Can I buy a black bear or mountain lion license, or are there special requirements?
A – Residents and non-residents can purchase black bear and mountain lion licenses over the counter at license selling agents. Bears and lions have female mortality quotas. When hunters have harvested the predetermined number of females in a specific area, that area is closed. To see if areas are open, hunters call a 1-800 number. Mountain black bear and mountain lion hunters must present the skull and pelt, with evidence of sex still attached to a district game warden, district wildlife biologist or Department personnel at a Game and Fish office within 3 days (72 hours) of the harvest.
