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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-00591SF0003 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE FILE NO. SF0003 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Mule and whitetail deer-separate hunting seasons. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural |
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| 7 | 7 | | Resources Interim Committee |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL |
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| 9 | 9 | | for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1 AN ACT relating to game and fish; requiring separate |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 hunting licenses and seasons for mule deer and whitetail |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 deer; making conforming amendments; and providing for an |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 effective date. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 6 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 7 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 8. W.S. 23-1-101(a)(i), 23-1-302(a) by |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9 creating a new paragraph (xxxiv) and (h), 23-1-703(g), |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10 23-1-705(c), (e)(i) through (iii), (g) and (j), |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11 23-2-101(f)(intro), (ii), by creating a new paragraph |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12 (iii), by renumbering (iii) as (iv), (j)(xiv) through |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13 (xvii), by creating new paragraphs (xlvii) through (l) and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 (m), 23-3-102(d), 23-3-105(a) and (b), 23-3-301(a) and (b) |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 and 35-7-1302(a) are amended to read: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00592SF00031 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4 (a) As used in this act: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 6 (i) "Big game animal" means antelope, bighorn |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7 sheep, deer, elk, moose or mountain |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8 goat; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12 (a) The commission is directed and empowered: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 19 (h) For purposes of promoting the maintenance of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 20 wildlife habitat and attaining wildlife management |
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| 44 | 44 | | 21 objectives pursuant to W.S. 23-1-103 and in addition to |
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| 45 | 45 | | 22 duties prescribed under paragraph (a)(xiv) of this section, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 23 the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00593SF0003 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1 governing the issuance of elk, deer, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 antelope and turkey hunting licenses to Wyoming landowners |
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| 49 | 49 | | 3 without subjection to prescribed means of competitive |
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| 50 | 50 | | 4 public issuance. Fees assessed for licenses authorized |
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| 51 | 51 | | 5 under this subsection shall be equal to fees prescribed |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6 under W.S. 23-2-101(j) for each species for which the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 7 license is issued. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 12 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 13 (g) In addition to the authority granted under |
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| 60 | 60 | | 14 subsection (b) of this section, the commission may through |
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| 61 | 61 | | 15 rule and regulation develop and implement a preference |
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| 62 | 62 | | 16 point program for nonresident antelope, nonresident |
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| 63 | 63 | | 17 deer |
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| 64 | 64 | | 18 licenses which are limited in quota and would otherwise be |
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| 65 | 65 | | 19 issued through a random drawing. A program established |
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| 66 | 66 | | 20 pursuant to this subsection may be implemented for all or |
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| 67 | 67 | | 21 selected hunt areas and may be applied to all or portions |
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| 68 | 68 | | 22 of licenses for any particular species. The commission may |
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| 69 | 69 | | 23 charge nonresident license applicants a nonrefundable fee 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00594SF0003 |
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| 70 | 70 | | 1 to accumulate preference points under the program as |
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| 71 | 71 | | 2 provided in W.S. 23-2-101(m). |
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| 74 | 74 | | 5 |
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| 76 | 76 | | 7 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 8 (c) In addition the commission may, upon payment of |
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| 78 | 78 | | 9 deer |
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| 79 | 79 | | 10 twenty-five (25) licenses each year for the |
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| 80 | 80 | | 11 exclusive use of gunpowder and buckskin hunts. |
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| 81 | 81 | | 12 |
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| 82 | 82 | | 13 (e) The department shall issue: |
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| 83 | 83 | | 14 |
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| 84 | 84 | | 15 (i) For a fee of two dollars ($2.00) a resident |
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| 85 | 85 | | 16 |
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| 86 | 86 | | 17 and for a fee of five dollars ($5.00) an elk license to any |
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| 87 | 87 | | 18 resident who is at least seventy-five (75) years of age |
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| 88 | 88 | | 19 prior to the issuance of the license and who has |
