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CHEYENNE * In addition to resolutions of bagging a 30-inch deer or 5-pound cutthroat, the new year brings some changes to 2001 Wyoming big game license applicants and hunting/fishing license buyers.
Foremost is the conservation stamp, which is required by almost all hunters and anglers in addition to their license, having its first price increase since its inception in 1983. Beginning in 2001, the stamp will cost $10.
The increase in the annual stamp heightens the value of the $75 lifetime conservation stamp, says Larry Gabriele, Game and Fish Department fiscal chief.
"When the ^C^ (conservation) stamp was $5 it took 15 years for the lifetime stamp to pay for itself," he says. "Now it will only take 7 1/2 years. When you factor in the convenience of never having to buy the stamp again, it now becomes a very good deal and a heck of a gift."
Unlike lifetime small game and fishing licenses, the lifetime conservation stamp can be purchased by both residents and nonresidents.
2001 conservation stamps, along with small game, mountain lion and fishing licenses will be available at Wyoming license agents beginning Dec. 20.
With the moose and bighorn sheep application period Jan. 1―Feb. 28, Gabriele alerts residents they now have a $3-application fee when applying for any big game license that is issued by drawing. Nonresidents paid a $5-application fee for many years before the fee went up to $10 in 1997.
The application fee has been eliminated for limited quota big game licenses bought over the counter following the drawings.
Several changes await both doe/fawn deer and antelope and cow/calf elk applicants in 2001:
These licenses are now subject to the application fee.
Hunters can now apply as a party.
Nonresident doe/fawn licenses have been reduced to $60 and $40 for youth; cow/calf elk $160 and $85 for youth. Prices include application fee.
Residents are also the recipient of a price break in 2001, with the mountain lion license dropping to $20.
Hunters and anglers face some price increases in 2001, too:
Resident deer rises from $22 to $25; nonresident from $$185 to $210. Youth deer does not change.
Nonresident daily fishing jumps from $6 to $10 and nonresident daily small game from $10 to $15.
The bison application fee is now $15 for nonresidents and $8 for residents. The bison application period is now Jan. 1-31.
Uploaded: 12/8/2000
Uploaded: 12/8/2000