23-2-107. Wild bison licenses.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, any person who will be fourteen (14) years of age or older prior to September 15 of the season for which the wild bison license is issued and who qualifies under W.S. 23-2-106 may apply to the department for a wild bison license.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 92, § 2.

(c) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations regulating wild bison licenses and the management of wild bison. The rules shall provide for:

(i) License drawing procedures;

(ii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 159, § 2.

(iii) Notification of license recipients as to when and where they may hunt;

(iv) Open and closed hunting seasons;

(v) Tagging requirements for carcasses, skulls and hides;

(vi) Possession limits; and

(vii) Requirements for transportation and exportation.

(d) Any person who takes a wild bison without a license in an area open to hunting or takes a bison within a closed area is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).

(e) A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of four hundred twelve dollars ($412.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of four thousand four hundred dollars ($4,400.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). The fee charged under W.S. 23-1-701 shall be in addition to the fee imposed under this subsection.

(f) Any person who is issued:

(i) An any wild bison license and harvests:

(A) A bull of the species shall be ineligible to apply for or receive an any wild bison license in any future year, but shall be eligible to apply for and receive a female or calf wild bison license in the immediately following season;

(B) A female or calf of the species shall be ineligible to apply for or receive a female or calf wild bison license in the immediately following five (5) years, but shall be eligible to apply for and receive an any wild bison license in the immediately following season.

(ii) A female or calf wild bison license and harvests a female or calf of the species shall be ineligible to apply for or receive an any wild bison license or a female or calf wild bison license in the immediately following five (5) years.