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| 89 | 89 | | 20 continuously resided in Wyoming for at least the fifty (50) |
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| 90 | 90 | | 21 years immediately preceding application for the license; |
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| 91 | 91 | | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00595SF00031 (ii) For a fee established by rule of the |
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| 92 | 92 | | 2 commission a resident deer, antelope, |
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| 93 | 93 | | 3 wild turkey or elk license to any resident who is at least |
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| 94 | 94 | | 4 seventy (70) years of age prior to the issuance of the |
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| 95 | 95 | | 5 license and has continuously resided in Wyoming for at |
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| 96 | 96 | | 6 least fifty (50) years immediately preceding application |
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| 97 | 97 | | 7 for the license. The fee established for a license under |
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| 98 | 98 | | 8 this paragraph shall be not more than sixty-five percent |
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| 99 | 99 | | 9 (65%) nor less than sixty percent (60%) of the resident fee |
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| 100 | 100 | | 10 specified in W.S. 23-2-101 for the particular species; |
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| 101 | 101 | | 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | 12 (iii) Without charge a resident elk |
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| 103 | 103 | | 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | 14 subject to prescribed means of competitive public issuance, |
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| 105 | 105 | | 15 a resident game bird and a resident small game license to |
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| 106 | 106 | | 16 any resident who is on active duty in the United States |
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| 107 | 107 | | 17 armed forces deployed to a combat zone who is home on leave |
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| 108 | 108 | | 18 during the applicable hunting season. Application under |
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| 109 | 109 | | 19 this section shall include proof of residency required |
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| 110 | 110 | | 20 under W.S. 23-2-101(a), certification of the applicant's |
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| 111 | 111 | | 21 active duty deployment to a combat zone and other |
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| 112 | 112 | | 22 information required by rule and regulation of the |
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| 113 | 113 | | 23 commission. For purposes of this paragraph, a combat zone 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00596SF0003 |
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| 114 | 114 | | 1 is any area which the president of the United States |
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| 115 | 115 | | 2 designates by executive order as an area in which the armed |
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| 116 | 116 | | 3 forces of the United States are engaged in combat; |
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| 117 | 117 | | 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | 5 (g) In addition to complimentary licenses under |
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| 119 | 119 | | 6 subsection (a) of this section, each appointed commissioner |
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| 120 | 120 | | 7 may cause to be issued at cost not more than a total of |
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| 121 | 121 | | 8 eight (8) elk, deer, whitetail deer or antelope |
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| 122 | 122 | | 9 designated licenses per year. All licenses issued under |
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| 123 | 123 | | 10 this subsection shall be designated to nonprofit charitable |
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| 124 | 124 | | 11 organizations. As a condition of accepting the license, the |
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| 125 | 125 | | 12 organization shall agree to auction or otherwise bid the |
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| 126 | 126 | | 13 license to the highest bidder or to raffle the license to |
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| 127 | 127 | | 14 members of the public. |
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| 128 | 128 | | 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | 16 (j) In addition the commission may issue upon payment |
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| 130 | 130 | | 17 of proper fees any number, set by rule and regulation, of |
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| 131 | 131 | | 18 antelope licenses, |
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| 132 | 132 | | 19 elk licenses and turkey licenses each year for |
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| 133 | 133 | | 20 the exclusive use by persons twenty (20) years of age or |
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| 134 | 134 | | 21 younger with life threatening illnesses who are sponsored |
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| 135 | 135 | | 22 by a nonprofit charitable organization with a mission to |
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| 136 | 136 | | 23 provide opportunities and experiences to persons with life 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00597SF0003 |
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| 137 | 137 | | 1 threatening or serious illnesses. As a condition of issuing |
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| 138 | 138 | | 2 the license, the sponsoring organization shall pay the |
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| 139 | 139 | | 3 appropriate license fee on behalf of the licensee and at no |
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| 140 | 140 | | 4 cost to the licensee. |
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| 141 | 141 | | 5 |
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| 145 | 145 | | 9 |
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| 146 | 146 | | 10 (f) Forty percent (40%) of available nonresident elk |
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| 147 | 147 | | 11 licenses, forty percent (40%) of available nonresident |
