Current through September 21, 2024
Individuals who have been issued a Governor's Complimentary
License for a full price big game animal and who have been unable to use the
license for good cause, may reserve a license for the same species for the
immediately succeeding hunting season only. Individuals who have been issued a
limited quota full price big game license, trophy game license or wild bison
license, and who have been unable to use the license for good cause may reserve
a license for the same species, hunt area and license type for the immediately
succeeding hunting season only. Resident general licenses shall not be eligible
for reservation of a license for the immediately succeeding hunting
season.
(a) To qualify for
consideration of reservation of a limited quota full price big game license,
trophy game license or wild bison license due to:
(i) A majority of the hunting opportunity
being lost due to administrative actions of a governmental agency;
(ii) A natural disaster;
(iii) The death of the licensee's spouse,
parents, grandparents, siblings, lineal descendants and their spouses,
step-parent, step-sibling, step-children, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-son-in-law or step-daughter-in-law or the
death of a member of a party application;
(iv) The case of incapacitating illness or
injury of the licensee, the licensee's spouse, parents, grandparents, siblings,
lineal descendants and their spouses, step-parent, step-sibling, step-children,
father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-son-in-law or
step-daughter-in-law, or incapacitating illness or injury of a member of a
party application, supported by a physician's sworn statement on a Department
form that the licensee is incapable of performing tasks necessary to exercise
the privileges of the license; or,
(v) Military personnel who receive permanent
change of station (PCS) orders and military personnel who are assigned away
from their home duty station on temporary orders (TDY) for the majority of the
regular season, all of this being supported by a copy of official military
orders from the Armed Forces of the United States, and such orders require the
affected personnel to move away from their home duty station, the licensee
shall:
(A) Request the reservation on an
application provided by the Department;
(B) Submit the unused and unaltered license
with all coupons intact to the Department; and,
(C) Sign an affidavit verifying that the
licensee did not exercise any hunting privilege for the specified license, in
any manner, during any portion of the hunting season authorized by the
license.
(b)
To qualify for consideration of reservation of a limited quota full price big
game license, trophy game license or wild bison license due to disabling injury
or illness, the licensee shall:
(i) Request
the reservation on an application provide by the Department;
(ii) Submit the unused and unaltered license
with all coupons intact to the Department;
(iii) Submit a "Restriction from Hunting
Activity" statement, written on the physician's official prescription slip or
physician's letterhead within thirty (30) days from the date an applicant's
completed License Reservation Request Form is received by the Department;
and,
(iv) Sign an affidavit
verifying that the licensee did not exercise any hunting privilege for the
specified license, in any manner, during any portion of the hunting season
authorized by the license.
(c) To qualify for consideration of
reservation of a limited quota full price big game license, trophy game license
or wild bison license for reasons related to being unable to use the license
for good cause concerning military personnel who receive permanent change of
station (PCS) orders or are assigned away from their home duty station on
temporary order (TDY) for the majority of the regular season, the licensee
shall:
(i) Request the reservation on an
application provided by the Department.
(ii) Provide the Department a copy of
official military orders from the Armed Forces of the United States;
(iii) Submit the unused and unaltered license
with all coupons intact to the Department; and,
(iv) Sign an affidavit verifying that the
licensee did not exercise any hunting privilege for the specified license, in
any manner, during any portion of the hunting season authorized by the
license.
(d) Deadline to
apply for reservation of a license.
(i) For
any license, permit or stamp in which the hunting season to use the license,
permit or stamp expires on December 31 in the year issued, the deadline to
submit a written request and all required documents for the reservation of a
license shall be December 31 of that year.
(ii) For any license in which the hunting
season to use that license has been extended into January of the succeeding
calendar year, the deadline to submit a written request and all required
documents for the reservation of that license shall be January 31 of the year
in which the hunting season expires. For all other licenses, the deadline to
submit a written request and all required documents for the reservation of a
license shall be on the last date the individual license is valid.
(e) Any resident who has been
granted a limited quota elk or limited quota deer license reservation from the
License Review Board related to being unable to use the license for good cause
may subsequently purchase a general license, if eligible, for the same species
during the current hunting season.
(f) Prior to the respective drawing, license
quotas in the subsequent hunting season for areas where licenses have been
reserved may be adjusted to reflect reservations as provided by Wyoming statute
and this Chapter.
(g) In
circumstances where related season, quota or sex limitation of the hunt area
for the unused license changes in the subsequent hunting season, the following
options shall be offered:
(i) If the unused
license allowed taking either sex of animal, but that type no longer exists,
the licensee shall be given a choice of a license for an antlered or male
animal, or an antlerless or female animal in the subsequent hunting
season.
(ii) If the unused license
was limited to taking an antlerless or female animal, but that license type no
longer exists, the licensee shall be given either an any or an antlered or male
only license at the Department's discretion in the subsequent hunting
season.
(iii) If the license was
limited to taking an antlered or male animal, but that type no longer exists,
the licensee shall be given either an any animal, or an antlerless or female
animal license at the Department's discretion in the subsequent hunting
season.
(iv) If in the subsequent
hunting season, the entire hunt area is closed to hunting of the species listed
on the unused license, the licensee shall be offered a license for the same
species and sex limitations in another area of the licensee's choice.
(v) If in the next hunting season, the entire
state has been closed to hunting of the species listed on the unused license,
the licensee shall not be issued another license to hunt that species. Under
this circumstance, the licensee shall be issued a refund of the fee paid for
the unused license.
(h)
Applicants requesting the reservation of a limited quota full price big game
license, trophy game license or wild bison license shall submit the
administrative fee of ten dollars ($10) no later than May 15 in the succeeding
calendar year, along with a completed Department application prior to the
reissuance of the license.
(i) Any
limited quota full price big game license, trophy game license or wild bison
license that is reissued to a qualified applicant shall count toward the total
number of licenses a person may apply for and receive during any one calendar
year.
(j) Any person who has been
granted a license reservation under this section, for which preference points
have been accumulated, shall not have preference points restored and may not be
eligible to purchase a preference point for that species during the same year
the original license was issued.
(k) Any person who has been granted a license
reservation under this section shall not be eligible to participate in the
initial drawing the following year for a full priced license of the same
species and license type.
(l) Any
antelope, deer or elk limited quota licenses that have been reserved for the
immediately succeeding season due to the licensee being unable to use the
license for good cause shall be made available for purchase by residents and
nonresidents on a first-come, first-served basis through the ELS.
(m) Any nonresident regional deer licenses
and any nonresident general elk licenses that have been reserved for the
immediately succeeding season due to the licensee being unable to use the
license for good cause shall only be made available to nonresidents on a
first-come, first-served basis through the ELS.
