Bonus points: Award and accumulation; loss and reinstatement; effect of refund or transfer of tag.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 502.417 to 502.4225 , inclusive, an applicant to obtain a tag for a season who is unsuccessful, or an applicant for a bonus point who does not wish to obtain a tag and is applying for the sole purpose of earning a bonus point, must be awarded a bonus point for: (a) The hunt number of the species for which the applicant applied if he or she applied for a: (1) Tag to hunt wild turkey; or (2) Bonus point for a tag described in subparagraph (1); or (b) The category of the species for which he or she applied if he or she applied for a tag to hunt deer, elk, mountain goat, antelope, black bear, moose or bighorn sheep, or for a bonus point for such a tag. Ê Regardless of the number of applications to obtain a tag or bonus point for a season submitted by a person, the Department shall not award the person more than one bonus point per season per hunting license for each species or category of a species for which the person applied. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the bonus points awarded to a person for a species or category of species accumulate until the person loses his or her bonus points pursuant to this subsection. A person loses all of his or her bonus points for a species or category of a species: (a) If the person is successful in drawing a tag for a season for that species or category of a species; or (b) If the person does not apply for a tag or a bonus point for a season for 2 consecutive calendar years during which that type of hunt for a season is open. 3. Upon written request, the Department shall reinstate each bonus point a person lost pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 if: (a) During the entirety of the respective 2 consecutive calendar years, the person was mobilized, deployed, training or stationed outside of the United States as an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as verified by a copy of his or her orders or other proof satisfactory to the Department; and (b) The request is submitted to the Department not later than 1 year after the date the person returns to the United States. 4. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 502.4189 , a person may not use any bonus points awarded to the person for being unsuccessful in a junior hunt to apply for a drawing for a tag for any other type of hunt after the person is no longer eligible to participate in a junior hunt. 5. If an applicant requests and receives a refund for the value of his or her hunting license, the Department shall not award the applicant a bonus point for any species or category of species applied for during the period that the applicant possessed the hunting license. 6. If an applicant is successful in obtaining a tag for a species or category of a species but transfers the tag to another person pursuant to NAC 502.337 , the applicant and the new recipient of the tag lose all bonus points for that species or category of species. 7. The Department shall not award bonus points for depredation hunts or management hunts. 8. As used in this section, “management hunt” means a hunt established to seek the harvest of additional wildlife within a population.