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Wildlife Heritage Committee
Wildlife Heritage Trust Account

The Wildlife Heritage Trust is administered by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners. The money in the account is used for the ‘protection, propagation, restoration, transplanting, introduction, and management of any game fish, game mammal, game bird, or fur-bearing mammal and the management and control of predatory wildlife in this state."

The funds are obtained from bid, auction or partnership in wildlife drawings or from a gift of money made by any person to the Wildlife Heritage Trust Account. The amount of funds available from year to year for projects depends on funds deposited each year and interest earned annually on the account. The department is allowed to expend no more than 75% of the money deposited in the account the previous year, plus any interest earned during the prior year.

The Heritage Trust account started in 1998 and due to the generosity of its participants over the years, the account has now grown to over $5 million. The table below displays the organizations that were awarded Wildlife Heritage tags to auction at their fundraising events. The auctioned tags benefit the Wildlife Heritage Trust Account.

You may also be interested in learning about our Partnership in Wildlife (PIW) program. PIW is a voluntary and optional participation program that offers unique hunting opportunities to hunters for a few statewide big game tags.

2010 Wildlife Heritage Mule Deer Tag
Species Tag Type
Quota
Age Sex Class
Season
Organization
Wildlife Heritage Mule Deer
2
Any Mule Deer

The Saturday next preceding the earliest date for antlered mule deer established in regulation by the Board of Wildlife Commission through the last day of December.

July 31, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010

1- Mule Deer Foundation
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb 11-14, 2010

1- Safari Club International
Reno Ballroom
Reno, Nevada
March 12, 2010

2010 Wildlife Heritage Pronghorn Antelope Tag
Species Tag Type
Quota
Age Sex Class
Season
Organization
Wildlife Heritage Antelope
2
Any pronghorn antelope

The Saturday next preceding the earliest date for pronghorn antelope horns longer than ears established in regulation by the Board of Wildlife Commission through the last day of October.

July 31, 2010 – Oct 31, 2010

1 – Pershing County Chukars Unlimited
Lovelock Community Center
Lovelock, Nevada
Sept 19, 2009

1 – Mule Deer Foundation
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb 11-14, 2010

2010 Wildlife Heritage Rocky Mountain Elk Tag
Species Tag Type
Quota
Age Sex Class
Season
Organization
Wildlife Heritage Rocky Mountain Elk
2
Elk with at least one antler

The Saturday next preceding the earliest date for antlered elk established in regulation by the Board of Wildlife Commission through the last day of December excluding depredation hunts.

Aug 21, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010

1- Nevada Bighorn’s Unlimited – Reno
Peppermill Hotel & Casino
Reno, Nevada
April 2010

1 – Mule Deer Foundation
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb 11-14, 2010

2010 Wildlife Heritage Nelson (Desert)
Bighorn Sheep Tag
Species Tag Type
Quota
Age Sex Class
Season
Organization
Wildlife Heritage (Desert) Bighorn Sheep
2
Any ram

September 1 through the following  January 1.

Sept 1, 2010 – Jan 1, 2011

1 – Wild Sheep Foundation
Reno Sparks Convention Center
Reno, Nevada
Feb 4-6, 2010

1 – Nevada Bighorn’s Unlimited – Reno
Peppermill Hotel & Casino
Reno, Nevada
April 2010

2010 Wildlife Heritage California Bighorn Tag
Species Tag Type
Quota
Age Sex Class
Season
Organization
Wildlife Heritage California Bighorn Sheep
1
Any ram

The Saturday next preceding the earliest date for California bighorn any ram established in regulation by the Board of Wildlife Commission through November 15.

Aug 28, 2010 – Nov 15, 2010

1 – Nevada Bighorn’s Unlimited – Reno
Peppermill Hotel & Casino
Reno, Nevada
April 2010
2010 Wildlife Heritage Wild Turkey Tag
Species Tag Type
Quota
Age Sex Class
Season
Organization
Wildlife Heritage Wild Turkey
4
Any wild turkey

Earliest date for Spring Wild Turkey established in regulation by the Board of Wildlife Commission through the last day of the last season fro Spring Wild Turkey.

March 25, 2010 – May 5, 2010

1 – National Wild Turkey Federation – Silver Sage
Reno, Nevada
Specific Location: TBA
Date: TBA

2 – National Wild Turkey Federation –
Las Vegas Strutters
Las Vegas, Nevada
Specific Location: TBA
March 2010

1- Safari Club International
Reno Ballroom
Reno, Nevada
March 12, 2010

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