Here is the what I saw. Joe
Quoted from Hunting and Fishing News March 14 1996
Big game tags, hunt licenses arrive in May
Sacramento--- A little forethought by the Department of Fish and Game is
evident by the announcement that the 1996-97 hunting licenses and big game tag
applications will be reaching license agents by late April or early May. The
materials include the new Big Game booklets are going out to accommodate the
earlier *JUNE 3* deadline for applications of the most popular zone hunts.
Results of the drawings for deer, elk, antelope and bighorn sheep tags
will be mailed no later than June 26