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Wyoming outfitter, landowner, DIY tag battle!
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<blockquote data-quote="owlman" data-source="post: 2513924" data-attributes="member: 51592"><p>"Brian Nesvik, WGFD Chief Game Warden, commented that "Preference points were originally intended to provide hunters with predictability and reasonable assurance that over time, their chances of drawing high demand areas would increase. Specifically for non-residents, they were intended to help hunters <strong>predict</strong> how often they would draw a tag for their favorite areas."</p><p></p><p>The above quote is how Wyoming pitched its preference points to non-residents when it was implanted in 2006 for deer, elk, and antelope. I have purchased points each year since this was implemented. Every year for the first 10-12 years I would get an email from WGFD encouraging me to purchase points so that I would be able to "predict" when I would be able to hunt a specific unit/weapon choice. I wish I had one of these emails to post because they were close to a solicitation but they were sent to trash and have since dropped off my email account. I wasn't foolish enough to think that this was a rock solid guarantee to hunt, but it wasn't a lottery ticket either. By 2018 there was 65,000 to 75,000 non-resident deer, elk, and antelope non-resident preference point holders and the system was essentially not working as originally intended and point creep became a fact of life for Wyoming non-resident deer, elk, antelope point holders.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to the present and with tag allocations either the same or being cut, record numbers of applications, and politicians trying to appease their constituents, we have reached a tipping point where no one wins in Wyoming. It's become an us versus them mentality and I for one don't know what the ultimate solution is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="owlman, post: 2513924, member: 51592"] "Brian Nesvik, WGFD Chief Game Warden, commented that "Preference points were originally intended to provide hunters with predictability and reasonable assurance that over time, their chances of drawing high demand areas would increase. Specifically for non-residents, they were intended to help hunters [B]predict[/B] how often they would draw a tag for their favorite areas." The above quote is how Wyoming pitched its preference points to non-residents when it was implanted in 2006 for deer, elk, and antelope. I have purchased points each year since this was implemented. Every year for the first 10-12 years I would get an email from WGFD encouraging me to purchase points so that I would be able to "predict" when I would be able to hunt a specific unit/weapon choice. I wish I had one of these emails to post because they were close to a solicitation but they were sent to trash and have since dropped off my email account. I wasn't foolish enough to think that this was a rock solid guarantee to hunt, but it wasn't a lottery ticket either. By 2018 there was 65,000 to 75,000 non-resident deer, elk, and antelope non-resident preference point holders and the system was essentially not working as originally intended and point creep became a fact of life for Wyoming non-resident deer, elk, antelope point holders. Fast forward to the present and with tag allocations either the same or being cut, record numbers of applications, and politicians trying to appease their constituents, we have reached a tipping point where no one wins in Wyoming. It's become an us versus them mentality and I for one don't know what the ultimate solution is. [/QUOTE]
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