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| 148 | 148 | | 12 deer licenses, forty percent (40%) of available nonresident |
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| 149 | 149 | | 13 and forty percent (40%) of |
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| 150 | 150 | | 14 available nonresident antelope licenses for any one (1) |
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| 151 | 151 | | 15 calendar year shall as established by the commission, be |
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| 152 | 152 | | 16 offered to nonresident applicants upon receipt of the fee |
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| 153 | 153 | | 17 prescribed by this subsection. Seventy-five (75) of the |
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| 154 | 154 | | 18 nonresident deer licenses set aside |
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| 155 | 155 | | 19 this subsection shall be used for a |
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| 156 | 156 | | 20 national bow hunt for deer . The |
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| 157 | 157 | | 21 licenses authorized by this subsection shall be offered by |
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| 158 | 158 | | 22 drawing to nonresident applicants prior to the drawing for |
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| 159 | 159 | | 23 the remaining nonresident licenses issued. The licenses 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00598SF0003 |
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| 160 | 160 | | 1 offered under this subsection shall be issued in a manner |
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| 161 | 161 | | 2 prescribed by rules and regulations promulgated by the |
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| 162 | 162 | | 3 commission. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit any |
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| 163 | 163 | | 4 unsuccessful applicant for a nonresident license pursuant |
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| 164 | 164 | | 5 to this subsection from submitting an application for any |
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| 165 | 165 | | 6 licenses remaining after the drawing during the calendar |
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| 166 | 166 | | 7 year in which the application under this subsection was |
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| 167 | 167 | | 8 submitted. The following fees shall be collected by the |
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| 168 | 168 | | 9 department and are in addition to the nonresident license |
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| 169 | 169 | | 10 fee for the appropriate big game species imposed under |
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| 170 | 170 | | 11 subsection (j) of this section and the application fee |
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| 171 | 171 | | 12 imposed under subsection (e) of this section: |
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| 172 | 172 | | 13 |
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| 173 | 173 | | 14 (ii) Nonresident deer license .... $826.00 |
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| 174 | 174 | | 15 in addition to the license fee imposed under paragraph |
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| 175 | 175 | | 16 (j)(xv) of this section; |
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| 180 | 180 | | 21 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00599SF00031 (iv) Nonresident antelope license..... |
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| 181 | 181 | | 2 $874.00 in addition to the license fee imposed under |
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| 182 | 182 | | 3 paragraph (j)(xxxi) of this section. |
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| 183 | 183 | | 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | 5 (j) Subject to W.S. 23-2-101(f), 23-1-705(e) and the |
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| 185 | 185 | | 6 applicable fee under W.S. 23-1-701, the following hunting |
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| 186 | 186 | | 7 licenses and tags may be purchased for the fee indicated |
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| 187 | 187 | | 8 and subject to the limitations provided: |
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| 188 | 188 | | 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | 10 (xiv) Resident deer license; one (1) |
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| 190 | 190 | | 11 deer................................................$40.00 |
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| 191 | 191 | | 12 |
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| 192 | 192 | | 13 (xv) Nonresident |
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| 193 | 193 | | 14 deer..............................................$372.00 |
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| 194 | 194 | | 15 |
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| 195 | 195 | | 16 (xvi) Resident youth deer license; one (1) |
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| 197 | 197 | | 18 |
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| 198 | 198 | | 19 (xvii) Nonresident youth deer license; one |
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| 199 | 199 | | 20 (1) mule deer.....................................$110.00 |
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| 202 | 202 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-005910SF0003 |
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| 213 | 213 | | 11 (m) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, as |
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| 214 | 214 | | 12 part of any preference point program for nonresident |
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| 215 | 215 | | 13 antelope, nonresident ram bighorn sheep, nonresident moose, |
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| 216 | 216 | | 14 nonresident deer, nonresident whitetail deer or |
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| 217 | 217 | | 15 nonresident elk, the commission may establish a |
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| 218 | 218 | | 16 nonrefundable fee to be either withheld from the license |
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| 219 | 219 | | 17 fee remitted or submitted separately when application for a |
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| 220 | 220 | | 18 license or preference point is made through electronic |
