Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as
				  set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations and the
				  Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Charitable Purpose" means motivated by
				sympathy and understanding and generosity and done without any
				remuneration.
(b) "Commissioner
				Complimentary License" means an antelope, deer or elk license issued at the
				existing statutory price at the request of a Commissioner.
(c) "Completed Application" means all
				required portions of the application have been properly completed with correct
				applicant information, submitted within the proper time period and accompanied
				by the proper fee.
(d) "Duplicate
				License" means a license issued by the Department to replace an original
				license that is valid and has not expired and has been lost or destroyed. If
				the original license was issued through the Electronic Licensing Service (ELS),
				a duplicate license shall only be required if the original license contained a
				carcass coupon.
(e) "Electronic
				Application" means the license or permit application form submitted through the
				Electronic Licensing Service (ELS).
(f) "Electronic Licensing Service (ELS)"
				means the Department's Electronic Draw Application System, Internet Point of
				Sale System and Online Internet Sales System used by the Department, license
				selling agents and the public to apply for or purchase licenses, permits,
				stamps, tags and preference points.
(g) "Electronic Signature" means an
				electronic process attached to or logically associated with any electronic
				transaction including the license, preference point or permit application
				submitted to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department that requires substantiation
				of the identity of the person initiating the electronic transaction. This
				process includes, but may not be limited to, use of personal credentials to
				gain access to the system, entering a keystroke at a specified prompt that
				indicates the submitter's acceptance of an assertive statement, or the use of
				any other technology that is in compliance with the state of Wyoming's
				Electronic Signature Rules as promulgated by the Office of the Chief
				Information Officer. This process can be used to indicate the applicant's
				acceptance of an assertion such as a residency requirement or veracity of the
				application at a specified prompt. Ref: W.S. §
									40-21-102 (a)
				(viii).
(h) "Full Price License" means a deer,
				antelope, elk, mountain lion or ram bighorn sheep license issued that is not a
				reduced price doe/fawn, cow/calf, ewe/lamb or mountain lion license.
(i) "Full Time" means performing duties and
				responsibilities at the request or direction of an established charitable,
				humanitarian, or religious organization for more than thirty (30) hours per
				calendar week every week the person is absent from the state.
(j) "General Licenses" means big or trophy
				game or wild turkey 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.
(k) "Governor
				Complimentary License" means hunting or fishing license issued for no fee at
				the request of the Governor.
(l)
				"Gunpowder and Buckskin Hunt" means the annual Gunpowder and Buckskin Hunt
				conducted by the Sheridan, Wyoming Rotary Club.
(m) "Headquarters" means the Cheyenne Office
				of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department located at 5400 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne,
				WY 82006.
(n) "Humanitarian
				Purpose" means for the promotion of human welfare and the advancement of social
				reforms and done without remuneration.
(o) "Immediate Family Member" means spouse,
				parent, grandparent, sibling or lineal descendants and their spouses.
(p) "Initial Drawing" means a computer
				processed drawing held for initial offering of resident and nonresident
				licenses and permits.
(q)
				"Issue-After License" means licenses that are limited in number and that were
				not issued in the initial or leftover drawings; these licenses shall be issued
				on an as processed basis through the ELS.
(r) "Landowner" means an individual,
				partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company or combination of
				these, which either owns real property in fee simple title or is acquiring
				equitable interest by written contract.
(s) "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.
(t) "Leftover
				Drawing" means a computer processed random drawing to issue licenses remaining
				after the initial drawings.
(u)
				"Leftover Licenses" means limited quota licenses and nonresident region general
				deer licenses issued in the leftover drawing.
(v) "Leftover Permits" means permits that are
				limited in number and were not issued in the initial drawing and shall be
				issued on an as processed basis through the ELS.
(w) "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.
(x) "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.
(y) "License Review Board" means a three (3)
				member board of Department employees consisting of the Deputy Director of
				Internal Operations, the Fiscal Division Chief and the Chief Game Warden, or
				their designee, that review and determine all license reservation requests,
				license refund requests, preference point issues and other license or permit
				issuance matters.
(z) "Limited
				Quota Drawing" means the processing of an application for limited quota or
				general big game licenses, trophy game licenses, wild turkey licenses, permits,
				wild bison licenses or Super Tag and Super Tag Trifecta competitive raffles
				through a drawing.
(aa) "Limited
				Quota Licenses" means licenses that are limited in number and valid only in a
				hunt area(s) or portion(s) of a hunt area. Limited quota licenses shall be
				valid only under species, sex, age class, harvest, and weapon type limitations
				that are in effect for each hunt area.
(bb) "Limited Quota Reduced Price Cow or Calf
				(cow/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.
(cc) "Limited Quota Reduced Price Doe or Fawn
				(doe/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.
(dd) "Limited Quota Reduced Price Ewe or Lamb
				(ewe/lamb) License" means a license which may be authorized in specific hunt
				areas allowing a person to take a ewe or lamb bighorn sheep independent of what
				may be taken on a full priced limited quota license.
(ee) "Minor Dependent" means an individual
				less than eighteen (18) years of age who is domiciled with parent(s) or legal
				guardian.
(ff) "National Bow Hunt"
				means an archery-only hunt that is sponsored and administered by the Wyoming
				National Bowhunt, Inc.
(gg)
				"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.
(hh)
				"Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Providing Hunting Opportunities to
				Individuals with Disabilities" means an organization certifying they are
				nonprofit and that their primary purpose or mission as stated in their charter
				is to provide hunting opportunities to individuals with disabilities as
				outlined in this regulation.
(ii)
				"Nonresident" means any person who is not domiciled in Wyoming for at least one
				(1) year immediately preceding making application for a license and who is not
				a resident as defined by W.S. §
									23-1-102 (a)
				(ix), §
									23-1-107 and §
									23-2-101
				(a).
