(1) The department shall issue moose, sheep, and goat licenses as described in sections 87-2-701 and 87-2-506 , MCA according to the following policy and procedures:

(a) Applicants for moose and goat must specify one choice for a hunting district. However, for bighorn sheep, an applicant may specify a second choice.

(b) Application for unlimited sheep must be postmarked no later than May 1. The deadline may be extended by the department if necessary to provide adequate time for the applicants to apply.

(2) The following procedure will be used when allocating 10% license opportunities for nonresidents in moose, sheep and goat drawings:

(a) The total regional license quota, by species and region, will be used to determine 10% nonresident quota.

(b) Nonresident license allocations will be applied to those hunting districts and season types with a quota of ten or more in the tentative regulations.

(c) Any remaining license allocation will be put, on a rotating basis, in those districts and season types with a quota of less than ten of the tentative regulations.

(d) If no district in a region has a quota of ten or more licenses on the tentative regulations, all of the nonresident license authority will be allocated as described in (c).

(e) If a region has a total quota of less than ten, no nonresident license allocations will be made for that region.