APPLY NOW FOR WILD BISON PRIORITY LISTING

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CHEYENNE - Hunters are reminded that March 1 is the deadline to submit applications to be placed on the wild bison priority listing for 2010. 

The priority listing is not a drawing to issue licenses.  It is a random computer selection that is held in May to place hunters on a priority list.  Applicants are notified based on their ranking on the priority list, in order of their priority ranking, when the department determines a wild bison hunting opportunity may be available.   At that time the hunter has the opportunity to purchase or decline purchase of the wild bison license.

The fee to be placed on the priority listing is nonrefundable and is $11 resident and $20 nonresident.  If an applicant is notified and chooses to purchase a license, the license fee is $402 for residents and $2,502 nonresident. 

The harvest of a wild bison is once in a lifetime.  No person who has been issued a wild bison license and harvested a wild bison after Jan. 31, 2001 is eligible to apply for or receive a hunting license for wild bison in any future year.

Applications to be placed on the priority listing are in the resident and nonresident application booklets and also on the Game and Fish Web site http://gf.state.wy.us. Information on the bison hunt can be obtained by calling (307) 777-4600.

-WGFD-

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