txhunter58, I'm not at all wishing residents could apply for all species, that would not help anybody's odds. It would just cost more money. I don't like the unlevel playing field given to non-residents.
I have also lamented in the past about the higher draw odds for non-residents, on some hunts, than for residents. On the San Juan Fall Bear, with 7 points, I would have a better chance as a non-resident. I wish I could just pay the higher tag fee and go hunting, instead of waiting 4 more years to draw the tag.
Maybe Utah should go to an Idaho-like system, where there are no "non-resident only" tags, just a cap on the amount of non-resident tags allowed. Then we would all go in equally until the quota was met.
UDWR is too politically driven, they need to save our money and go to a science-based initiative.
Grizzly