section.
(a) The individual and/or the individual's physician must fully complete a Disabled Hunter Certification Form. This form must be notarized and submitted to Headquarters before the opening date of the earliest season, including special archery seasons, for which the license is valid.
(b) The license must be returned to Headquarters unaltered and with all coupons intact in accompany with the Disabled Hunter Certification Form.
(c) License quotas in the subsequent year for areas where licenses have been reserved may be adjusted to reflect reservations as provided by Wyoming statute and this chapter, prior to the respective competitive drawing.
(d) In circumstances where related season, quota and/or sex limitation of the hunt area for the unused license changes in the subsequent year, the following options shall be offered:
(i) If the unused license allowed taking either sex of animal, but that type no longer exists, the license holder will be given a choice of a license for an antlered (male) or antlerless (female) animal in the subsequent year.
(ii) If the unused license was limited to taking an antlerless (female) animal, but that type no longer exists, the license holder will be given either an any or an antlered (male) only license at the Department's discretion in the subsequent year.
(iii) If the license was limited to taking an antlered (male) animal, but that type no longer exists, the license holder will be given either an any or an antlerless (female) only license at the Department's discretion in the subsequent year.
(iv) If in the subsequent year, the entire hunt area is closed to hunting of the species listed on the unused license, the license holder shall be offered a license for the same species and sex limitations in another area of the license holder's choice.
(v) If in the next year, the entire state has been closed to hunting of the species listed on the unused license, the license holder shall not be issued another license to hunt that species. Under this circumstance, the license holder shall be issued a refund of the fee paid for the unused license.
Section 20. Applicant Disqualification. Applications shall be disqualified for the following reasons:
have been assigned.
(h) Submission by an individual of more than one application for a license for the same big or trophy game species or wild turkey unless authorized by Commission regulation.
(i) Submission of an application for an invalid or closed area.
(j) Applying for a license the applicant is not eligible to receive by rule and regulation or statute.
(k) Check returned unpaid by the bank.
(l) The application for big or trophy game licenses is by an individual under the age of fourteen (14) and the application has not been cosigned by the applicant's parent or legal guardian.
(a) Non-Payment of Child Support.
(i) Upon receipt from the Department of Family Services of a certified copy of an order from a Court to withhold, suspend, or otherwise restrict a license issued by the Commission, the Game and Fish Department shall notify the party named in the court order by first-class mail of the withholding, suspension, or restriction in accordance with the court order. The Game and Fish Department shall mail this notice to the party named and to the address provided by the Department of Family Services.
(ii) Upon receipt of a notice from the Department of Family Services that the obligor is in compliance with the court order, the Game and Fish Department shall immediately reinstate the license unless the license has been suspended or revoked for other reasons. The Game and Fish Department shall by first-class mail notify the party named and to the address provided by the Department of Family Services that the individual's license privileges have been reinstated. The Game and Fish Department shall also mail to the obligor any licenses in the Game and Fish Department's possession at the time of reinstatement.
(iii) The Game and Fish Department shall maintain a written record indicating to whom the notice was mailed and the address to which the notice was mailed.
(b) Wildlife Violator Compact. The Department may suspend license privileges in accordance with Commission regulation.
Fee. Licenses, permits, or stamps issued under Title 23, Wyoming Statutes or this regulation become the permanent property of the license holder and shall not be canceled or any fee refunded after the license has been issued, except as specified in this section.
(a) A request for a voluntary withdrawal of an application before a drawing may be accepted subject to a five dollar ($5.00) processing fee to cover the Department's administrative cost of the transaction. The request to withdraw an application must be received in writing or by facsimile fifteen (15) business days before the published tentative draw date.
(b) No license shall be canceled and fees refunded once issued except in the case of subsequent death of the license holder, his or her spouse, parent, son or daughter, supported by a death certificate or signed affidavit on a Department prescribed form; incapacitating illness or injury of the license holder supported by a physician's sworn statement on a Department prescribed form, that the license holder is incapable of performing the tasks necessary to exercise the privileges of the license; military personnel transferred overseas as supported by a copy of the official military orders from the Armed Forces of the United States; error on the part of the Department or its authorized agent where the applicant has been issued a license not listed on the individual's application; or emergency proclamation by the Commission.
(c) Refunds will not be granted if the death certificate or signed affidavit, physician's statement, or military orders have been dated after the opening date of the earliest season date for which the license was valid. Refunds will be denied in any circumstance where potential exists for that license to have been used in any hunt area by its holder after the earliest season date, including special archery seasons, for which the license is valid. Before a refund will be granted, the license holder must return the original license to the Department unaltered and with all coupons intact. The processing fee for withdrawal of an application will be deducted from the license fee refund.
Section 23. Alteration and/or Transfer of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags or Coupons or Use by Another Person Prohibited, Invalidation by Improper Fees. Wyoming Game and Fish licenses, permits, stamps, tags, or coupons shall not be altered by anyone other than authorized Game and Fish Department personnel.
(a) No license, permit, stamp, tag or coupon shall be transferred, or used for the purpose of taking wildlife except by the individual to whom it was issued and therein named and while in that individual's possession. No individual shall take or attempt to take any wildlife using another individual's license, permit, stamp, tag, or coupon. Any license, tag, permit, or stamp shall not be valid unless the proper fees have been received by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
(b) Any Wyoming Game and Fish law enforcement officer may seize any license, tag, stamp, or permit as evidence that was obtained in violation of
Commission Regulations and/or Wyoming statute.
(a) In the event that an individual is aggrieved by a decision made by the Department in the handling of the individual's application for a license or the issuance of a license, the grievance can be remedied in accordance with the following procedure:
(i) The Department will review the grievance to determine if it can be reconciled within Commission regulation or by administrative procedures by the Department.
(ii) The Chief Fiscal Officer and the Chief Game Warden, or in their absence their assistant division chiefs, will review the grievance in relation to Commission regulation and administrative procedures of the Department.
(iii) The Department's License Issuance Review Board will review the grievance. If it can be determined that the circumstances surrounding the claim were caused primarily by Department error, the Board shall have the discretion to increase the license quotas and extend time limitations to mitigate the claim.
(iv) If the Department has been unable to resolve the grievance to the satisfaction of the individual, the individual can request a hearing before the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. Request for hearing must be made in writing to the Chief Fiscal Officer within ten (10) business days after receipt of the notice of License Issuance Review Board decision. Upon receipt of the request for hearing, the Chief Fiscal Officer shall schedule the individual to appear before the Commission at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting.
Section 25. Savings Clause. If any provision of these regulations is held to be illegal or unconstitutional, such a ruling shall not affect other provisions of these regulations which can be given effect without the illegal or unconstitutional provision; and, to this end, the provisions of the regulations are severable.
WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
By: MIKE HUNZIE PRESIDENT
Dated: December 8, 1997