(jj) "One-Shot Antelope Hunt" means the
				One-Shot Antelope Hunt sponsored by the One-Shot Antelope Club in Lander,
				Wyoming.
(kk) "Party" means a group
				of individuals with the same residency status who apply together in the initial
				drawing 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.
(ll) "Party Application" means a group of
				applications in which all applicants with the same residency status specify the
				same species, hunt area and type in the same order of preference, and all
				applicants expect the same processing and draw results in the initial
				drawing.
(mm) "Permit" means a
				document that authorizes a license holder to carry out activities not
				authorized by the license itself.
(nn) "Pioneer Heritage Licenses" means
				antelope, deer, elk or wild turkey licenses issued to Wyoming residents who are
				at least seventy (70) years of age prior to the issuance of the license and
				have continuously resided in Wyoming for at least fifty (50) years immediately
				preceding application for the license.
(oo) "Pioneer Licenses" means antelope,
				archery, deer, elk or wild turkey licenses issued to Wyoming residents who are
				at least seventy-five (75) years of age prior to the issuance of the license,
				and who have continuously resided in Wyoming for at least fifty (50) years
				immediately preceding the application for a license; or game bird, small game
				and fishing licenses issued to Wyoming residents who are over sixty-five (65)
				years of age and who have resided in Wyoming for at least thirty (30) total
				years; no year of residence prior to a resident's tenth
				(10th) birthday shall count toward the thirty (30)
				year requirement.
(pp) "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 after the earliest opening date
				for which the license is valid if the license is not in the possession of an
				authorized Department employee.
(qq) "Proper Application Form" means the
				document prescribed by the Department, a photocopy of the document, or
				facsimile of the document. These documents shall be the only documents accepted
				by the Department.
(rr) "Properly
				Completed Duplicate License Affidavit" means a Department affidavit document
				signed by the person applying for a duplicate license.
(ss) "Proper Fee" means cash or a negotiable
				instrument as set forth by W.S. § 34.1-3104 which results in full payment
				to the Department, in U.S. dollars for the amount specified by law or
				regulation for the respective licenses, permits, stamps, tags, preference
				points or certificates.
(tt)
				"Qualified Person" means an individual who meets the statutory and regulatory
				requirements to apply for or receive a license or a preference point. A person
				shall not be qualified if their privilege to apply for or receive a license or
				a preference point has been revoked, suspended, or restricted by a court in
				Wyoming or has been revoked or suspended in Wyoming through the Wildlife
				Violator Compact.
(uu) "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.
(vv) "Reduced
				Price Mountain Lion License" means a license which may be authorized in
				specific hunt areas allowing a person to take a mountain lion in addition to
				what may be taken on a full price mountain lion license.
(ww) "Region General Deer Licenses" means
				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.
(xx) "Region General
				Elk Licenses" means general nonresident elk 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.
(yy) "Religious Purpose" means actions taken
				to advance sacred matters, religion or a church and done without
				remuneration.
(zz) "Replacement
				License" means the reprint of a license, permit, or stamp that does not contain
				a carcass coupon and the license was originally issued by the Department or
				license selling agent through the ELS, is currently valid and has not
				expired.
(aaa) "Resident" means a
				United States citizen or legal alien who is domiciled in Wyoming for at least
				one (1) full year immediately preceding making application for any resident
				game and fish license, preference point, permit or tag, shall not have claimed
				residency in any other state, territory, or country for any other purpose
				during that one (1) year period, and meets the requirements specified in W.S.
				§
									23-1-102, §
									23-1-107 and §
									23-2-101
				(a).
(bbb) "Special Nonresident Antelope, Deer or
				Elk Licenses" means those licenses having a fee greater than that of a regular
				nonresident antelope, deer or elk 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.
(ccc)
				"Sportsperson Identification Number" means the unique number assigned by the
				Department to each individual license applicant on the ELS.
(ddd) "Super Tag License" means a species
				specific big game, trophy game or wild bison license issued to the winner of
				the competitive raffle and upon submission of the proper fee for the
				appropriate species license set forth by statute.
(eee) "Super Tag Trifecta Licenses" means a
				combination of big game, trophy game and wild bison licenses, not to exceed
				three (3) different species of big game, trophy game and wild bison licenses,
				issued to the winner of the competitive raffle and upon submission of the
				proper fee for the appropriate species license set forth by statute.
(fff) "Transfer" means to convey a license
				authorization, (from one (1) person to another) as set forth in Section
				27 of this regulation.
(ggg) "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, or a portion of the hunt area in
				which the license shall be valid.
(hhh) "Under the Care and Supervision of the
				Residing Facility" means the person is an employee of the appropriate
				institution or facility that issued the special limited fishing
				permit.
(iii) "Unlimited Reduced
				Price Cow or Calf (cow/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 price limited quota
				license.
(jjj) "Unlimited Reduced
				Price Doe or Fawn (doe/fawn) License" means a license which may be authorized
				in specific areas allowing a person to take doe or fawn animals independent of
				what may be taken on a general license or full price limited quota
				license.
(kkk) "Wyoming Women's
				Antelope Hunt" means a women's antelope hunt sponsored by the Wyoming Women's
				Foundation.
(lll) "Youth License"
				means a big game license that may be issued to a resident or nonresident person
				who is at least eleven (11) years of age and who has not attained eighteen (18)
				years of age at the time of application. For all other species, excluding
				furbearing animals, requiring a license to take, youth license means a license
				that may be issued to a resident or nonresident person who has not attained
				eighteen (18) years of age. For a resident youth trapping license, youth
				license means a license that may be issued only to a resident person under the
				age of seventeen (17).