Undersubscribed Special Licences - CLOSED

Licences & Fees

When too few people apply for special licences in some WMUs the undersubscribed special licences are made available for sale to eligible hunters online and by phone. To determine which special licences are available, starting August 19, 2010, you can either 1) call (toll free) 1-877-289-0999, or 2) go to the bottom of this web page. Both the online and the phone line will be open seven days a week 24 hours a day until no licences remain available or the seasons close. The licenses are available on a first-come, first served basis. Licences must first be reserved and then purchased beginning the following day.

Reserve and Buy Your Special Licence

To buy an undersubscribed special licence, you must first reserve the licence and then confirm your reservation has been approved. Once you have been approved you can buy your special licence.

Undersubscribed Special Licences opens at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, August 19, 2010 and closes Sunday, December 19, 2010.

1. Reserve an undersubscribed special licence using 1 of 2 options

   Online: albertarelm.com

   • You will need a credit card, an email address and a WIN to purchase the application.
   • Cost $3.04 (plus GST) per application. Charges will appear on your credit card statement as – ALBERTA RELM EDMONTON, AB.
   • Under the ‘Purchase’ menu, click on ‘Undersubscribed Application’.

   Phone: 1-900-451-3729

   • Cost $1.25 per minute. Charges will appear on your long distance telephone bill.

   • To avoid delays check with your long distance service provider to ensure you have access to 1-900 numbers.

   • Note: cell phones, blackberry phones, internet based digital phones; phones with 1-900 blocked and calling cards cannot access 1-900 numbers. Many businesses or places of work do not permit 1-900 calls.

2. Have your 10 digit WIN (Wildlife Identification Number) ready. You may reserve a licence of the same kind of special licence for the same WMU for up to 3 other hunters provided you have their WINs.

3. Need Draw Code and Draw Choice

   • 2 digit draw code.
   • 3 digit draw choice.

   • Separate application for each

4. To purchase your Undersubscribed Special Licence online - go to AlbertaRELM the next day to confirm you have been authorized to buy the licence:

   • AlbertaRELM

   • Click on ‘Undersubscribed Applications’ under the ‘My Info’ in the left menu. To purchase your special licence, click on ‘Special Licences’ under the Purchase menu.

   • To purchase your licence online, you must have a prenumbered 10 digit Government of Alberta orange paper tag and wire. Online paper tags are available at your local Fish and Wildlife District office.

5. Undersubscribed Special Licences can also be purchased at licence issuers once you confirm your licence has been authorized.

   To purchase your licence at a licence issuer you must bring your WIN card and provide the issuer with the draw code.

   • Private Licence Issuers

   If you have questions you can call 1-877-289-0999 toll free.

Restrictions on eligibility and licence combinations are the same as in the regular hunting draws process. For example, if you were drawn for an Antlerless Mule Deer Special Licence, you cannot get another Antlerless Mule Deer Licence through the undersubscribed licence sale.

• Non-resident (Canadian) hunters are eligible for only certain special licences. Non-resident Alien hunters are not eligible for these special licences.

• You do not need to have applied in the draw to be eligible to buy an undersubscribed special licence.

• Draw priorities are not affected if you buy an undersubscribed special licence.

• Any person in possession of a valid WIN and in compliance with the above may purchase a special licence.

Learn more about eligibility requirements:

• Alberta Guide to Hunting Regulations

Special Licences Available

Find more information about maps, seasons and areas:

• Hunting Draws
• Hunting Regulations