Wyo. Code R. 040-0001-44
Effective Date: 08/08/2000 to 08/09/2001
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 040.0001.44.08082000
Section 1. Authority. This regulation is promulgated by authority of W.S. §23-1-107, §23-1-302, §23-1-703, §23-1-704, §23-1-705, §23-2-101, §23-2-102, §23-2-107, §23-2-108, §23-2-109, §23-2-201, §23-2-301, §23-2-306, §23-2-307, §23-2-401 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 Commission hereby adopts the following regulation governing the issuance of licenses. This regulation shall remain in effect until modified or repealed by the Commission.
Section 3. Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, definitions 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 and valid only in a specific hunt area for a specified sex of wild turkey during specified season dates.
(b) 'Commissioner Complimentary License' means an elk, deer or antelope license issued at the existing statutory price 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 eighteen (18) years of age who is domiciled with parent(s) or legal guardian.
(e) 'Disabilities' as used in this Chapter mean permanent anatomical, physiological or mental deficiencies that prevent or restrict normal achievement.
(f) 'Document' means an instrument on which information has been recorded by means of letters, figures, or marks and which may be used as evidence.
(g) 'Documentary Evidence' means evidence furnished by written instruments, inscriptions, and/or documents of all kinds.
(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 hunting or fishing license issued for no fee at the request of the Governor.
(j) “Gunpowder or Buckskin Hunt” means the annual Gunpowder and Buckskin Hunt conducted by the Sheridan, Wyoming Rotary Club.
(k) “Headquarters” means the Cheyenne Office of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department located at 5400 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82006.
(l) “Initial Drawings” mean computer processed random drawings held for initial offering of resident and nonresident licenses and permits.
(m) “Issue-After Licenses” mean licenses that are limited in number and that were not issued in the initial and leftover drawings; these licenses shall be issued on an as processed basis.
(n) “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.
(o) “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.
(p) “Landowner Applicant’s Immediate Family” means the landowner applicant’s spouse, parents, grandparents, or lineal descendants and their spouses.
(q) “Leftover Drawing” means a computer processed random drawing to issue licenses remaining after the initial drawings.
(r) “Leftover Licenses” mean limited quota and nonresident region general deer licenses issued in the leftover drawing.
(s) “License” means a document issued by the Department, through the authority of the Commission, to a qualified individual that grants certain privileges to take fish or wildlife in accordance with statutory or regulatory provisions.
(t) “License Authorization” means a document approved by the Governor or by a 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.
(u) “License Issuance Review Board” means a board authorized by the Commission consisting of the Director and/or Chief Fiscal Officer and Chief Game Warden or in their absence, the deputy directors or assistant division chiefs, to review grievances filed by individuals regarding the issues surrounding their applications and/or licenses.
(v) “Limited Quota Drawing” means the processing of an application for limited quota or general big game licenses or the wild bison priority list through a random drawing.
(w) “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 type of weapon, for a specified sex, age class or species of big game, trophy game, or wild turkey during specified season dates.
(x) 'Limited Quota Reduced Price Cow or Calf License' means a license, which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take cow or calf elk independent of what may be taken on a general license or full priced limited quota license.
(y) 'Limited Quota Reduced Price Doe or Fawn License' means a license, which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take doe or fawn animals independent of what may be taken on a general license or full priced limited quota license.
(z) 'National Bow Hunt' means an archery only hunt that is sponsored and administered by the Wyoming National Bowhunt Inc.
(aa) 'Nonprofit Charitable Organization' means an organization which engages in activities providing the general public with benefits designed to aid in educational, moral, physical, conservation, or social improvement and which is not established for profit.
(bb) 'Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Providing Hunting to Individuals with Disabilities' means any organization that is registered with the Wyoming Secretary of State and certifies that they are nonprofit and that the primary purpose or mission as stated in their charter is to provide hunting opportunities to individuals with disabilities as those disabilities are defined in this regulation.
(cc) 'One-Shot Antelope Hunt' means the One-Shot Antelope Hunt sponsored by the One-Shot Antelope Club in Lander, Wyoming.
(dd) '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.
(ee) '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.
(ff) '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.
