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Complimentary, Donated, & Set Aside Licenses

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W.S. 23-1-705 - Governor’s Licenses

  • a) At the request of the governor, the commission shall annually issue up to twenty-five (25) complimentary hunting and twenty-five (25) complimentary fishing licenses. Not more than five (5) bighorn sheep, five (5) moose and five (5) wild bison licenses shall be issued under this subsection.

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Governor’s Licenses

Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition

  • Coalition Partners – Mule Deer Foundation; Muley Fanatics Foundation; Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation; Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation
  • Licenses are marketed and sold by the participating partners
    • 2020 - $991,776.90
    • 2021 - $1,250,982.00
    • 2022 - $1,672,434.00
  • Five priority areas of funding (Elk Committee; Mule Deer Committee; Bighorn Sheep Committee; Moose Committee; All Wildlife Committee)

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Governor’s Licenses

Species

Total Licenses

Species

Total Licenses

Governor Antelope

1 (NR)

Governor Moose

4 (3 NR; 1 Res)

Governor Deer

3 (NR)

Governor Bighorn Sheep

5 (NR)

Governor Elk

4 (NR)

Governor Wild Bison

4 (3 NR; 1 Res)

2021

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Governor’s Licenses

Species

Total Licenses

Species

Total Licenses

Governor Antelope

0

Governor Moose

3 (3 NR)

Governor Deer

0

Governor Bighorn Sheep

5 (4 NR; 1 Res)

Governor Elk

5 (NR)

Governor Wild Bison

4 (2 NR; 2 Res)

2020

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Commissioner Licenses

  • g) In addition to complimentary licenses under subsection (a) of this section, each appointed commissioner may cause to issued at cost not more than a total of eight (8) elk, deer or antelope designated licenses per year. All licenses issued under this subsection shall be designated to nonprofit charitable organizations. As a condition of accepting the license, the organization shall agree to auction or otherwise bid the license to the highest bidder or to raffle the license to members of the public.

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Commissioner Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Deer

102-1

1 (Res)

Elk

54-1

1 (NR)

Deer

128-1

3 (NR)

Elk

56-1

5 (4 NR; 1 Res)

Deer

130-1

4 (NR)

Elk

58-1

4 (NR)

Elk

7-1

7 (NR)

Elk

59-1

2 (1 NR; 1 Res)

Elk

16-2

1 (Res)

Elk

61-2

5 (NR)

Elk

30-1

1 (NR)

Elk

63-1

1 (NR)

Elk

31-1

1 (NR)

Elk

100-1

3 (2 NR; 1 Res)

Elk

38-1

1 (NR)

Elk

124-1

7 (4 NR; 3 Res)

Elk

38-9

1 (Res)

Elk

General

2 (NR)

2021

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Commissioner Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Deer

128-1

2 (1 NR; 1 Res)

Elk

61-2

2 (NR)

Elk

2-1

1 (NR)

Elk

63-1

3 (NR)

Elk

7-1

7 (NR)

Elk

100-1

2 (NR)

Elk

22-1

1 (Res)

Elk

111-1

1 (NR)

Elk

30-1

1 (NR)

Elk

117-1

2 (NR)

Elk

34-1

1 (NR)

Elk

123-1

5 (NR)

Elk

54-1

2 (NR)

Elk

124-1

7 (6 NR; 1 Res)

Elk

56-1

1 (NR)

Elk

General

1 (NR)

2020

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W.S. 23-1-705 - Antelope Hunt Licenses

  • b) In addition the commission may, upon payment of proper fees, issue up to one hundred sixty (160) antelope licenses each year for the exclusive use of not more than two (2) antelope hunts provided that:
    • (i) Not more than eighty (80) of theses licenses are issued for a single antelope hunt event;
    • (ii) Resource management requirements shall be considered in determining the total amount of licenses that are issued under this subsection each year.

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Chapter 44 - Antelope Hunt Licenses

  • Application process
    • Three year approval 2020-2022 Hunting Seasons
      • One Shot Antelope – Lander
        • Licenses 65-1; 66-1; 67-1; 68-1; 106-1
      • Women’s One Shot Antelope
        • Licenses 16-1; 17-1
    • Applications accepted August 1- 31, 2022; presented at the November Commission meeting

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Complimentary Antelope for Disabled Individuals

  • h) In addition the commission may, upon receipt of payment of fees at a cost equal to the resident antelope license fee specified under W.S. 23-2-101(j)(xxx), issue up to total of fifty (50) antelope licenses each year for the exclusive distribution by nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to individuals with disabilities for use by those individuals for hunting opportunities.
  • Organizations include – Chairbound Hunters; Ducks Unlimited; Hunting with Heroes; Outdoor Association for True Heroes; Outdoor Adventures for the Physically Challenged; Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America; The Fallen Outdoors; Veterans Help Foundation; The Independence Fund; Combat Warriors Inc. – Wyoming

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Complimentary Antelope for Disabled Individuals

Licenses

Total Licenses

Licenses

Total Licenses

7-1

1 (NR)

61-1

2 (NR)

38-1

10 (9 NR; 1 Res)

88-1

1 (NR)

38-2

3 (NR)

94-1

3 (2 NR; 1Res)

47-1

2 (NR)

95-1

2 (NR)

58-1

1 (NR)

103-1

11 (NR)

60-1

2 (NR)

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Youth Life Threatening Illnesses

  • j) In addition the commission may upon payment of proper fees any number, set by rule and regulation, of antelope licenses, deer licenses, elk licenses and turkey licenses each year for the exclusive use by persons twenty (20) years of age or younger with life threatening illnesses who are sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization with a mission to provide opportunities and experiences to persons with life threatening or serious illnesses. As a condition of issuing the license, the sponsoring organization shall pay the appropriate license fee on behalf of the licensee and at no cost to the licensee.

