A Class I stamp is a nonresident national forest hunting, trapping and fishing stamp and entitles the licensee, when within national forest land in West Virginia, to hunt legal species in season; to trap fur-bearing animals in season; and to fish in the waters therein. The stamp shall be issued only to a nonresident holding a Class E, EE, F, H or LL license. The fee for the stamp is $2. This stamp requires that the licensee purchase the appropriate base license before participating in the activities specified in this section, except as noted.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 20-2-42m

  • Fur-bearing animals: includes : (a) The mink. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • Hunt: means to pursue, chase, catch or take any wild birds or wild animals. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • Nonresident: means any person who is a citizen of the United States and who has not been a domiciled resident of the State of West Virginia for a period of thirty consecutive days immediately prior to the date of his or her application for a license or permit except any full-time student of any college or university of this state, even though he or she is paying a nonresident tuition. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • to fish: means the taking, by any means, of fish, minnows, frogs or other amphibians, aquatic turtles and other forms of aquatic life used as fish bait. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2