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 44-8 - Landowner Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
Landowner licenses shall only be issued to those landowners
				  who own land which provides habitat for antelope, deer, elk 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 or wild turkey on the landowner's property in the case
				  where licenses for a hunt area have been limited in number and only available
				  through a competitive drawing.
(a) 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. In no case shall more than two
				(2) big game licenses per species or more than two (2) spring wild turkey or no
				more than two (2) fall wild turkey licenses be issued for a parcel of deeded
				land meeting the above qualifications in a calendar year.
(b) 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 initial drawing and shall be
				drawn against the total quota available in each respective hunt area.
(c) 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 or landowner's
				immediate family in this Chapter. Documentation shall include 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.
(d) In the case of
				resident license availability, no full price landowner licenses shall be
				authorized if hunting with a general license is allowed at any time during the
				hunting season, unless the general license is valid for antlerless deer or
				antlerless elk hunting only.
(e) In
				the case where a nonresident landowner qualifies for a landowner license in a
				hunt area where the current hunting season provides for both limited quota and
				general license hunting during the established hunting season for the species
				applied for, the nonresident landowner may apply as a nonresident applicant for
				either the limited quota license for the area in which the applicant is
				qualified, or a general license in the initial drawing. If the nonresident
				landowner is unsuccessful in obtaining a limited quota license in the
				nonresident drawing, the nonresident landowner may subsequently apply to the
				Department for the issuance of a general license.
(f) Landowner licenses shall be designated by
				the landowner and applied for by a landowner applicant, or a member of the
				landowner applicant's immediate family.
(i) An
				individual landowner applicant may apply for or receive:
(A) No more than one (1) full price elk and
				one (1) limited quota reduced price elk landowner license in a calendar
				year.
(B) No more than one (1) full
				price antelope or up to two (2) limited quota reduced price antelope landowner
				licenses in a calendar year.
(C) No
				more than one (1) full price deer or up to two (2) limited quota reduced price
				deer landowner licenses in a calendar year.
(D) No more than one (1) spring wild turkey
				landowner license and one (1) fall wild turkey landowner license in a calendar
				year.