SF0015

Authorizes the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to limit the number of landowner hunting licenses issued in limited quota hunt areas while ensuring at least 40% of licenses remain available to landowners.

• Amends W.S. 23-1-302(h) to allow the Game and Fish Commission to promulgate rules limiting the number of elk, deer, antelope, and turkey hunting licenses issued to Wyoming landowners in any limited quota hunt area when necessary to maintain public hunting opportunity. (W.S. 23-1-302(h), Sec. 1)
• Requires that not less than 40% of the hunting licenses in a limited quota hunt area shall be made available to landowners, with any remaining licenses that are not issued to landowners reverting to the limited quota hunt area for public purchase. (W.S. 23-1-302(h), Sec. 1)
• Specifies that fees for landowner hunting licenses shall be equal to fees prescribed under W.S. 23-2-101(j) for each species. (W.S. 23-1-302(h), Sec. 1)

Effective: July 1, 2026

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