040-44 Wyo. Code R. §§ 44-2 - Definitions

For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:

(a) "Charitable Purpose" means motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity and done without any remuneration.

(b) "Commissioner Complimentary License" means an antelope, deer or elk license issued at the existing statutory price at the request of a Commissioner.

(c) "Completed Application" means all required portions of the application have been properly completed with correct applicant information, submitted within the proper time period and accompanied by the proper fee.

(d) "Duplicate License" means a license issued by the Department to replace an original license that is valid and has not expired and has been lost or destroyed. If the original license was issued through the Electronic Licensing Service (ELS), a duplicate license shall only be required if the original license contained a carcass coupon.

(e) "Electronic Application" means the license or permit application form submitted through the Electronic Licensing Service (ELS).

(f) "Electronic Licensing Service (ELS)" means the Department's Electronic Draw Application System, Internet Point of Sale System and Online Internet Sales System used by the Department, license selling agents and the public to apply for or purchase licenses, permits, stamps, tags and preference points.

(g) "Electronic Signature" means an electronic process attached to or logically associated with any electronic transaction including the license, preference point or permit application submitted to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department that requires substantiation of the identity of the person initiating the electronic transaction. This process includes, but may not be limited to, use of personal credentials to gain access to the system, entering a keystroke at a specified prompt that indicates the submitter's acceptance of an assertive statement, or the use of any other technology that is in compliance with the state of Wyoming's Electronic Signature Rules as promulgated by the Office of the Chief Information Officer. This process can be used to indicate the applicant's acceptance of an assertion such as a residency requirement or veracity of the application at a specified prompt. Ref: W.S. § 40-21-102 (a) (viii).

(h) "Full Price License" means a deer, antelope, elk, mountain lion or ram bighorn sheep license issued that is not a reduced price doe/fawn, cow/calf, ewe/lamb or mountain lion license.

(i) "Full Time" means performing duties and responsibilities at the request or direction of an established charitable, humanitarian, or religious organization for more than thirty (30) hours per calendar week every week the person is absent from the state.

(j) "General Licenses" means big or trophy game or wild turkey licenses valid in any hunt area in which licenses have not been totally limited in number. General licenses shall be valid only under species, sex, age class and harvest limitations that are in effect for each hunt area.

(k) "Governor Complimentary License" means hunting or fishing license issued for no fee at the request of the Governor.

(l) "Gunpowder and Buckskin Hunt" means the annual Gunpowder and Buckskin Hunt conducted by the Sheridan, Wyoming Rotary Club.

(m) "Headquarters" means the Cheyenne Office of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department located at 5400 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82006.

(n) "Humanitarian Purpose" means for the promotion of human welfare and the advancement of social reforms and done without remuneration.

(o) "Immediate Family Member" means spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling or lineal descendants and their spouses.

(p) "Initial Drawing" means a computer processed drawing held for initial offering of resident and nonresident licenses and permits.

(q) "Issue-After License" means licenses that are limited in number and that were not issued in the initial or leftover drawings; these licenses shall be issued on an as processed basis through the ELS.

(r) "Landowner" means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company or combination of these, which either owns real property in fee simple title or is acquiring equitable interest by written contract.

(s) "Landowner Applicant" means an individual who either owns real property solely or jointly with other individuals or who holds an interest in a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company, which owns real property or is a member of the "immediate family" of the individual.

(t) "Leftover Drawing" means a computer processed random drawing to issue licenses remaining after the initial drawings.

(u) "Leftover Licenses" means limited quota licenses and nonresident region general deer licenses issued in the leftover drawing.

(v) "Leftover Permits" means permits that are limited in number and were not issued in the initial drawing and shall be issued on an as processed basis through the ELS.

(w) "License" means a document issued by the Department, through the authority of the Commission, to a qualified individual that grants certain privileges to take fish or wildlife in accordance with statutory or regulatory provisions.

(x) "License Authorization" means a document approved by the Governor or by a member of the Commission that empowers the Department to issue a Governor complimentary or Commissioner complimentary license in the name of the applicant designated on the document.

(y) "License Review Board" means a three (3) member board of Department employees consisting of the Deputy Director of Internal Operations, the Fiscal Division Chief and the Chief Game Warden, or their designee, that review and determine all license reservation requests, license refund requests, preference point issues and other license or permit issuance matters.

