From Eastmans:
For nonresidents, Wyoming actually
conducts two separate draws, the ?Regular
Draw? and the ?Special Draw.? The
difference between the two is plain and
simple: PRICE. This is Wyoming?s attempt
at supply and demand economics. The
special licenses cost more to apply for and
therefore ?should? offer better drawing
odds because less people can afford them.
The state basically sets aside 40 percent of
the available nonresident license quota for
the special (more expensive) draw which
leaves the remaining 60 percent to be put
into the regular (cheaper) draw. Once split
into these two groups, the tags inside each
pool are again split into a preference point
draw and a random draw. This means
that 75 percent of the tags inside each of
these price categories are set aside for the
applicants with the most preference points,
while the remaining 25 percent are given
up to the random draw, for those folks with
no preference points, plus the unsuccessful
applicants from the preference point draw.
Basically, the applicants with points have
the advantage of being in both pools and
theoretically have two chances at drawing
a tag.
go to the WY hunting page, download the "demand reports". There will be 4 of them for your species.
NR regular, Pref point
NR regular, random
NR special, pref point
NR special, random
look them over to see the point pools and where you can and can't draw with your available points.
