How to apply in Nevada

Anyone born after January 1, 1960 is required to provide proof of Hunter Education, in order to purchase a Nevada hunting license.

Proof of Hunter Education is an official Hunter Education card or certificate from any state or Canadian province

Apprentice Hunting License – 12 years of age and older (Available only at Nevada offices) $15 SPECIALTY

Applicants are prompted to purchase a hunting license when submitting an application. However, choosing the option to purchase a license only if successful in the draw will not generate a bonus point for unsuccessful applications.

Each applicant in a drawing for a tag for a season receives a number of additional draw numbers that is equal to the number of bonus points that he or she has accumulated squared

The applicant’s lowest randomly assigned draw number is the number used for the drawing.

bonus points accumulated by a person for a species or category of species cannot be transferred to any other person or any other species or category of species.

may electronically submit an application for a bonus point for that species or category of species

Bonus Point Only Application (exempt from elk management and game tag application fee) $10

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No point-reserved share: every tag is awarded by a random computerized draw; bonus points only add extra draw numbers

Approximately 90% resident – 10% nonresident (Commission Policy 24)

The number of bonus points applicable to applications submitted by a group pursuant to NAC 502.4185 for tags is the quotient of the total number of points held by the members of the group divided by the number of members in the group, rounded to the nearest whole number.

Party hunts are only available for specific species, which include Mule Deer, Antlerless Elk, and Antelope with Horns Shorter Than Ears.

Except for a restricted nonresident deer hunt, residents and nonresidents may apply for tags as one party if they:

Bonus points for party hunts are calculated by averaging the points of all party members and rounding to the nearest whole number.

divided by the number of members in the group, rounded to the nearest whole number.

A party hunt is defined in regulation as an application submitted by a group of two or more individuals who wish to apply together to receive the same type of tag.

Both resident and nonresident hunters can apply together in the same party for mule deer, but only choices available to both residency types will be valid for the party application.

Antlered elk & PIW: may not apply the next 7 open seasons

Antlerless elk (incl. management hunts), spike elk and elk depredation: may apply the next open season

Black bear: after a harvest, may not apply the next 5 open seasons; without a harvest, may apply the next open season

Bighorn sheep ewe: may not apply the next 2 open seasons

Antelope horns longer than ears & PIW: may not apply the next 3 open seasons

Antelope horns shorter than ears: may apply the next open season

Moose: once drawn, ineligible to apply in their lifetime

Mountain goat: may not apply the next 10 open seasons

Bighorn sheep ram & PIW: may not apply the next 10 open seasons (harvest or not)

Posted online at ndowlicensing.com no later than 48 hours after the end of the business day the draw was completed

After the second draw, remaining tags with no eligible alternate are sold first come, first served, online only at ndowlicensing.com

A second drawing is held for all big game tags remaining after the main draw; residents and nonresidents may apply (junior hunt tags: eligible residents only)

A fee not to exceed $10 may be charged for processing an application for a game species or permit other than an application for an elk. A fee of not less than $5 but not more than $15 must be charged for processing an application for an elk