HornedToad
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-23-15 AT 09:13AM (MST)[p]Wyoming has posted its updated summary of preference points for Bighorn Sheep going into the 2016 draw:
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/content/PDF/Hunting/TOTAL_PREF_POINTS_MS.pdf
Of the 16 NR's with a MAX of 20 PP for bighorn sheep going into the 2015 draw, four drew permits leaving 12 for the PP draw. Following the PP draw, there now are 13 NR's with 21 PP going into the 2016 draw. The net increase of one from 12 to 13 could be the result of a former resident w/ MAX PP's leaving Wyoming to establish non-resident status in another state.
For the top five PP classes, 16 to 20 going into the 2015 draw, there were 371 potential applicants of whom 38, or 10.2%, drew permits in 2015. Of the remaining 333 eligible to enter the PP-only draw, a net of 14 dropped out, for an attrition rate of 4.2%, leaving 319 with 17 to 21 PP going into the 2016 draw. If this group continues to draw about 90% of the annual NR bighorn sheep permits, it should take another eight years or so to largely clear them out. Some would have to be getting fairly old by then!
Later today I will update my model giving predicted median years to draw for each NR PP class.
HT
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/content/PDF/Hunting/TOTAL_PREF_POINTS_MS.pdf
Of the 16 NR's with a MAX of 20 PP for bighorn sheep going into the 2015 draw, four drew permits leaving 12 for the PP draw. Following the PP draw, there now are 13 NR's with 21 PP going into the 2016 draw. The net increase of one from 12 to 13 could be the result of a former resident w/ MAX PP's leaving Wyoming to establish non-resident status in another state.
For the top five PP classes, 16 to 20 going into the 2015 draw, there were 371 potential applicants of whom 38, or 10.2%, drew permits in 2015. Of the remaining 333 eligible to enter the PP-only draw, a net of 14 dropped out, for an attrition rate of 4.2%, leaving 319 with 17 to 21 PP going into the 2016 draw. If this group continues to draw about 90% of the annual NR bighorn sheep permits, it should take another eight years or so to largely clear them out. Some would have to be getting fairly old by then!
Later today I will update my model giving predicted median years to draw for each NR PP class.
HT