Application deadline is set for April 17

The deadline for receiving applications for the various 2000 Nevada big game hunting tags is 5 p.m. on April 17.

Those applications must be sent through an authorized postal service, such as the U.S. Mail, FedEx, U.P.S., to the Fallon Hunt Application Office in Fallon.

Do not send them to the Nevada Division of Wildlife.

Applications must be sent in for anyone interested in hunting pronghorn antelope, mule deer, Rocky Mountain elk, California bighorn sheep, desert bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and Rocky Mountain goat.

For information, call the Fallon Hunt Application Office at (800) 576-1020 or the Nevada Division of Wildlife headquarters in Reno at 688-1500.