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Or states could pull something like Wyo for nooners sheep and moose! Most changes seem to make draw odds even worse than they already are….but you never know!

If Wyo res were outnumbered so much by nonres in wilderness areas, why not just limit nonres tags in units with wilderness areas rather than create a retarded nonres wilderness law? We all know why......outfitter welfare! My guess is that in recent years, outfitted nonres often shoot the cream...

I heard that Wyo outfitters want set aside tags for deep pocketed Wyo res in a separate pool of tags for residents. They also were considering increasing the price of those set aside res outfitter tags so their res clients had a better opportunity to draw. This pool of tags would be taken...

Nonres and Wyo res license sales contribution prior to the 2024 increase in special license tag fees. My guess is that nonres contribute over 85% with the dramatic increase in special priced tags in 2024.

I have always been an advocate for "the proof is in the pudding!" Where is the funding coming from, where is it going, and is it making a difference! Go ahead and say it Grosventre, Buzz, and JM, "It's great to see so many incredible habitat improvement projects coming into Wyoming from out of...

Here are just a couple examples of mule deer and other wildlife habitat improvement projects funded by the Mule Deer Foundation, BLM grants, US Dept of Transportation, and the National Wildlife Foundation in Wyoming. Wyoming wildlife crossing success nets millions for new project The $24.3...

Nonres “donate” approximately 85%+ of the license and 100% of the pref pt revenue for d/e/a to the WG&F! Buzz, how many resident deer licenses does it take to compensate for 1 special nonres deer license? Wyo res deer tag = $42. Nonres special deer tag = $1,200. It takes 28 Wyo resident...

There are so many factors involved with draw odds. Many of which haven't been discussed. Deer and antelope tags have been cut so severely across so many units (especially nonres tags) that it doesn't take many applicants to change odds. Another consideration is that a lot of guys with high...

I have drawn 3 sheep tags and 1 mtn goat tag. My son has also drawn 1 sheep tag and 2 mtn goat tags. The sheep and goat draw is ok for Colo res but like every other state insane odds for nonres since there are so few tags. I don't ever expect to draw a moose tag but have a good feeling I'll...

Bluehair, come up and take a look! I can guarantee you will be impressed!

Someone saw you coming if you were quota $1,700/gallon for Rejuvra! Without hardly looking I found Rejuvra on ebay for $960/gal. If you spray at 7 oz/A that equates to $52.00/acre. If you are serious about spraying your cheatgrass, my guess is you can find it cheaper than Ebay. There also...

It certainly is good that the WG&F doesn’t feel that way! Nonres contribute around 85% of the total license revenue and a support a large chunk of what it costs to manage Wyo wildlife!

What Buzz said in his above post pretty much seals the deal. The nonres wilderness law is a hoax! It was designed so nonres hunters would be safe hunting big game in wilderness. In reality it is a ploy for outfitters to secure exclusive hunting rights to guided big game hunters inside...

With so many acres across the Western US it's going to be a battle but definitely worth plugging away at it. On the bright side, the longevity of cheatgrass seed in the soil is only 2 to 5 years. We are getting 7+ years control on multiple sites. Pretty much the only places we see it...

Buzz, How about coyotes? My guess is that a warden couldn’t write up a nonres in wilderness even if he has a sheep tag in his pocket and a rifle in his hands if he is hunting coyotes during an open sheep season? The hunt is over so the hunter has the guides license in his pocket to demonstrate...

As mentioned in another post, what happens if a nonres has his buddies guide license in his pocket and is stopped by a warden packing out a critter in wilderness? His hunt was over after he shot and tagged his animal and isn’t hunting in wilderness when he was stopped. As long as the nonres...

Yikes! Everyone including the wardens are aware that it’s a funky regulation. I wonder if any nonres sheep hunters have ever been caught? The going rate for a Wyo wilderness guided sheep hunt is around $14,000. A nonres accompanied by a Wyo res with a guide license is legal. Who is to say...

I originally started research with Rejuvra in 2010 while conducting field research at Colorado State University. Prior to that time, it was labeled for use in turf, ornamentals, vineyards, and orchards under other product names. It had to be an extremely safe product to be sprayed in those...

