HornedToad
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Wyoming has posted its Preference Point Totals going into the 2007 draw for Moose, Sheep, Antelope, Deer and Elk.
The information for Sheep appears, at first glance, to be surprising. The number of Sportspersons (NR) with PP going into the 2007 draw is 10,248, only 508 fewer than the 10,756 going into the 2006 draw. What happened to the big drop-off in applicants expected with the increase by WY in the price of a Sheep PP to $100? And how is this consistent with the fact that only 5,517 NR applicants participated in the 2006 Sheep draw (including 3,461 who applied for PP only), implying that at least 5,239 of the PP holders going into the 2006 draw chose not to apply?
The answer lies in the fact that WY does not remove a Sportsperson from its roster of PP holders until that person misses TWO consecutive draws. This means that a person who chose not to apply in 2006 would not be removed from the PP roster until also failing to apply in 2007. As a result, the significant drop in PP holders resulting from the increased $100 PP fee, expected to exceed 5,000, will not be seen until information is released for the PP totals going into the 2008 draw.
Of special interest is that the number of MAX PP holders (w/ 12 PP) going into the 2007 draw now stands at 139. It will take another 4 years to burn through this number, assuming that MAX point applicants continue to apply only to the top units, thus limiting their annual take of the available NR permits to about 60% of the total (34 of 57 permits in 2006).
The information for Sheep appears, at first glance, to be surprising. The number of Sportspersons (NR) with PP going into the 2007 draw is 10,248, only 508 fewer than the 10,756 going into the 2006 draw. What happened to the big drop-off in applicants expected with the increase by WY in the price of a Sheep PP to $100? And how is this consistent with the fact that only 5,517 NR applicants participated in the 2006 Sheep draw (including 3,461 who applied for PP only), implying that at least 5,239 of the PP holders going into the 2006 draw chose not to apply?
The answer lies in the fact that WY does not remove a Sportsperson from its roster of PP holders until that person misses TWO consecutive draws. This means that a person who chose not to apply in 2006 would not be removed from the PP roster until also failing to apply in 2007. As a result, the significant drop in PP holders resulting from the increased $100 PP fee, expected to exceed 5,000, will not be seen until information is released for the PP totals going into the 2008 draw.
Of special interest is that the number of MAX PP holders (w/ 12 PP) going into the 2007 draw now stands at 139. It will take another 4 years to burn through this number, assuming that MAX point applicants continue to apply only to the top units, thus limiting their annual take of the available NR permits to about 60% of the total (34 of 57 permits in 2006).