(z) "Limited Quota Drawing" means the processing of an application for limited quota or general big game licenses, trophy game licenses, wild turkey licenses, permits, wild bison licenses or Super Tag and Super Tag Trifecta competitive raffles through a drawing.

(aa) "Limited Quota Licenses" means licenses that are limited in number and valid only in a hunt area(s) or portion(s) of a hunt area. Limited quota licenses shall be valid only under species, sex, age class, harvest, and weapon type limitations that are in effect for each hunt area.

(bb) "Limited Quota Reduced Price Cow or Calf (cow/calf) License" means a license which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take cow or calf elk independent of what may be taken on a general license or full priced limited quota license.

(cc) "Limited Quota Reduced Price Doe or Fawn (doe/fawn) License" means a license which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take doe or fawn animals independent of what may be taken on a general license or full priced limited quota license.

(dd) "Limited Quota Reduced Price Ewe or Lamb (ewe/lamb) License" means a license which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take a ewe or lamb bighorn sheep independent of what may be taken on a full priced limited quota license.

(ee) "Minor Dependent" means an individual less than eighteen (18) years of age who is domiciled with parent(s) or legal guardian.

(ff) "National Bow Hunt" means an archery-only hunt that is sponsored and administered by the Wyoming National Bowhunt, Inc.

(gg) "Nonprofit Charitable Organization" means an organization which engages in activities providing the general public with benefits designed to aid in educational, moral, physical, conservation or social improvement and which is not established for profit.

(hh) "Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Providing Hunting Opportunities to Individuals with Disabilities" means an organization certifying they are nonprofit and that their primary purpose or mission as stated in their charter is to provide hunting opportunities to individuals with disabilities as outlined in this regulation.

(ii) "Nonresident" means any person who is not domiciled in Wyoming for at least one (1) year immediately preceding making application for a license and who is not a resident as defined by W.S. § 23-1-102 (a) (ix), § 23-1-107 and § 23-2-101 (a).

(jj) "One-Shot Antelope Hunt" means the One-Shot Antelope Hunt sponsored by the One-Shot Antelope Club in Lander, Wyoming.

(kk) "Party" means a group of individuals with the same residency status who apply together in the initial drawing for hunting licenses for the same species, area and type, and who have expectations of receiving the same treatment in processing of their applications and receiving the same drawing results. For purposes of this regulation, a Party does not include anyone else, regardless of whether or not they may accompany the party of hunters during the hunt.

(ll) "Party Application" means a group of applications in which all applicants with the same residency status specify the same species, hunt area and type in the same order of preference, and all applicants expect the same processing and draw results in the initial drawing.

(mm) "Permit" means a document that authorizes a license holder to carry out activities not authorized by the license itself, or a permission slip issued by the Department.

(nn) "Pioneer Heritage Licenses" means antelope, deer, elk or wild turkey licenses issued to Wyoming residents who are at least seventy (70) years of age prior to the issuance of the license and have continuously resided in Wyoming for at least fifty (50) years immediately preceding application for the license.

(oo) "Pioneer Licenses" means antelope, archery, deer, elk or wild turkey licenses issued to Wyoming residents who are at least seventy-five (75) years of age prior to the issuance of the license, and who have continuously resided in Wyoming for at least fifty (50) years immediately preceding the application for a license; or game bird, small game and fishing licenses issued to Wyoming residents who are over sixty-five (65) years of age and who have resided in Wyoming for at least thirty (30) total years; no year of residence prior to a resident's tenth (10^th) birthday shall count toward the thirty (30) year requirement.

(pp) "Potential to Use License" means the license shall be considered to be in possession of the person in whose name it was issued on or after the earliest opening date for which the license is valid if the license is not in the possession of an authorized Department employee.

(qq) "Proper Application Form" means the document prescribed by the Department, a photocopy of the document, or facsimile of the document. These documents shall be the only documents accepted by the Department.

(rr) "Properly Completed Duplicate License Affidavit" means a Department affidavit document signed by the person applying for a duplicate license.

(ss) "Proper Fee" means cash or a negotiable instrument as set forth by W.S. § 3 4.1-3-104 which results in full payment to the Department, in U.S. dollars for the amount specified by law or regulation for the respective licenses, permits, stamps, tags, preference points or certificates.