(gg) 'Potential to use license' means the license shall be considered to be in possession of the person in whose name it was issued on or before the earliest opening date for which the license is valid if the license is not in the possession of an authorized Department employee.
(hh) 'Proper Application Form' means the current year's form prescribed by the Department or a photocopy of the form. These forms shall be the only forms accepted by the Department.
(ii) '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 Department in U.S. dollars in the amount specified by law and/or regulation for the respective license, stamp, tag, permit or certificate.
(jj) “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.
(kk) “Quota” means the maximum specified number of licenses to be issued for a given hunt 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.
(ll) “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.
(mm) “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 and which the statutes provide for a separate nonresident drawing with specific percentages of nonresident quotas designated for only those applicants paying the higher license fees.
(nn) “Sportsperson Identification Number” means the unique number assigned by the Department to each individual license applicant on the Game and Fish Fiscal Division Customer database.
(oo) “Transfer” means to convey a license privilege from one individual to another.
(pp) “Type” means a limitation on a license in a particular hunt area for the sex of animal, the species of animal, the length of the season, the type of weapon, and/or a portion of the hunt area in which the license shall be valid.
(qq) “Unable to use the license for good cause” means an individual is unable to use a bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, moose or mountain goat license due to disabling injury or illness, as determined by the Department License Issuance Review Board. The Department’s License Issuance Review Board retains the authority to determine if the individual was unable to use the license for good cause.
(rr) “Youth License” means a big game license that may be issued to a resident or nonresident individual who is at least eleven (11) years of age and who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application. The license shall not be valid until the license holder reaches his/her twelfth (12th) birthday. For all other species, excluding furbearing animals, 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. For a resident youth trapping license this means residents under the age of seventeen (17).
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. Effective August 1, 2001, Issue-after licenses may be issued at designated Department Regional Offices and Headquarters on a first-come, first-served basis.
(e) Depredation license issuance. Depredation licenses may be issued at designated Department locations when additional harvest is needed as determined by the Wildlife Division.
Section 5. License Issuance.
(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 (1) license for each big game species during any one (1) calendar year, except as otherwise provided in Commission regulation(s).
(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. These licenses are exempt from the provisions in this Chapter limiting the number of big game licenses an individual can obtain in one (1) calendar year.
(B) The Commission may, upon receipt of payment of antelope license fees, issue up to a total of thirty (30) antelope licenses each year for the exclusive distribution by nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to individuals with disabilities.
(I) Qualifying organizations shall make application to the License Accounting Section of the Department on or before August 1 for the antelope licenses. The application shall specify:
(1.) The total number of licenses requested;
(2.) The Hunt Area and Type designation of the licenses requested;
and,
(3.) Certification that shows the organization qualifies under the definition of a “Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Providing Hunting to Individuals with Disabilities”.
(II) In the event that more than one (1) qualifying organization requests licenses under this subsection, the Department shall allocate the licenses through a random drawing to the specific qualifying organization(s).
(III) The antelope licenses issued shall be issued through the Department above quotas established for the hunt area(s) and shall be allocated to resident and/or nonresidents as designated by the nonprofit organization(s).
(C) 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 License Drawing shall be thirty percent (30%) to the Nonresident Special License Drawing and seventy percent (70%) to the Nonresident Regular License Drawing.