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| 221 | 221 | | 19 licensing, and may also establish a fee to be paid in lieu |
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| 222 | 222 | | 20 of applying for licenses that are limited in quota. |
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| 223 | 223 | | 21 Retention of the established fee or payment of the fee in |
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| 224 | 224 | | 22 lieu of applying shall authorize the person to accumulate a |
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| 225 | 225 | | 23 preference point for future drawings for licenses that are 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-005911SF0003 |
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| 226 | 226 | | 1 limited in quota for the applicable species in accordance |
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| 227 | 227 | | 2 with rules of the commission. The rules may provide for the |
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| 228 | 228 | | 3 loss of all accumulated points for persons failing to apply |
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| 229 | 229 | | 4 or to pay the in lieu fee in two (2) consecutive calendar |
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| 230 | 230 | | 5 years. The fee for any program under this subsection for |
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| 231 | 231 | | 6 antelope, deer, whitetail deer or elk shall be |
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| 232 | 232 | | 7 established by rule and shall not exceed seventy-five |
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| 233 | 233 | | 8 dollars ($75.00) per species. Payment of the fee shall be |
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| 234 | 234 | | 9 made in compliance with application dates. Nothing in this |
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| 235 | 235 | | 10 subsection authorizes the commission to establish or retain |
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| 236 | 236 | | 11 a fee for resident moose or resident ram bighorn sheep |
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| 237 | 237 | | 12 license preference points in addition to the fee |
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| 238 | 238 | | 13 established by subsection (k) of this section or to |
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| 239 | 239 | | 14 establish rules for ram bighorn sheep or moose preference |
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| 240 | 240 | | 15 point drawings in conflict with the provisions of W.S. |
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| 241 | 241 | | 16 23-1-703(b). For nonresident ram bighorn sheep and |
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| 242 | 242 | | 17 nonresident moose licenses, the commission may establish by |
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| 243 | 243 | | 18 rule a nonrefundable preference point fee to be withheld |
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| 244 | 244 | | 19 from either the license fee remitted or submitted |
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| 245 | 245 | | 20 separately when application for a license or preference |
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| 246 | 246 | | 21 point is made through electronic licensing and may |
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| 247 | 247 | | 22 establish a fee in lieu of making application in an amount |
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| 248 | 248 | | 23 greater than that established under subsection (k) of this 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-005912SF0003 |
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| 249 | 249 | | 1 section, but neither fee shall exceed one hundred fifty |
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| 250 | 250 | | 2 dollars ($150.00). Fees established under this subsection |
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| 251 | 251 | | 3 may be set at lower amounts for youth license applicants. |
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| 255 | 255 | | 7 |
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| 256 | 256 | | 8 (d) Any person who knowingly takes any antlered elk, |
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| 257 | 257 | | 9 antlered deer, antlered |
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| 258 | 258 | | 10 moose, horned antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, |
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| 259 | 259 | | 11 mountain lion, grizzly bear or black bear without the |
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| 260 | 260 | | 12 proper license or during a closed season and any person who |
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| 261 | 261 | | 13 knowingly kills a mountain lion during a mountain lion |
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| 262 | 262 | | 14 pursuit season, except as otherwise permitted by this act, |
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| 263 | 263 | | 15 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less |
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| 264 | 264 | | 16 than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than ten |
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| 265 | 265 | | 17 thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for not more |
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| 266 | 266 | | 18 than one (1) year, or both. A third or subsequent |
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| 267 | 267 | | 19 conviction within ten (10) years for a violation of this |
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| 268 | 268 | | 20 subsection shall constitute a felony punishable by a fine |
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| 269 | 269 | | 21 of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more |
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| 270 | 270 | | 22 than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for |
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| 271 | 271 | | 23 not more than two (2) years, or both. For the purposes of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-005913SF0003 |
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| 272 | 272 | | 1 determining whether a violation of this subsection is a |
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| 273 | 273 | | 2 felony, convictions resulting from the same occurrence |
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| 274 | 274 | | 3 shall be considered a single conviction even if the result |
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| 275 | 275 | | 4 of the occurrence is more than one (1) misdemeanor |
