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LANDOWNER LICENSES
From Game and Fish Regulations Chapter 44:
Section 9. Landowner Licenses. Landowner licenses shall only be issued to those landowners that own land which provides habitat for antelope, deer, elk and/or wild turkeys and meets the requirements as set forth in this section. Any lands purchased or subdivided for the primary purpose of obtaining landowner licenses shall not be eligible for landowner licenses. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission authorizes the issuance of landowner licenses in order 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 where the nonresident landowner applicant qualifies for a landowner license in a hunt area where the current hunting season authorized by Commission regulation provides for both limited quota and general licenses during the established hunting season, the nonresident landowner applicant may apply for the limited quota license authorized for the area in which the applicant qualifies in the nonresident limited quota drawing. If unsuccessful in the nonresident limited quota license drawing, a nonresident landowner general license for the species and hunt area in which the applicant qualifies may be issued upon the subsequent submission of an approved application to the License Draw Section following the limited quota drawing. No landowner licenses shall be issued for reduced price doe/fawn antelope, reduced price doe/fawn deer, or reduced price cow/calf elk. Regardless of change in ownership of a particular parcel of land, no more than two (2) landowner licenses for each species (antelope, deer, elk, or wild turkey) shall be issued in any calendar year on the basis of the qualification of the particular parcel.
(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 demonstrate 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. The Department shall consider the eligibility of the applicant based on the requirements in this regulation and documentation provided by the landowner.
For all Game and Fish Regulations please go to: http://gf.state.wy.us/admin/regulations/index.asp
Updated 11/17/2005
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