040-44 Wyo. Code R. §§ 44-19 - Drawing Advantage

The Department shall develop and maintain a license issue system that allows qualified persons, as prescribed below, who have either purchased a preference point or were unsuccessful in the preference point drawing for a full price bighorn sheep or moose license, or purchased a preference point for nonresident antelope, deer or elk, a drawing advantage in future years as prescribed in Wyoming statutes. All applicants participate in the preference point drawing regardless of their preference point balance.

(a) All preference points accumulated through methods not authorized by this regulation or statute shall be subject to deletion.

(b) Preference points shall be assigned to persons who apply to receive preference points during authorized application periods. The following provisions apply to the issuance of preference points.

(i) No person shall apply for or receive a preference point during any calendar year in which the person's privilege to obtain a license has been revoked or suspended by a court or the Wildlife Violator Compact.

(ii) Preference points are not transferable from one person to another or from one species to another.

(iii) No person may apply for more than one (1) preference point per species in the same calendar year. If the applicant applies for a preference point for moose or bighorn sheep during the initial license drawing period and is either awarded a preference point or receives their first choice license in the initial drawing, they shall not apply for a preference point for the same species during the preference point only application period in the same calendar year. Any preference point awarded in a calendar year shall not be considered for advantage in any license drawings during the same calendar year in which it was awarded.

(iv) A person shall not apply for or receive a separate preference point in the same calendar year in which the person receives a full price bighorn sheep or moose license or a first choice license in the initial drawing for nonresident antelope, deer or elk.

(v) A person eleven (11) years of age may apply for a preference point if the person shall become twelve (12) years of age in the same calendar year as the application for a preference point is made.

(vi) For the purpose of assigning preference points in this Section, any unsuccessful full price bighorn sheep or moose license applicant failing to apply for a license or preference point during a second consecutive calendar year shall lose all accumulated preference points and shall be considered as a first year applicant for any subsequent calendar year in which the applicant submits an application for a license or a preference point for that particular species.

(vii) For the purpose of retaining nonresident antelope, deer or elk preference points in this Section, any sportsperson failing to purchase a preference point within two (2) consecutive calendar years shall lose all accumulated preference points for that species and shall be considered as a first year applicant for any subsequent calendar year in which the applicant submits an application for a license.

(viii) For the purpose of retaining bighorn sheep and moose preference points in this Section, any sportsperson whose residency status changes and who has accumulated preference points shall retain those points as long as the sportsperson applies for a license for that particular species within two (2) consecutive calendar years. Failing to apply for a license or preference point within two (2) consecutive calendar years, the sportsperson shall lose all accumulated preference points for that particular species.

(ix) A person may only request to contest their preference point values to the License Review Board for the five (5) year period immediately preceding their request.

(c) If a person desires to apply for a preference point only and not receive a license, the person shall apply for and receive a preference point by paying the proper fee and making application during the preference point only application period specified in Section 20 of this regulation.

(d) If an applicant's preference points have been deleted because the applicant caused more than one (1) customer record to be generated then those preference points shall not be restored. The Fiscal Division Chief may make an exception in the case of name changes because of marriage, divorce, adoption or legal name change.

(e) The preference points associated with a sportsperson identification number provided on an application shall be the only preference points considered for an individual applicant participating in a preference point drawing.

(f) Upon drawing a full price bighorn sheep or full price bull moose license, all accumulated preference points by the applicant for that species shall be deleted. No person shall apply for or receive a full price bighorn sheep license or preference point for full price bighorn sheep after having received a full price bighorn sheep license through the drawing. No person shall apply for or receive a full price bull moose license or preference point for bull moose after having received a bull moose license through the drawing.

(i) Preference points are assigned to residents and nonresidents who elect this option on their application and are unsuccessful in either the full price bighorn sheep or moose drawings. The nonresident applicable preference point fee, in addition to the statutorily prescribed application fee, shall be retained from the license fee remitted. The preference point fee for nonresidents shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for full price bighorn sheep and one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for moose.

(ii) In lieu of applying for a full price bighorn sheep or moose license, a person may elect to purchase a preference point for each species. The applicant is not required to pay the statutorily prescribed application fee. The preference point fee for residents shall be seven dollars ($7) per species and the fee for nonresidents shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for full price bighorn sheep, and one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for moose.

(g) A nonresident applicant may elect to purchase a preference point for antelope, deer or elk. The preference point fee for nonresidents shall be thirty-one dollars ($31) for antelope, forty-one dollars ($41) for deer, fifty-two dollars ($52) for elk and ten dollars ($10) per species for nonresident youth. The applicant, when only applying for preference points, is not required to pay the statutorily prescribed application fee. Individuals who have drawn their first choice license in the initial draw are prohibited from purchasing or receiving a preference point in the same calendar year.

(h) Upon drawing a license for the applicant's first choice in the initial drawing for nonresident antelope, deer or elk, all accumulated preference points by the applicant for that species shall be deleted and the applicant shall be prohibited from purchasing a preference point for that species in the same calendar year.

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040-44 Wyo. Code R. §§ 44-19

Amended, Eff. 8/19/2015. Amended, Eff. 1/5/2016. Amended, Eff. 10/25/2016. Amended, Eff. 6/8/2017. Amended, Eff. 10/27/2017. Amended, Eff. 4/11/2018. Amended, Eff. 8/15/2018. Amended, Eff. 12/19/2018. Amended, Eff. 8/29/2019. Amended, Eff. 8/13/2020. Amended, Eff. 1/3/2022. Amended, Eff. 1/17/2023. Amended, Eff. 9/8/2023. Amended, Eff. 5/23/2024. Amended, Eff. 11/15/2024.