Yep, we've had great long-term control with Rejuvra. Like the cheatgrass song!

We are still fortunate on many of our North Front Range properties to still have remnant native forb, shrub, and perennial grass plants and native’s seed still under most dense cheatgrass stands. These native plants or seed are waiting for the boost of additional moisture after cheatgrass is...

Any type of long-term restoration work is not cheap. Is it worth it for the conservation and a higher diversity of native plant and wildlife species. I believe so. There can't be a price put on the value of wildlife and natives! We've done a lot of tractor and aerial applications. The...

We are also seeing the benefit of long-term cheatgrass control being seen with other wildlife species. The below tables show the preference of different species to cheatgrass infested vs adjacent cheatgrass sprayed sites with game cameras. This data was collected in 2023 in replicated sites...

Here is part of the reason our mule deer are doing so well. Antelope bitterbrush leader growth after cheatgrass control. Study conducted on 6 sites and 7 shrub species.

Yep, I would like to see the updated cheatgrass acreage number they come up with in Colorado. Thanks for asking about our deer population. Even though we are in the hot-bed where CWD first started in the US back in the 1970's our deer population is doing extremely well. In fact, they are...

I hate to break the news but just about every county in Colorado has more than 5,000 acres of cheatgrass. Cheatgrass must have really spread since 2016 because we have sprayed over 4,000 acres just on our properties in northern Colorado that according to the survey had 0 cheatgrass in 2016...

I could care less about CWD, wolf and wolverine intros, and democrats but see on a daily basis all of the ecological benefits to long-term cheatgrass control. I can guarantee that the only reason the deer are browsing cheatgrass is because they don’t have any high nutrition native forb and...

According to Buzz on the Wyo post, he's drawn more great tags in a random draw and believes Wyo sheep and moose should go to a total random draw. I think the only person he has convinced is himself!

I've heard about chukar and cheatgrass. While cheatgrass and wildfire may benefit chukar, this comes at the expense of mule deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, and a host of other native wildlife. The complete opposite is true with cheatgrass and nearly threatened and endangered sage grouse. Unlike...

I think you’ll find that cheatgrass efforts in Utah and Nevada are a little behind some of the other states. The BLM, forest service, and land managers are starting to take notice of the long-term positive impacts in surrounding states. These other states have taken full advantage of large...

Here is information on what's going on in Sublette County, Wyoming and in Idaho. https://www.wlfw.org/holding-the-line-defending-wyomings-sagebrush-cores-from-cheatgrass/ https://www.wlfw.org/idaho-launches-the-cheatgrass-challenge/...

I've pretty much devoted most of my career to cheatgrass research, monitoring, and long-term control efforts. Here is a link to some of our work in Colorado. We are in the process of getting the mule deer browse and diversity data published...

I hate to break the news Buzz but your 1 random LQ deer, 6 random LQ bull, and 24+ LQ antelope tags is horrible for how many years you have been a Wyoming resident! How many random mtn goat tags have you drawn in your lifetime in Wyo in the random draw? I would be furious if I lived as a...

I think it’s hilarious that Buzz brags on how he’s drawn more great random tags. What are the only species in Wyo that res can apply for with pref pts? How many sheep and moose tags in Wyo have you drawn Buzz over your hunting career? I would say each one of those is high demand special tags...

I am totally opposite from Buzz. I’ve been fortunate to draw MANY pref/bonus pt tags in CO, NV, WY, UT, and even SD and Alaska. I’ve only drawn a very few nonres random tags in the same states in my lifetime. Some of my luck has been figuring out strategies to draw great units that others...

It doesn't surprise me that the WG&F has already lost a bit of nonres sheep and goat pref pt revenue with a lot of nonres tossing in the towel. It is a lot more appealing for nonres to spend their hard-earned cash applying in surrounding states that offer draw options where every applicant has...

I re-phrased my statement above! "Managers and management in place willing to pro-actively work on EFFECTIVE projects that actually make large-scale impacts and difference."