(D) Antelope licenses that have not been applied for and issued through drawings shall be offered to residents and nonresidents in a “leftover” drawing. Eighty percent (80%) of the antelope licenses remaining after the initial drawing shall initially be offered to residents in the “leftover” drawings. The “leftover” drawing application period shall be determined on an annual basis and published in the respective current Hunting Information and Applications Booklet. Antelope licenses remaining after the “leftover” drawing shall be administratively distributed for sale as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(E) Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota reduced price doe/fawn antelope licenses shall initially be offered to residents in a drawing. An applicant may only apply for and receive a maximum of two (2) reduced price doe/fawn antelope licenses in the initial drawing. Any reduced price doe/fawn antelope licenses remaining unsold following the drawing shall be made available on August 15 at designated Department Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents, except as otherwise specified in this subsection. Reduced price pioneer doe/fawn antelope licenses shall only be made available for sale at Headquarters, except as otherwise provided by the Chief Fiscal Officer. No reduced price doe/fawn antelope licenses shall be sold between the drawing and August 15 to allow time for shipment of the licenses to designated Department Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents. The price of reduced price doe/fawn antelope licenses shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for residents, fourteen dollars ($14.00) for resident youth, two dollars ($2.00) for resident pioneers, eighty dollars ($80.00) for nonresidents and fifty dollars ($50.00) for nonresident youth. In addition to the prescribed application fees, effective January 1, 2001, license fees for reduced price doe/fawn antelope licenses shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for residents, fourteen dollars ($14.00) for resident youth, two dollars ($2.00) for resident pioneers, fifty dollars ($50.00) for nonresidents and thirty dollars ($30.00) 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 Department shall allocate not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the available resident bighorn sheep licenses and not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the available nonresident bighorn sheep licenses to a preference point drawing. 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 in accordance with this section; then the applicants with the next highest number of preference points shall be selected, and so forth, until the quota has been filled. The Department shall allocate up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the available resident bighorn sheep licenses and shall allocate up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the available nonresident bighorn sheep licenses to a random drawing in which all unsuccessful applicants from the preference point drawing shall be placed.
(iii) Deer. Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota deer licenses shall initially be offered to residents in the initial 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 the nonresident deer region in which the national bow hunt is held. National bow hunt deer licenses shall only be valid during the hunt dates established by Wyoming National Bow Hunt, Inc. and the Department. These dates shall be within the existing special archery season dates as set forth in the most current Commission Regulation Chapter 6 Deer Hunting Seasons of the Commission regulations for the specific deer hunt area(s) in which the hunt will occur.
(C) Statutes provide for up to twenty-five (25) licenses, which may be issued, for a gunpowder or buckskin hunt(s). These licenses shall be issued above quotas and allocated to residents and nonresidents as designated by the Wildlife Division. These licenses are exempt from the provisions in this Chapter limiting the number of big game licenses an individual can obtain in one (1) calendar year.
(D) The order of the nonresident deer drawings described in this section shall be Nonresident Landowner Licenses, Nonresident Special Licenses, and then Nonresident Regular Licenses. The allocation of remaining licenses after the nonresident landowner drawing shall be twenty percent (20%) to the Nonresident Special License Drawing and eighty percent (80%) to the Nonresident Regular License Drawing.
(E) Nonresident Region General deer licenses that have not been applied for and issued through initial drawing shall be offered to nonresidents in a “leftover” drawing. One hundred percent (100%) of the Nonresident Region General deer licenses remaining after the initial drawing shall be offered to nonresidents in the “leftover” drawing.
(F) Limited quota deer licenses that have not been applied for and issued through the initial 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 initial drawing shall initially be offered to residents in the “leftover” drawing. The “leftover” drawing application period shall be determined on an annual basis and published in the respective current Hunting Information and Applications Booklet. Deer licenses remaining after the “leftover” drawing shall be administratively distributed for sale as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(G) Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota reduced price doe/fawn deer licenses shall be offered to residents in a drawing. An applicant may only apply for and receive two (2) reduced price doe/fawn deer licenses in the initial drawing. Any reduced price doe/fawn deer licenses remaining unsold following the drawing shall be made available on August 15 at designated Department Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents throughout the State, except as otherwise specified in this subsection. Reduced price pioneer doe/fawn deer licenses shall only be made available for sale at Headquarters, except as otherwise provided by the Chief Fiscal Officer. No reduced price doe/fawn deer licenses shall be sold between the drawing and August 15 to allow time for shipment of the licenses to designated Department Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents. The price of reduced price doe/fawn deer licenses shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for residents, fourteen dollars ($14.00) for resident youth, two dollars ($2.00) for resident pioneer, eighty ($80.00) for nonresidents and fifty dollars ($50.00) for nonresident youth. In addition to the prescribed application fees, effective January 1, 2001, license fees for reduced price doe/fawn deer licenses shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for residents, fourteen dollars ($14.00) for resident youth, two dollars ($2.00) for resident pioneers, fifty dollars ($50.00) for nonresidents and thirty dollars ($30.00) for nonresident youth.
