4. You have no merit when you claim that Wyoming will lose millions in revenue. Just because you CLAIM it will happen, you have no proof. Further, if Wyoming is still giving out as many tags as they are now, just distributed differently, doesnt mean there will be a single cent in lost revenue. Provide proof or its just another of your many baseless claims. When you provide the proof that there will be lost revenue, I'll let you know a plan to recover it. But, everyone with a single firing brain cell knows that 90-10 isnt going to cause a loss of revenue for anyone, GF, local economies, or anywhere else.
Do you have proof they won't lose millions in revenue?
Let's take antelope as an example:
Non-resident Fees: $6,658,986
Resident Fees: $916,435
There were 33,885 non-resident antelope licenses bought in 2019 @ $196 per license on average.
There were 31,094 resident licenses bought at $29 per license on average.
Right now, non-residents are receiving 52% of the licenses. If that number would decrease to 10% and the $ per license stayed the same, that equals $5,382,036 in lost revenue which is on the max side.
I agree that it would be less than $5.3 million in lost revenue, but how much less? No one knows, but if you don't think it would be in the millions then I think you are not being realistic here. There are less and less leftover tags available compared to 10 years ago, to think there will be a bunch more in the future is naive.
On top of that, if the benefit of preference points decreases, then the demand for those points decrease and less people will buy them. Basic supply and demand economics, correct? So the amount of money brought in for antelope preference points would decrease vs. what would have happened if 90/10 different occur. Right now, non-resident antelope points bring in $2.17 million, more than double what residents pay for licenses.
NR DIY guys should be vocal about this issue, but we have no voice. WYOGA may be the best we have, but obviously they would stab us in the back if it benefited them (can't blame them).
I think we all understand that residents want more opportunity, why not just take 100% of the tags then? Why not? Because G&F would go broke, so money is an issue that should be discussed. It is not as simple as saying we will just raise the money, this is a big deal and I completely understand residents fighting for more opportunity.