(1) Manner of drawing. The department shall issue antelope licenses as described in section 87-2-706 , MCA, and ARM 12.3.104 (landowner preference).

(2) Fifteen percent of a district quota will be set aside for the landowner drawing.

(3) Landowner applications must be on current year forms and postmarked no later than June 1st.

(4) Party applications.

(a) Party applications are limited to five or fewer members per party.

(b) All valid applications will be considered as a single application for purposes of the drawing; that is, all members will either be successful or unsuccessful.

(c) Any applicant applying as a member of an antelope party and who is otherwise eligible for landowner preference will be contacted and asked to make a choice between landowner preference and being in the party.

(d) Applications must have all requested party information, and that information must be correctly presented.

(e) A party will be broken up only under the following circumstances:

(i) If all members of the party do not list districts in the same order on their applications, the party will be split up and all members will be entered into the drawing individually.

(ii) If one member of the party fails to provide mandatory information such as date of birth, signature, etc. -- that member will be excluded from the drawings. The remaining members will be processed as a party.

(5) Landowner preference applications. All applications claiming landowner preference are verified through local game wardens for authenticity of ownership. Applications with errors may be sent back to the applicants for correction at the discretion of the department if time allows.