(H) Resident general deer licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agents. Resident general deer licenses may also be applied for and issued through the drawing process by submission of prescribed license and application fees.
(iv) Elk. A total license limit of 7,250 nonresident elk licenses shall be made available to nonresident applicants in the initial drawing each year. Reduced price cow/calf elk licenses, leftover limited quota elk licenses from the drawings and issue-after limited quota elk licenses described 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 nonresident elk drawing. The order of the nonresident elk drawings described in this section shall be Nonresident Landowner Licenses, Nonresident Special Licenses, and then Nonresident Regular Licenses. Following the Nonresident Landowner License Drawing, licenses available in the drawing from the initial 7,250 limit shall be allocated as follows: Forty percent (40%) to the Nonresident Special License Drawing and sixty percent (60%) to the Nonresident Regular License 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. Licenses remaining for limited quota areas resulting from this procedure may 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. For the license types that have decreased from the initial total available quota established for the nonresident elk drawing, the quota available to residents in the resident drawing shall be the greater of 84% of the new reduced quota or the new reduced quota less licenses issued in the nonresident drawing, except in those hunt areas in Grand Teton National Pa. For the hunt areas within Grand Teton National Park, the initial quota offered to residents shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the new reduced quota less licenses issued to nonresidents. The Department shall determine if 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 the initial drawings shall be offered to residents and nonresidents in a “leftover” drawing. Eighty-four percent (84%) of the limited quota elk licenses remaining after the initial drawing shall initially be offered to residents in the “leftover” drawing. The “leftover” drawing application period shall be determined on an annual basis and published in the respective current Hunting Information and Applications Booklet. Elk licenses remaining after the “leftover” drawing shall 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 reduced price cow/calf licenses shall be offered to residents in initial drawings, except as otherwise provided by Commission regulations. An applicant may only apply for and receive one (1) reduced price cow/calf elk license in the initial drawing. Reduced price cow/calf elk licenses remaining unsold following the drawings shall be made available on August 15 at designated Department Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents throughout the State, except as otherwise specified in this subsection. Reduced price cow/calf licenses and pioneer cow/calf licenses valid in Hunt Area 77 not issued through the initial drawing shall only be offered for sale on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 7 Elk Hunting Seasons. Reduced price pioneer cow/ calf elk licenses shall only be made available for sale at Headquarters, except as otherwise provided by the Chief Fiscal Officer. No reduced price cow/calf license shall be sold between the drawing and August 15 to allow time for shipment of the licenses to designated Department Regional Offices and/or designated license selling agents. The cost of reduced price cow/calf elk licenses shall be five dollars ($5.00) for resident pioneers, thirty dollars ($30.00) for residents, twenty dollars ($20.00) for resident youth, two hundred dollars ($200.00) for nonresidents and one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for nonresident youth. In addition to the prescribed application fees, effective January 1, 2001, license fees for reduced price cow/calf elk licenses shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) for residents, twenty dollars ($20.00) for resident youth, five dollars ($5.00) for resident pioneers, one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for nonresidents and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for nonresident youth.
(D) Resident general elk licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agents. General elk licenses may also be applied for and issued through the drawing process by submitting prescribed license and application fees.
(v) Moose. Eighty percent (80%) of the total available limited quota moose licenses shall be offered to residents in the initial drawing. The Department shall allocate not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the available resident moose licenses and not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the available nonresident moose licenses to a preference point drawing. 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 in accordance with this section; then, the applicants with the next highest number of preference points shall be selected, and so forth, until the quota has been filled. The Department shall allocate up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the available resident moose licenses and shall allocate up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the available nonresident moose licenses to a random drawing in which all unsuccessful applicants from the preference point drawing shall be placed.
(vi) Mountain Goat. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total available limited quota mountain goat licenses shall be offered to residents in the initial drawing.
(e) Trophy Game. No individual shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a specific trophy game species during any one (1) calendar year, except as otherwise provided in 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents. The price of additional mountain lion licenses shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for residents and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for nonresidents. Additional mountain lion licenses may be limited in number. Additional mountain lion licenses shall be administratively distributed for sale as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(f) Wild Bison. Priority lists for wild bison licenses shall be generated through a 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 at the respective Department Regional Office in the region where the bison reduction opportunity exists on the basis of the wild bison priority lists.
