How To Apply With a Party

Hunters who apply as a party are not allowed to take game for another hunter. Party hunting is illegal in Wyoming. 

A party is a group of hunters who APPLY for hunting licenses for the same species, area and type, with expectations of receiving the same drawing results. All applicants in a party are assigned the same random number; therefore, they receive the same drawing results.  Applying as a party does not increase the drawing odds. 

Applicants that do not apply as a party are assigned individual random numbers. 

Party applications will be accepted for all big game licenses, except Moose, Bighorn Sheep and

Mountain Goat.

The maximum party size is six (6).

Residents and Nonresidents may not apply together as a party.

Valid party combinations may include:

RESIDENT APPLICANTS Elk, Deer and Antelope	NONRESIDENT APPLICANTS Elk, Deer and Antelope
Resident Resident Pioneer Resident Pioneer Heritage Resident Youth	Nonresident Nonresident Youth
Resident Landowner Resident Pioneer Landowner Resident Pioneer Heritage Landowner Resident Youth Landowner (Must apply to local Game Warden)	Nonresident Landowner Nonresident Youth Landowner (Must apply to local Game Warden)
	Nonresident Special

Party applications require that all applicants choose the same species, hunt area and season type in the same order of preference. 

Party applications for Full Price licenses must be submitted separately from party applications for Reduced Price licenses.  Example:  If six people want to apply together as a party for Full Price Elk but a few of those people also want Reduced Price Cow/Calf Elk licenses, two separate applications must be submitted.  One application is the party application consisting of the six applications for Full Price.  The second application is either the individual applications for Reduced Price Cow/Calf Elk or the separate party application for Reduced Price Cow/Calf Elk.