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| 276 | 276 | | 5 conviction. The provisions of W.S. 6-8-101(a) shall not |
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| 277 | 277 | | 6 apply to convictions under this section. |
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| 278 | 278 | | 7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | 11 |
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| 283 | 283 | | 12 (a) Antelope, deer, whitetail deer and elk |
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| 284 | 284 | | 13 licenses shall have two (2) coupons attached, each bearing |
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| 285 | 285 | | 14 the same serial number as the body of the permit, one (1) |
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| 286 | 286 | | 15 designated "antelope, deer, whitetail deer or elk |
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| 287 | 287 | | 16 coupon" and one (1) designated "landowner's coupon". |
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| 288 | 288 | | 17 |
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| 289 | 289 | | 18 (b) The landowner's coupon shall promptly be |
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| 290 | 290 | | 19 detached, dated, signed and delivered to the landowner. |
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| 291 | 291 | | 20 The landowner, on or before March 1 following the close of |
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| 292 | 292 | | 21 the hunting season for which the license was issued, shall |
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| 293 | 293 | | 22 deliver to the department the coupon and an affidavit that |
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| 294 | 294 | | 23 the antelope, deer or elk for which 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-005914SF0003 |
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| 295 | 295 | | 1 the coupon was delivered was killed on his land. Upon |
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| 296 | 296 | | 2 receipt of the coupon and affidavit the department shall |
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| 297 | 297 | | 3 pay the landowner sixteen dollars ($16.00) for each coupon |
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| 298 | 298 | | 4 from an antelope, deer, whitetail deer or elk license. |
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| 299 | 299 | | 5 Landowner's coupons are not transferable. Any unauthorized |
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| 300 | 300 | | 6 person attempting to collect any sum for any landowner's |
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| 301 | 301 | | 7 coupon is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as |
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| 302 | 302 | | 8 provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii). Effective January 1, |
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| 303 | 303 | | 9 2000, the department shall provide a checkoff box on each |
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| 304 | 304 | | 10 landowner coupon affidavit claim form that offers the |
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| 305 | 305 | | 11 claimant the opportunity to designate the animal damage |
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| 306 | 306 | | 12 management board to receive his payment amount for |
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| 307 | 307 | | 13 landowner coupons claimed on that form. For each claim made |
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| 308 | 308 | | 14 where the landowner has designated his payment to the |
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| 309 | 309 | | 15 animal damage management board, the department shall |
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| 310 | 310 | | 16 transfer that amount to the animal damage management |
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| 311 | 311 | | 17 account created by W.S. 11-6-306 and the department shall |
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| 312 | 312 | | 18 retain the fees related to those administrative costs of |
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| 313 | 313 | | 19 the transfer. |
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| 314 | 314 | | 20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | 22 |
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| 317 | 317 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-005915SF00031 (a) No person shall import into Wyoming from any |
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| 318 | 318 | | 2 source any living antelope, bear, deer, |
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| 319 | 319 | | 3 |
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| 320 | 320 | | 4 sheep, wolf, wolf hybrid nor any living wildlife except as |
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| 321 | 321 | | 5 otherwise permitted by this act. |
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| 322 | 322 | | 6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | 7 (b) No person shall sell any living antelope, bear, |
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| 324 | 324 | | 8 deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, |
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| 325 | 325 | | 9 mountain lion, bighorn sheep, wolf, wolf hybrid or falcon |
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| 326 | 326 | | 10 except as permitted by the commission. |
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| 327 | 327 | | 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | 13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | 14 (a) Any game animal, including any big game animal, |
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| 331 | 331 | | 15 elk, deer, mountain sheep, wild goat, |
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| 332 | 332 | | 16 antelope, moose or bear, lawfully taken by a licensed |
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| 333 | 333 | | 17 hunter may be donated to a nonprofit organization under the |
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| 334 | 334 | | 18 provisions of W.S. 35-7-1301 to feed individuals in need. |
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| 335 | 335 | | 19 |
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| 336 | 336 | | 20. This act is effective January 1, 2026. |
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| 337 | 337 | | 21 |
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| 338 | 338 | | 22 (END) |
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