(i) Applications for resident and nonresident wild bison priority lists shall only be accepted at Headquarters on proper application forms. Residents shall pay a three dollars ($3.00) application fee and nonresidents shall pay a ten dollars ($10.00) application fee. Applicants shall have the choice of applying for a male wild bison or a cow/calf wild bison. In addition to the application fees, applications shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable entry fee for the drawing of five dollars ($5.00). A computer random number selection shall be utilized to determine name placement on the wild bison priority lists. Applicants shall be notified of their placement on the wild bison priority lists. 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 wild bison priority list(s) shall be established annually. The November 1, 1999 wild bison priority list(s) shall remain in effect through January 31, 2001. There will be no application period for the wild bison priority list(s) in calendar year 2000. Commencing in 2001, the application period for the wild bison priority list(s) shall be as established in Section 17 of this regulation. Commencing July 1, 2001, the effective period of each annual wild bison priority list shall be July 1, the year the drawing takes place through January 31 of the following calendar year.
(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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents. Special Bird licenses for hunting game birds on private game bird farms may be purchased at game bird farms that have been authorized to sell bird licenses.
(iii) Wild Turkey. No individual shall apply for or receive more than one (1) spring wild turkey license and one (1) fall wild turkey license in any one (1) calendar year. Eighty percent (80%) of each year's total available spring and fall limited quota wild turkey licenses shall be offered to residents in the initial drawing. The order of the drawings shall be resident landowner licenses, resident regular licenses, nonresident landowner licenses, and then nonresident regular licenses.
(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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agents. These licenses may also be applied for and issued through the 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents.
(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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents. 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents.
(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 Department 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 Department Regional Offices and Headquarters. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) seine or trap fish license during a calendar year.
(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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents.
(m) Duplicate Licenses.
(i) With the exception of big or trophy game, wild bison 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, wild bison or 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and through designated Department personnel.
(n) Resident Guide Licenses shall be issued for no charge at all Department 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 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 the initial drawing 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents throughout the state. Harvest Information Permits may also be available through the Department's website.
(i) Applicants shall be selected by random computer drawing. Both residents and non-residents shall draw against the same quota. 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 be offered to residents in the initial drawing. Glendo pheasant permits that have not been applied for and issued through the drawing shall be issued at Headquarters on an as processed basis until quotas have been reached or the permit is no longer valid. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) Glendo Permit in a single calendar year.
(ii) Springer Permit. Eighty percent (80%) of each year's total available limited quota Springer pheasant permits shall be offered to residents in the initial drawing. Springer pheasant permits that are not applied for and issued through the drawing 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated license selling agents.
(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 Headquarters, at designated Department Regional Offices, and at designated license selling agents. Hunters purchasing a special management permit 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 Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and designated Department personnel and/or their designees.
(a) Conservation Stamp. Conservation Stamps shall not be limited in number and shall be sold through all Department Regional Offices, Headquarters, designated Department personnel and at designated license selling agents.
(b) Wildlife Damage Management Stamp. Wildlife Damage Management Stamps shall not be limited in number and shall be sold through all Department Regional Offices, Headquarters and at designated license selling agents. The price for the stamp shall be established by the Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board.
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 this regulation 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 this regulation 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 shall 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 reduced price doe/fawn antelope, reduced price doe/fawn deer, or reduced price 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 shall be located in the hunt area for which applied, shall consist of a minimum of one hundred sixty (160) contiguous acres and shall 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 shall exhibit that the species of wildlife for which the license application has been made utilized the described land for a minimum of two thousand (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 (2) licenses per species may be authorized for a qualified landowner to be applied for by a landowner applicant. The two (2) 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 (1) landowner license per species in a calendar year; except, an individual landowner applicant may apply for and receive one (1) landowner license for a spring wild turkey license and one (1) landowner license for a fall wild turkey license in the same calendar year. A maximum of one (1) 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 shall 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 Department's 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 Department's License Sales Accounting Section at Headquarters.
