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LICENSES & GENERAL INFORMATION | Bighorn Sheep limited Application | | Price $753 | | Deadline May 1 | | Information | Limited Licenses - these licenses are awarded only through the special drawing and are designed to limit the number of hunters in a specific hunting district(s). Hunters may apply for one limited license area only and it must be their first and only district choice, with the exception of an adult ewe which may be listed as a second district choice. - An applicant who receives a limited either sex or legal ram license is not eligible to receive another sheep license for the next succeeding seven years. For example, if you received one of the limited either sex or legal ram sheep licenses in 1999, you may not receive another sheep license until 2007.
General Information for Limited Licenses - Applications must be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service no later than May 1.
- Each bighorn sheep license is valid ONLY in the hunting district(s) and for the time period specified on the license.
- License holders may legally take one bighorn sheep, subject to all specifications on the license issued.
- Bighorn ram horns greater than one-half curl must be plugged or pinned at any Fish, Wildlife & Parks office within 10 days after harvest. A listing of designated personnel and phone numbers will be provided to all bighorn sheep license holders.
- There is no ARCHERY ONLY season for bighorn sheep.
- Hunter orange is required for all bighorn sheep hunters.
- It is illegal to possess a sheep head picked up in the wild.
MANDATORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS - A hunter harvesting a bighorn sheep must, if required by the department, physically return to the kill site for inspection and on demand show the complete head and cape intact.
- A hunter harvesting a bighorn sheep with a license valid for a "legal ram" must not alter the head and horns as to affect determination of legality.
- A hunter harvesting a bighorn ram must personally present the complete head and cape intact within 48 hours to any Fish, Wildlife & Parks office, game warden, or designated employee in the administrative region where the bighorn ram was taken. At that time, a transportation permit will be issued.
Legislation authorizes the Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission to provide for the auction of a bighorn sheep license each year. This license authorizes the hunter to take a "legal" or greater ram in any district of their choice. This license is not a part of the seasons proposed and if this license holder is successful, the sheep will not be counted against the district quota. The license holder may only hunt in areas open to hunting (i.e. if an unlimited area closes due to reaching the quota, the license holder may not hunt in that area). DEFINITIONS ADULT EWE - defined as a female bighorn sheep - one year old or older. Lambs (young of year) are not included. LIMITED LICENSES Both resident and nonresident hunters are eligible to apply for the following licenses awarded through the special drawings. Nonresidents are limited to, but not guaranteed, 10 percent of a region's quota. Districts where nonresidents may apply are listed on the nonresident sheep application.
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