The following conditions apply to Landowner Special Licences:
1. The applicant for a Landowner Special Licence must be a resident of Alberta.
2. The applicant must own (have title to or have under agreement for sale by the Crown) a minimum of 1/4 section in a single parcel of 160
acres, more or less, or be an eligible person to whom the titleholder transfers this application opportunity. Atitle holder may transfer this
application opportunity to an immediate family member, or to a share holder (in case of corporations), to the land’s actual operator, or to
an immediate family member of either, provided, in all cases, that the immediate family member is directly involved in the day to day
operation of the land.
3. There is a limit of 1 Landowner Special Licence application per land title.
4. In the case of joint land titles, only 1 of the joint title holders may submit an application for a Landowner Special Licence under a
specific title. However, if additional joint titles exist, each individual, if eligible, may apply under separate joint titles.
5. Availability of Landowner Special Licences may be limited or may not be available at all for some species in certain WMUs. Those
available will be issued to eligible persons on a first-come first-served basis.
6. The applicant must have applied for and been unsuccessful in the special licence draw for the same licence type for which the
landowner application is being made. See the licence types above.
7. The land identified in “2” above must be contained within the WMU or area identified as the first choice on the unsuccessful
application for the special licence draw. The licence will be valid for the season dates associated with this first choice.
8. The Landowner Special Licence is valid on all lands owned by the titleholder and lying in the applicable WMU or area.
9. Aperson may not obtain more than 1 of the above 5 landowner special licences per year.
10. Draw priorities are not affected by the acquisition of a Landowner Special Licence.
11. Remember, you may not possess both an Antlered Mule Deer Special Licence and a Mule Deer Licence, more than 1 elk licence
(except WMU 212 Antlerless Elk Archery licence), or more than 4 of the deer, elk, and moose licences indicated in the Resident
Licences and Combinations table pages 49 to 52.
Application Procedure:
1. You must complete an application form in person at a Fish and Wildlife Division office beginning August 11, 2008.
2. You must present either the Certificate of Title or a current Tax Notice for the land in the WMU where you wish the Landowner
Special Licence to be valid.
3. The office will confirm your eligibility and first choice WMU or Season code.
4. If an applicant is using an opportunity transferred from an individual or corporate title holder, the applicant must submit a letter from
the title holder, authorizing the application for and use of the particular Landowner Special Licence.
5. The Fish and Wildlife Division will advise the applicant once the application has been approved. The hunter will then purchase the
licence from a private licence issuer. The hunter is required to bring his/her WIN and provide the issuer with the draw code for which
the landowner special licence was approved.
Landowners, or eligible designates, who are unsuccessful in the following special licence draws may still be eligible to obtain 1 of these
special licences to hunt on their own land:
��Antlered Mule Deer Special Licence
��Antlerless Mule Deer Special Licence
��Cypress Hills Elk Special Licence (only in WMUs 116, 118 and 119
��Antlerless Elk Special Licence
��WMU 300 Elk Special Licence
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