Section 11. Governor Complimentary Licenses. Wyoming statutes provide 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 ten (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. Wyoming statutes provide that each appointed commissioner may cause, through the issuance of license authorizations to nonprofit charitable organizations, to be issued at full price, complimentary elk, deer, or antelope 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. As a condition to issuance of a Commissioner Complimentary license, the Department shall require an authorized officer of the recipient organization to certify under penalty of law that the respective organization is a non-profit, charitable organization as defined in this regulation and eligible to receive the Commissioner Complimentary license authorization.
Section 13. Pioneer and Honorably Discharged Pioneer Veterans Licenses and One Hundred Percent (100%) Disabled Resident Veterans Licenses. Wyoming statutes provide for the issuance of:
(a) Pioneer lifetime combination game bird/small game/fishing licenses to qualified individuals. The Pioneer Game Bird/Small Game/Fishing licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Department Regional Offices and Headquarters.
(b) Honorably discharged pioneer veteran combination game bird/small game/fishing licenses to qualified individuals. Combination game bird/small game/fishing licenses may be issued to residents of the State who qualify as honorably discharged pioneer veterans. The honorably discharged pioneer veteran game bird/small game/fishing license shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Department Regional Offices and Headquarters upon submission by the applicant of documentary proof that he/she qualifies as an honorably discharged pioneer veteran.
(c) One hundred percent (100%) disabled resident veteran combination game bird/small game/fishing license to qualified individuals. Combination game bird/small game/fishing licenses may be issued to residents of the State who qualify as one hundred percent (100%) disabled resident veterans. The one hundred percent (100%) disabled resident veteran game bird/small game/fishing license shall not be limited in number and shall be issued at all Department Regional Offices and Headquarters upon submission by the applicant of documentary proof provided by the U.S. Veterans Administration that he/she qualifies as a one hundred percent (100%) disabled resident veteran.
(d) Wyoming statutes provide for the issuance of deer, antelope, or elk pioneer licenses to individuals qualified at the time of license issuance. For purposes of 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 Department Regional Offices and Headquarters. Limited quota reduced price pioneer doe/fawn antelope, reduced price pioneer doe/fawn deer and reduced price pioneer cow/calf elk licenses shall only be issued at Headquarters, except as otherwise provided by the Chief Fiscal Officer.
Section 14. Depredation Licenses. Application shall be made to Department Regional Offices in the region where participation is desired on proper application forms. Applicants shall 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, or mountain goat licenses. All party applications may 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 shall 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) Any qualified individual may apply for or receive a resident game and fish license, permit, or tag if the person meets the proof of residency requirements pursuant to W.S. §23-1-102(a)(ix)(xv) and §23-1-107. When an individual signs an application to obtain a resident license or signs a resident license, the individual swears that he/she is qualified for a resident license pursuant to W.S. §23-1-102(a)(ix)(xv) and §23-1-107.
(b) 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.
(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 shall 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 shall 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 shall 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 shall 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 subsection of this section. Personal checks from nonresident applicants drawn on banks not in Wyoming shall only be accepted by the Department for licenses issued in the initial drawings. Cash shall 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 5:00 p.m. on the respective application deadline 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 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 on the next working day by 5:00 p.m. on that day shall be accepted as meeting the application deadline. No application for a current calendar year license shall be accepted after 5:00 p.m. December 31 of the same current year.