(tt) "Qualified Person" means an individual who meets the statutory and regulatory requirements to apply for or receive a license or a preference point. A person shall not be qualified if their privilege to apply for or receive a license or a preference point has been revoked, suspended, or restricted by a court in Wyoming or has been revoked or suspended in Wyoming through the Wildlife Violator Compact.

(uu) "Quota" means the maximum specified number of licenses to be issued for a given hunt area and species as provided by Commission regulation; in the case of nonresident elk hunt area quotas, the maximum number of specified licenses to be issued by hunt area as provided in writing by the Wildlife Division to the Fiscal Division.

(vv) "Reduced Price Mountain Lion License" means a license which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take a mountain lion in addition to what may be taken on a full price mountain lion license.

(ww) "Region General Deer Licenses" means general nonresident deer licenses that shall be limited in number and valid for a specified group of hunt areas in accordance with Commission regulations. A license issued for a region shall only be valid in hunt areas within the region where limitations in Commission regulations specify general licenses. A license issued for a region shall not be valid in any hunt area within that region in which licenses are totally limited in quota, unless specified by Commission regulations.

(xx) "Region General Elk Licenses" means general nonresident elk licenses that shall be limited in number and valid for a specified group of hunt areas in accordance with Commission regulations. A license issued for a region shall only be valid in hunt areas within the region where limitations in Commission regulations specify general licenses. A license issued for a region shall not be valid in any hunt area within that region in which licenses are totally limited in quota, unless specified by Commission regulations.

(yy) "Religious Purpose" means actions taken to advance sacred matters, religion or a church and done without remuneration.

(zz) "Replacement License" means the reprint of a license, permit, or stamp that does not contain a carcass coupon and the license was originally issued by the Department or license selling agent through the ELS, is currently valid and has not expired.

(aaa) "Resident" means a United States citizen or legal alien who is domiciled in Wyoming for at least one (1) full year immediately preceding making application for any resident game and fish license, preference point, permit or tag, shall not have claimed residency in any other state, territory, or country for any other purpose during that one (1) year period, and meets the requirements specified in W.S. § 23-1-102, § 23-1-107 and § 23-2-101 (a).

(bbb) "Special Nonresident Antelope, Deer or Elk Licenses" means those licenses having a fee greater than that of a regular nonresident antelope, deer or elk license as defined in Wyoming Statute and which the statutes provide for a separate nonresident drawing with specific percentages of nonresident quotas designated for only those applicants paying the higher license fees.

(ccc) "Sportsperson Identification Number" means the unique number assigned by the Department to each individual license applicant on the ELS.

(ddd) "Super Tag License" means a species specific big game, trophy game or wild bison license issued to the winner of the competitive raffle and upon submission of the proper fee for the appropriate species license set forth by statute.

(eee) "Super Tag Trifecta Licenses" means a combination of big game, trophy game and wild bison licenses, not to exceed three (3) different species of big game, trophy game and wild bison licenses, issued to the winner of the competitive raffle and upon submission of the proper fee for the appropriate species license set forth by statute.

(fff) "Transfer" means to convey a license authorization, (from one (1) person to another) as set forth in Section 27 of this regulation.

(ggg) "Type" means a limitation on a license in a particular hunt area for the sex of animal, the species of animal, the length of the season, the type of weapon, or a portion of the hunt area in which the license shall be valid.

(hhh) "Under the Care and Supervision of the Residing Facility" means the person is an employee of the appropriate institution or facility that issued the special limited fishing permit.

(iii) "Unlimited Reduced Price Cow or Calf (cow/calf) License" means a license which may be authorized in specific hunt areas allowing a person to take cow or calf elk independent of what may be taken on a general license or full price limited quota license.

(jjj) "Unlimited Reduced Price Doe or Fawn (doe/fawn) License" means a license which may be authorized in specific areas allowing a person to take doe or fawn animals independent of what may be taken on a general license or full price limited quota license.

(kkk) "Wyoming Women's Antelope Hunt" means a women's antelope hunt sponsored by the Wyoming Women's Foundation.

(lll) "Youth License" means a big game license that may be issued to a resident or nonresident person who is at least eleven (11) years of age and who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application. For all other species, excluding furbearing animals, requiring a license to take, youth license means a license that may be issued to a resident or nonresident person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. For a resident youth trapping license, youth license means a license that may be issued only to a resident person under the age of seventeen (17).

Notes

040-44 Wyo. Code R. §§ 44-2

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.