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 44-13 - Pioneer Licenses, Pioneer Heritage Licenses, One Hundred Percent (100%) Disabled Honorably Discharged Resident Veterans Licenses, Resident Disabled Veterans Lifetime Fishing Licenses and Purple Heart Medal Recipients

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A pioneer lifetime combination game
				bird/small game/fishing license and a pioneer archery license may be issued to
				qualified individuals. The Pioneer game bird/small game/fishing licenses and
				pioneer archery licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued
				through the ELS at Department Regional Offices and Headquarters.
(b) Pioneer heritage antelope, deer, elk or
				wild turkey licenses shall be issued through the ELS to any qualified resident.
				The fee for such licenses shall be: pioneer heritage antelope license,
				twenty-two dollars ($22); pioneer heritage deer license, twenty-six dollars
				($26); pioneer heritage elk license, thirty-five dollars ($35); and, pioneer
				heritage wild turkey license, ten dollars ($10). Reduced price pioneer heritage
				doe/fawn antelope, doe/fawn deer and cow/calf elk licenses shall be issued
				through the ELS system.
(c) A one
				hundred percent (100%) disabled honorably discharged resident veteran
				combination game bird/small game/fishing license may be issued to qualified
				individuals. The one hundred percent (100%) disabled honorably discharged
				resident veteran game bird/small game/fishing license shall not be limited in
				number and shall be issued through the ELS at Department Regional Offices and
				Headquarters upon submission by the applicant of documentary evidence provided
				by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that the resident veteran
				qualifies as one hundred percent (100%) disabled. For the purpose of this
				subsection, one hundred percent (100%) disabled does not refer to disability
				compensation.
(d) Wyoming statutes
				provide for the issuance of antelope, deer, elk or wild turkey pioneer licenses
				to individuals qualified at the time of license issuance. For purposes of
				drawings for which the submission of a completed application shall be required,
				license applicants shall qualify by June 20 of the current calendar year. Any
				resident person qualified to receive a limited quota pioneer big game or wild
				turkey license shall make application through the ELS. Limited quota pioneer
				licenses for antelope, deer, elk and wild turkey shall be applied for in
				accordance with Section
				18 of this Chapter. Pioneer general deer,
				general elk and general wild turkey licenses shall be issued through the ELS.
				Limited quota reduced price pioneer doe/fawn antelope, doe/fawn deer and
				cow/calf elk licenses shall be issued through the ELS system.
(e) Resident disabled veteran's lifetime
				fishing license. Any resident disabled veteran who receives fifty percent (50%)
				or more service connected disability compensation from the United States
				Department of Veterans Affairs may apply on the proper application form for a
				resident disabled veteran's lifetime fishing license. A resident disabled
				veteran's lifetime fishing license shall not be limited in number and shall be
				issued through the ELS at Department Regional Offices and Headquarters upon
				submission by the applicant of documentary evidence provided by the United
				States Department of Veterans Affairs that the applicant receives fifty percent
				(50%) or more service connected disability compensation. The license shall
				remain valid for the lifetime of the person in whose name it is
				issued.
(f) Combination game
				bird/small game/fishing licenses may be issued to honorably discharged
				residents of the state who qualify as a United States Military Purple Heart
				Medal recipient. These combination licenses shall not be limited in number and
				shall be issued through the ELS at Department Regional Offices and Headquarters
				upon submission by the applicant of documentary evidence provided by the United
				States Military Department that the resident qualifies as a purple heart medal
				recipient.
(g) A pioneer resident
				trapping license may be issued to any qualified resident. Pioneer resident
				trapping licenses shall not be limited in number and shall be issued through
				the ELS at Department Regional Offices and Headquarters.