(f) Application Dates
LICENSE
BEGINNING APPLICATION DATE
LAST DATE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS
ANTELOPE
| Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
|---|---|---|
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Nonres. 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 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Nonres. Youth Doe/Fawn | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Pioneer Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Resident | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price 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 Reduced Price Resident Youth Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28* |
|---|---|---|
| Limited Quota Resident | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28* |
| Nonresident Preference Point Only | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28* |
| Resident Preference Point Only | Jan. 1 | Feb. 28* |
| CANADA GOOSE | July 1 | July 31 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 1 | Through end of season | |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 15 | Sept. 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| LICENSE | BEGINNING APPLICATION DATE | LAST DATE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS |
|---|---|---|
| DEER | ||
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Nonres. Doe/Fawn | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Nonresident Landowner | Jan. 1 | March 15 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price 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 | May 1 | May 31 General and Lim- |
| ited Quota Res. Youth May 1 | May 31 | |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Resident Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Resident Youth Doe/Fawn | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Pioneer Doe/Fawn | 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 Reduced Price Nonres. Cow/Calf | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Nonres. Youth Cow/Calf | Jan. 1 | Jan. 31 |
| Limited Quota Pioneer | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price 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 Reduced Price Resident Cow/Calf | May 1 | May 31 |
| Limited Quota Reduced Price Resident 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 |
BEGINNING
LICENSE
MOOSE
Limited Quota Nonresident Limited Quota Resident Nonresident Preference Point Only Resident Preference Point Only
MOUNTAIN GOAT
Limited Quota Nonresident Limited Quota Resident
PHEASANT
Glendo Permit Springer Permit
WILD BISON PRIORITY LIST
WILD TURKEY
Limited Quota Nonresident
Spring Fall
Limited Quota Nonresident Landowner
Spring Fall
Nonresident Area
Spring Fall
Limited Quota Resident
Spring Fall
Limited Quota Resident Landowner
Spring Fall
Resident Area
Spring Fall
LAST DATE APPLICATION DATE
Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Jan. 1
Jan. 1 Jan. 1
Aug. 15 Aug. 15
Jan. 1
Jan. 1 July 1
Jan. 1 July 1
Jan. 1 July 1
Jan. 1 July 1
Jan. 1 July 1
Jan. 1 July 1
TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS
Feb. 28 Feb. 28 Feb. 28 Feb. 28
Feb. 28 Feb. 28
Sept. 15 Sept. 15
Jan. 31
Jan. 31 Aug. 15
Jan. 31 Aug. 15
Through end of season Through end of season
Jan. 31 Aug. 15
Jan. 31 Aug. 15
Through end of season Through end of season
*February 29 on leap year.
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.
(a) If a person desires to apply for a preference point for bighorn sheep and/or moose and not receive a license, the person may apply for and receive a preference point for bighorn sheep and/or moose by paying the proper fee and making application during the application period specified in Section 17 of this regulation. A person eleven (11) years of age may apply for a preference point for bighorn sheep and/or moose if the person shall become twelve (12) years of age the same calendar year as the application for a preference point is made. A person shall not apply for a separate preference point for bighorn sheep in the same calendar year in which the person applies for a bighorn sheep license. A person shall not apply for a separate preference point for moose in the same calendar year in which the person applies for a moose license. No person shall apply for or receive a preference point during any calendar year in which the person's privilege to obtain a license has been revoked or suspended by a court or the Wildlife Violator Compact. No person shall apply for or receive a bighorn sheep license or preference point for bighorn sheep within any consecutive five (5) year period of having received a bighorn sheep license. No person shall apply for or receive a moose license or preference point for moose within any consecutive five (5) year period of having received a moose license.
(b) Upon drawing a bighorn sheep license, all accumulated preference points by the applicant for that species shall be deleted. Upon drawing a moose license, all accumulated preference points by the applicant for that species shall be deleted. Preference points are not transferable from one person to another or from one species to another.
Section 19. Reservation of Licenses. Individuals who have been issued a Governor's Complimentary license for moose or bighorn sheep and who have been unable to use the license for good cause may reserve a license for the same species for the immediately succeeding calendar year only. Individuals who have been issued bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, moose or mountain goat licenses through the Department's drawing process and who have been unable to use the license for good cause 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) and (c) of this section.
(a) The individual and the individual's physician shall fully complete a Disabled Hunter Certification Form. This form, along with a 'restriction from all hunting activity' statement on the physician's official prescription slip, and the license unaltered and with all coupons intact shall be submitted to Headquarters before the opening date of the earliest season, including special archery seasons, for which the license is valid. In no case shall a person be allowed to reserve any license if the person fails to submit the license unaltered and with all coupons intact to Headquarters before the opening date of the earliest season, including special archery seasons for which the license is valid.
(b) Prior to the respective drawing, 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.
(c) 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 shall 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 or female animal, but that type no longer exists, the license holder shall be given either an any or an antlered or male only license at the Department's discretion in the subsequent year.
