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Ya, the continental divide of questions!

Wyoming F&G has a tab on their website that lists all the gov and comm tags, which org has them, contact info, how sold, etc. https://wgfapps.wyo.gov/commlicenses/commissionlicense.aspx?year=2024 you have to know its there, but WY is pretty transparent about where they go and what they sell...

according to the onlinehuntingauctions TOS, the admin fee is only $250 added on to the sale price. This is true whether a WY group sells in as part of something like the Expo or sells it as a standalone action (which a lot of the smaller groups do). Again using WY as an example, most of the...

the commissioner's tag I purchased this year from the WYldlife Fund funded all three of their kids camps for 2024 so I feel pretty good about it. ;)

a winch would be tops on my list. later seasons, chains and hand heaters are nice as is a sled designed to be towed otherwise a gun boot and saddle bags with some repair equip, real rope and tiedowns

the inflation on the commissioner's tags is more than the governor's tags for sure. last year the governor's tags avg $54K, this year $56K last year the comm tags avg $28K, this year so far it's $39K last year there were 72 of them, this year I think 56 so we may not be seeing them go for the...

I don't disagree, but this is true everywhere, not just in Utah. Have you checked deer and antelope numbers in WY,CO,NV or AZ recently? They've cratered EVERYWHERE. All the states are taking different approaches and nothing is working. I don't pretend to have an answer for you. Elk are...

I haven't been on the RAC for a while now but I've voted to approve these lists in the past though, so that's a fair criticism you can make of me. At least the list is transparent and broken down by individual habit project and one can, presumably, go to that spot and assess for one's self...

prior years links: https://wildlife.utah.gov/conservation-permits.html

this may be the report you're looking for: https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/bg/conservation_permit_report_2022.pdf

hunting fool keeps a state by state tally on conservation tags here: https://www.huntinfool.com/resources/statewide-permits Utah - 362 tags All the rest of North America - 340 tags we're winning, right ??

my understanding of the outfitting industry is that (for both hunting and rafting) a company buys a permit from the .gov that specifies a hard cap on the number of user-days. and these are 6-7 figure permits depending on the quality of the area. don't sell all your user days? money down the...

from as little as $4 per person up to $100 per person (grand canyon). I'd say the average is $20 per person for most rivers with a lottery draw

three different outfitters (that break it down in the contract), I'm sure others just roll it into the total. FWIW, every permitted river trip I've been on, commercial or private, has also had a "user fee" surcharge per person that adds up to a couple hundred bucks per permit

looking back to prior hunt contracts, it appears to be 3% of the total hunt cost, which for me has ranged from $255 to $426 per hunt, dependent on hunt length

Last year in wyoming I was charged $426 for a 10 day hunt billed as a "public land use fee" (hunting in a wilderness area as a NR so I had to hire a guide. really quite a nice racket!) if I did the math right on a monthly basis, one hunter = 946 cow/calf units

this may be the only goat rodeo in town, but it's not the only one that happens in a given year. there are a good handful or two of tag auctions that have a much less scammy sheen to them and are much more upfront as to where the money goes. I tend to stay away from this one but do generally...

Your link is searchable for lot sale prices sorted hi-low https://www.onlinehuntingauctions.com//2024-Western-Hunting-Conservation-Expo_a61126?p=1&ps=50&m=all&so=8&hasImage0

Did I ride out there and look personally ? No Do I know a half dozen guides who did? Yes Did I talk to the mammals coordinator personally about it? Yes Do I have any skin in this game? No. I drew BC bison 4-5 years ago and donated the tag to my son, who killed a toad - one of the original...

I have a camper shell but also a toolbox, which is not conducive to sleeping stretched out. My solution, and I've used this a bunch of times, is a cross bar plus a plywood sheet that sits atop the crossbar on one end and the toolbox at the other, giving me an elevated platform to sleep on with...

Yes, I do think the hunter satisfaction index between the Henry and the BC tells the tale. I had a great antelope hunt on a CWMU one year and so went back the next. Year two there were no antelope on the property, probably due to drought, and no one really got to "hunt", not even the operators...

Did they actually? I know there was talk of it for several hunts that were under 50%.

the two things that jump out for me: -that late archery elk hunt was just as difficult as predicted -Book Cliffs Bison still has a lot of problems. 0/14 muzzy, oof!

I've hunted with the same guides but under three different outfitters. we'll choose the outfitter based on where we decide to go...

It's a paid guided hunt with a father-son pair I've hired for all three previous hunts. I phrased it that way because they're not tied to one outfitter and thus we can set up anywhere we decide to go.

I've hunted Colorado 61 three times in the last five years. I've also hunted Wyoming 55 three times in the last five years. WY tags cost $1500 more than CO (special) WY bulls are 30-80" bigger and the special draw is WAY worth it. And I guess if we're talking about putting our money where...

I guess this is really what I'm asking. so 59 > 56 with poor snow even though 56 is twice as long of a season? I got a 380+ bull last year in 55 with no snow so I do know it can be done. and yes, I will have a comm tag so I will have a choice to make. I've gotten more advice from this...

yes, we'll be on horses

my experience in 55 is that it's very weather-dependent. same for 59? (shorter season than 56)

I hesitate to even ask this but you only live once right?:D real life scenario for me: I've hunted 55 multiple times and ridden around in 56 a bit but never in November. Will be going with a family with lifetime experience guiding here. pros / cons of choosing one unit over the other...

I've always done the special and have drawn unit 55 three times in five years. BP only this year as I'll have a commissioner's tag:p

they way NV runs their draw, you really don't get above 15-19% pure odds even with max points. I've got 20 elk points and am sitting at 5-13% depending on the unit. apparently I'm using up my luck in Wyoming as I've drawn Cody area tags at 5% odds 3 times in 5 years.....

your right on the cusp for hunts like 23late (I think 30% at 20P)

wyoming 386G/376N

ya, trex is slicker than frozen snot even with rubber soled running shoes.... oh, and if it's in the sun do NOT touch it with bare skin....

if it's stored under cover even a plain wood deck with marine urethane will last a decade between coats. if it's wet alot or stored where the sun is on it I'd go with the pressure treated even though it'll be way heavier on that long of a trailer

awesome!

the biggest issue you're facing is that you don't know the powder profile that exists in the factory ammo you're using. there's no way to know without shooting at variable temps. for handloaders there is a bit more data available. TLDR: anticipate a 25-30 fps diff in colder temps compared to...

he's got good mass but not good tine length. if we give him 50" for main beams and 44-45 wide I'm going with 325-330 gross: 50 beams 45 wide 48 mass then 16,14,12,16,8

I'm finishing up the skull prep on this years elk (in the other thread) and thought I'd share a few pics of his healed skull injury. He got his nose bashed in, which I've seen pretty commonly: More interestingly, he nearly tore his left antler off: there is a ridge of bone overlaying the...