HSB 669

If fewer than 500 nonresidents apply for a reserved license by the application deadline set by the commission, the excess reserved licenses shall be available for purchase in the same manner as other excess nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses. A nonresident shall include with the license application evidence that the reservation is scheduled for a time during which the license is valid. Not more than percent of the issued reserved licenses and not more than percent of the remaining licenses shall be bow season licenses. Additionally, the bill provides that 3,000 of the nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses shall be allocated for issuance as part of a type of combination license commonly referred to as a “grand slam license”. The combination license is available for purchase to a nonresident for a fee of $1,500 and allows the nonresident to hunt for and take one antlered deer, one antlerless deer, one wild turkey during the fall wild turkey hunting season, and one coyote. Additionally, the license allows the nonresident to hunt for pheasants during the fall pheasant season and for small game during all small game seasons established by the natural resource commission. Not more than percent of such licenses shall authorize an antlered deer to be taken with a bow. _____ The bill also allocates 1,000 nonresident landowner antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses to eligible nonresidents who own land in the state. The nonresident landowner antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses are not included in the limits established for nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses. The nonresident landowner antlered or any sex deer hunting license shall be available for a fee of $650. A nonresident landowner may purchase a nonresident landowner antlered or any sex deer hunting license as part of a grand slam license for a total fee of $1,200, but the nonresident may only hunt for antlered deer on the nonresident’s property when using the grand slam license in such manner. A person who violates a provision of this bill is subject to a scheduled fine of $25.