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yeah really low odds my general ends up on a mule deer if anything at all

Umm you are in correct. The 100/25 border is only about 14 miles of river with the majority of the boundary being a public road. In those 14 miles on the river over 10 miles are private land or would involve shooting over private land which would be a violation of the law. It seems your...

Our Maverick doesn't sell them either... Sure wish they did so I could pick up my license and a burrito

HAHA. So you are but hurt you couldn't kill a buck in Colorado and now you want WY to be exactly like CO? As for you list of fake scenarios in 100 vs 25. They are all pretty much BS for one reason of another. For Example the boundary for that area is a public road that is in fact maintained...

No it only matters where the animal is not where the shooter shoots from as long as the shooter can legally be there...

But there is nothing in WY that is closed to hunting. Again reread my post. I can pretty much “hunt” every single unit all the time. There is nothing stopping anyone from hunting in any unit for coyotes. As a result the idea that a unit is closed does not hold water… as long as the animal is...

Sorry but you are incorrect. I was only Coyote hunting in the other unit. Therefore I am still legally able to hunt in any unit but only kill and animal in the unit the license requires. Again there is absolutely nothing in statute that would make this illegal. Especially since anyone can hunt...

Just got moose unsuccessful emails...

Also I still have not found anything about the groups bylaws, its charter, its founding members etc...

The bigger issue is... Do we really want a set up where the actions of one person can trigger the complete rewriting of state law? Do we really want to bow and change anytime this occurs? As for snowmobiles, they are a legitimate tool for hunting and a wide variety of other outdoor activities...

I dug in a little bit and it appears that the money will all go to the brand new Wyoming Wildlife Coalition which has formed to eliminate the use of Snowmobiles for chasing game. So far there is not a list of the Coalitions Board Members. But they claim to be Wyoming Hunters, Ranchers...

Cant believe a local business would jump into the middle of this issue. Sorry but we all know exactly where the money for this ends up. It is not in our interest. It is not good for our state and not good for science based management...

Haha. Oh Buzz you never get a shot about anything but your own ego. And it is not about my kids but all kids and a broken ass system that never should have been created in the first place.

Sure it is a system of entitlement. Right now you have better odds only because you are at the top of the point pool. What would happen if this was your first year to get a point? What does you odds look like? Sorry but our kids right now who are entering the system will be waiting 3 25 years...

Do we know who is on this little sub committee?

Haha. There is absolutely no guarantee with points you will get to hunt them. Right now a 12 year old that is starting to buy points will not be eligible for tag until they are in their 60s. Assuming the point creep and tag allocation remain similar. But yes keep believing that buying a point...

What a **** show. They need to just quit and go back to random. This is a horrible idea that does not change anything. Wipe the whole damn mess clean, and go 100% random!

Yes if we get rid of the personal entitlement perspective/emotion 100% is the best system. As you pointed out the revenue is not an issue there are a ton of ways to make up that revenue.

Sure it would. The revenue is stupid and anyone who lives in WY should be upset that the state agency is making that much money for nothing. As for those with points, they bought a point nothing more... But heck we can easily make up the point revenue. But the solution for those with points...

Cry baby NR. They whine about buying points that mean "nothing" but then the state actually offers them a coffee mug they whine they are begging for money...

Haha. I can think of several ways the game and fish could make up the $$$ and not be a big deal. Points are easy but do we really want any state agency making $$$$ for selling absolutely nothing? Such a system goes against what most in WY stand for…

Haha so 100% preference…

Or 75% random and 25% preference!

100% random…. no points no bonus nothing but odds and once in a lifetime.

I have seen it take hold up to 9500-10,000.... East of Baggs there is an area with it just over 9,500 and outside of Dubois I know an area where is it just over 10,000 feet. I am sure it is higher just cant think of places I have seen it...

@Buzz and other WY guys. When we pass the 90/10 for Deer/Lope we should also have that include a much higher minimum fee for the wilderness rule... If anything this highlights that the law as written is not an adequate deterrent to preventing the crime as such we need that fine to higher risk.

Haha… I can show you over 5,000 acres of chest grass in just one county. Don’t think this map means dick.

The bottom left is a guy that has since retired and no longer doing any animals. The top buck was big cat taxidermy in Craig CO. The Bottom right is Kim's Wildlife Art in Lander WY. I have been using Kim's a lot. She has done a couple deer and currently has a lope for me.

HAHA. Sure hope you don't have a little final destination action. But seriously why would we want to save the best hunts in some of the hardest and coolest country for the old guys. If anything shouldn't we try the opposite? Maybe for these super hard tags in hard lands we should give the...

Then 99% of people will never draw a tag and they will die with a pile of points and those who actually draw a tag will end up too old to even access the country.

What was he buying? A point. That is how points work. You bought a point, in no way do points = tags. Unless you chose to use them... But the funny part is eventually all true point based systems end up the same place. The only person getting the tag is the guy who outlives all the others. Can...

You got exactly what you paid for a point...

I would say the single biggest misconception people have is that moving from general to limited will actually improve the hunting. this is not just a Wyoming thing but you can find examples throughout the west of how the move actually caused more issues than they fixed.

This was the buck I took fall before the massive winter kill. It was a buck I had watched for 4 years. The first year I saw him he was a 19” basket 4x4. The last 2 he was identical each year. I just got him home from the taxi and my 14 year old and I talk. Given the current deer issues...

How is that screwing anyone? Why does any one deserve a better chance? The only fair thing is making everyone have an equal chance as everyone else every single year. Random draw is the fairest and best system period. Everything else is just form of entitlement.

Look like wolves have killed 4 more cattle. CPW is investigating and preparing to release a statement. 3 were killed Monday/Tuesday and one last night. All are said to be yearlings. Wolves only kill for food… Haha… This is why the definition of chronic depredation was so important..

Depends on what you mean by great… We have had several better than average hunts for both elk and lopes have had one ewe sheep tag…. I have drawn a pretty top tier area for lopes 3 times since moving here… On the flip side my wife has missed every year on a tag that has over 75% odds. I...