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Youth Life Threatening Illnesses

  • Chapter 44 Section 13 - The Commission may, upon receipt of payment of the proper fee issue up to twenty five (25) antelope licenses, twenty five (25) deer licenses, twenty five (25) elk licenses and twenty five (25) turkey licenses to persons twenty (20) years of age or younger with a life-threatening illness and who is sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization whose mission it is to provide opportunities and experiences to persons with life-threatening or serious illnesses. Licenses issued under this subsection shall be issued above quotas established for the hunt area(s) by Commission regulation. However, no more than ten (10) antelope, ten (10) limited quota deer, ten (10) limited quota elk or ten (10) limited quota turkey licenses shall be issued for any one hunt area during the same calendar year.

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Youth Life Threatening Illnesses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Antelope

30-1

2 (NR)

Deer

34-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

42-1

1 (NR)

Deer

64-2

1 (NR)

Antelope

59-1

1 (NR)

Deer

84-1

3 (NR)

Antelope

63-1

3 (NR)

Deer

102-1

2 (NR)

Antelope

72-1

1 (NR)

Deer

105-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

81-1

1 (NR)

Deer

116-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

92-1

3 (NR)

Deer

128-1

3 (NR)

Antelope

97-1

1 (NR)

Deer

Region A

2 (NR)

Antelope

107-1

2 (NR)

Deer

Region B

1 (NR)

Antelope

109-1

1 (NR)

Deer

Region J

2 (NR)

Antelope

110-1

1 (NR)

Deer

General

1 (Res)

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Youth Life Threatening Illnesses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Elk

36-1

2 (NR)

Elk

47-1

1 (NR)

Elk

7-1

2 (NR)

Elk

78-1

1 (NR)

Elk

11-1

1 (NR)

Elk

100-1

6 (NR)

Elk

25-1

1 (NR)

Elk

106-1

1 (NR)

Elk

30-1

2 (NR)

Elk

117-1

2 (NR)

Elk

31-1

2 (NR)

Elk

124-1

1 (NR)

Elk

41-1

1 (NR)

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Youth Life Threatening Illnesses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Species

Licenses

Total Licenses

Antelope

30-1

1 (NR)

Elk

2-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

55-1

1 (NR)

Elk

6-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

59-1

1 (NR)

Elk

7-1

2 (1 NR; 1 Res)

Antelope

63-1

3 (NR)

Elk

25-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

81-1

1 (NR)

Elk

32-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

92-1

1 (NR)

Elk

38-1

1 (NR)

Antelope

97-2

1 (NR)

Elk

49-1

1 (NR)

Deer

59-1

3 (NR)

Elk

67-4

1 (NR)

Deer

84-1

3 (NR)

Elk

78-1

1 (NR)

Deer

102-1

1 (NR)

Elk

100-1

3 (2 NR; 1 Res)

Deer

105-1

1 (NR)

Elk

124-1

1 (Res)

Deer

128-1

3 (NR)

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Gunpowder and Buckskin Licenses

  • c) In addition the commission may, upon payment of deer licenses fees, issue up to twenty-five (25) licenses each year for the exclusive use of gunpowder and buckskin hunts.
  • Region C and Region Y Deer Licenses

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Donated Licenses – Disabled Veterans & Wheelchair Bound

  • k) The holder of any valid big game animal license, trophy game animal license, any wild bison license or a female or calf wild bison license may surrender said license to the department for reissuance to a veteran with disabilities or a person with a permanent disability who uses a wheelchair as established by commission rule and regulations selected and sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization providing hunting opportunities to a veteran with disabilities or a person with a permanent disability who uses a wheelchair. Any license reissued in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall be for same species, area and license type as the donated.

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Donated Licenses – Disabled �Veterans & Wheelchair Bound

Hunt Year

Total Donated Licenses

Total Reissued Licenses

Percent Reissued

2017

390

283

73%

2018

518

420

81%

2019

443

351

79%

2020

408

349

86%

2021

520

409

79%

2022

359

308

86%

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W.S. 23-1-705 – Other �Complimentary Licenses

  • W.S. 23-1-705 (d) (i) Pioneer Bird/Small Game/Fishing License
  • W.S. 23-1-705 (d) (ii)100% Disabled Bird / Small Game / Fishing License
  • W.S. 23-1-705 (d) (iii) Purple Heart Medal Recipient Bird / Small Game / Fishing License
  • W.S. 23-1-705 (e) (iv) Pioneer Archery License
  • W.S. 23-2-201 (f) 50% Disabled Veteran Fishing
  • W.S. 23-2-207 (a) Special Limited Fishing Permit
  • W.S. 23-1-302 (q) Permanently and Totally Disabled Fishing License & Conservation Stamp

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