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PREFERENCE POINT FEE SCHEDULE
SPECIES
PRICE
Resident moose
Resident bighorn sheep
Nonresident antelope
Nonresident bighorn sheep
Nonresident deer
Nonresident elk
Nonresident moose
Nonresident youth antelope
Nonresident youth deer
Nonresident youth elk
$7
$7
$31
$150
$41
$52
$150
$10
$10
$10
When applying for a nonresident elk
license, any full-price license will use your
points. This includes the type 4 and type 5
full-price antlerless elk licenses. If you wish
to apply for a cow/calf or antlerless elk license
and do not want to use your points, apply
for the reduced-price cow/calf license. There
are no preference points for reduced-price
licenses and applicants do not lose their
points if they are successful. For nonresident
full-price elk, an applicant will lose all
accumulated preference points if they draw
their first choice license in the initial limited
quota drawing.
MOOSE AND BIGHORN SHEEP
Preference points are available for residents
find hunt areas with good odds of drawing
a license as a second and possibly a third
choice. Drawing odds can and do change
from year to year as applicants shift their preferences
for specific hunt areas and generate
high demand. The prior year's drawing odds,
found on the Game and Fish website through
the Hunt Planner, are a useful indicator of
relative odds but provide no guarantees.
NONRESIDENT ANTELOPE, DEER
AND ELK
For nonresident full-price elk, deer and
antelope, preference points can be accumulated
by applying for a preference point
during the preference point-only application
period.
For nonresident full-price elk, full-price deer
and full-price antelope, an individual's accumulated
preference points are only considered
in the initial drawing for the applicant's first
choice in the preference-point drawing.
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and nonresidents in the moose and bighorn
sheep drawings. For moose and full-price
bighorn sheep, preference points can be accumulated
by submitting an application for
the limited quota drawings or by applying
for a preference point during the preference
point-only application period using the
online system.
All resident applicants who are unsuccessful
in drawing a moose or full-price bighorn
sheep license will automatically be awarded
a preference point each year they participate
in the limited quota drawing. If opted in on
the application, nonresidents will have the
applicable moose ($150) and/or full-price
bighorn sheep ($150) preference point fees
deducted from their license refund. Residents
will receive a full refund of their license fee.
If residents don't participate and nonresidents
don't opt in for a preference point
in the limited quota drawing for moose or
full-price bighorn sheep, they may apply
for a preference point during the preference
point-only application period using the
online system.
For moose and full-price bighorn sheep, an
applicant will lose all accumulated preference
points if they draw a license or if they fail
to be awarded a preference point within two
consecutive years by either participating in
the limited quota drawing or applying for
a preference point during the appropriate
application period.
Type 1 moose and full-price bighorn sheep
licenses are once-in-a-lifetime licenses, so
successful applicants for these are no longer
eligible to purchase preference points for
the species. After five years, successful Type
1 moose applicants may purchase points for
a Type 4 license.
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