(iii) If the license was limited to taking an antlered or male animal, but that type no longer exists, the license holder shall be given either an any or an antlerless or 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. The applicant(s) is solely responsible for the veracity of information on the application(s). Applications shall be disqualified from participating in drawings for the following reasons:
(k) Check returned unpaid by the bank; and/or,
(l) The application for big or trophy game licenses is made by an individual under the age of fourteen (14) years 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 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 Department shall mail this notice by first-class mail 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 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 Department shall also mail by first-class mail to the obligor any licenses in the Game and Fish Department's possession at the time of reinstatement.
(iii) The 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 Chapter 54 Home State Suspension Procedures For The Wildlife Violator Compact dated March 24, 1997, and which does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter.
Section 22. Withdrawal of Application, Cancellation of License and Refund of Fee. Licenses, permits, tags and/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, permit, tag and/or stamp 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 shall be received in writing or by facsimile fifteen (15) business days before the published tentative draw date. The five dollar ($5.00) processing fee shall be waived in the case of pioneer applicants and in the case of the death of an applicant as evidenced by a copy of the death certificate.
(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 shall 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 shall 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 shall be granted, the license holder shall return the original license to the Department unaltered and with all coupons intact. The processing fee for withdrawal of an application shall be deducted from the license fee refund.
(d) Under no circumstances shall the Department approve cancellation or refund of any license, stamp, permit or tag after the last day of the calendar year in which the license, stamp, permit or tag was issued.
Section 23. Alteration and/or Transfer of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags or Coupons to Another Person Prohibited; Use by Another Person Prohibited; Invalidation by Improper Fees. Department licenses, permits, stamps, tags or coupons shall not be altered by anyone other than authorized 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 Department.
(b) Licenses shall only become valid when signed by the person in whose name the license is issued in the space provided on the license for the owner's signature, and where applicable, co-signed by a parent or legal guardian.
(c) Any Department enforcement officer may seize as evidence any license, tag, coupon, stamp or permit that was obtained in violation of Commission regulations and/or Wyoming statute.
(a) In the event an individual is aggrieved as the result of information provided by and/or a decision made by a Department employee in the handling of the individual's application for, or the issuance of, a license, the grievance can be remedied in accordance with the following procedure:
(i) The aggrieved individual shall submit their grievance in writing to the License Issuance Review Board. All grievances shall be filed with the Chief Fiscal Officer.
(ii) The Department's License Issuance Review Board shall review the grievance and decide by simple majority the disposition of the claim. In those instances where a problem associated with a license or license application clearly resulted from a Department error, the Board may be comprised of only the Chief Fiscal Officer and Chief Game Warden or their designees. All decisions by the Board shall remain within the provisions of State and Federal statutes and take into consideration Commission regulations and/or policy and Department procedures, with the following exception: If it can be determined that the circumstances surrounding the claim were caused primarily by Department error or that circumstances surrounding the claim are not addressed in existing State and Federal statutes, Commission regulations and/or policy and Department procedures, the Board shall have the discretion to increase the license quotas and/or extend time limitations to resolve the claim.
(iii) An aggrieved individual dissatisfied with the Board's decisions may request a hearing before the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. Request for hearing shall be made in writing to the Chief Fiscal Officer within ten (10) business days after receipt of the notice of the 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. All hearings shall be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 27 Rules of Practice Governing Contested Cases Before The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission dated January 19, 1982, and which does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter.
Section 25. License Expiration. All licenses, excluding licenses to operate game bird farms, shall expire on the last day of the calendar year in which issued; except, the Commission by regulation provides that big game licenses issued in one (1) calendar year are valid through the closing date established in January of the next succeeding calendar year when the Commission establishes a hunting season for big game animals for which the licenses are valid that opens in one (1) calendar year and closes in January of the next succeeding calendar year.
Section 26. Violation of Commission Regulations. Failure to abide by the provisions of this regulation shall be punishable as provided by Wyoming statutes for violation of Commission regulations.
Section 27. Savings Clause. If any provision of this regulation is held to be illegal or unconstitutional, such a ruling shall not affect other provisions of this regulation which can be given effect without the illegal or unconstitutional provision; and, to this end, the provisions of this regulation are severable.
WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
By:
J. MICHAEL POWERS PRESIDENT
Dated: July 27, 2000