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If memory serves me correctly, the preference point system in Wyoming was originally set up such that 100 percent of the tags went to maximum PP holders. After a few years, it was changed to the current 75/25 process. Wouldn't seem like a big leap, given the change in parameters (# of sheep &...

Money for Wyoming must not be the issue. The same Wildlife task force Senator that co-sponsored the NR fee increase bill also sponsored a bill to give $5.5 million or so of Wyoming money to southern states to help build a border wall and transport migrants. Maybe Wyo should start looking at...

With 13 pts, you may want to take a hard look at 45 instead of 38.

About a 55% increase for NR special elk. Damn. Glad I'm a resident. I think that they're leaving the "regular" NR licenses alone though. Catering to the rich NR for the outfitters.

Are you taking horses, or going on foot? If on horses, take a couple of pack horses with you when you leave camp in morning and get the elk out ASAP. Most of the people that I'm aware of that have had trouble with grizzlies is when they go back the next day to retrieve the elk. Been on a...

deja vu all over again.....now there are new charges for previous year.... https://wyofile.com/hunters-face-new-corner-crossing-trespass-charges%ef%bf%bc/

https://wyofile.com/corner-crossing-jury-empaneled-opening-arguments-delivered/

From website: If you wish to provide thoughts or input to the taskforce, please complete the form below. Any comments on this form will be provided to the group. Comments received by 5 p.m. MST on April 21, 2022 will be provided to the Taskforce for the April 28, 2022 meeting. Link for...

Are you saying that the Wyoming G&F should have anticipated a 50+% drop moose & sheep numbers compared to when the preference point system was implemented? At the time, the chief wildlife biologist for G&F (Harry Harju) told me that the preference point system wouldn't work because Wy would...

Sorry, Couldn't help myself.

Animals get bigger the further north you go. So, I would think that wolves are (somewhat) bigger in Canada. Look at body weight of Texas whitetail vs Alberta whitetail. "Bergmann's rule is an ecogeographical rule that states that within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and...

Go to bill link above & open fiscal note tab. No discussion of potential loss from hunters dropping out of the system. license revenue loss: Source of revenue (decrease): Decrease in annual nonresident license revenue for the licenses that will be made available to residents at a lower...

House Bill 43 passed the House and is now in the Senate. https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/HB0043 Beginning July 1, 2027, the commission shall reserve ninety percent (90%) of the bighorn sheep, wild bison, moose, mountain goat and grizzly bear licenses to be issued in any one (1) year for...

I'm fully aware that residents don't have a pref pt for E/D/A and the non-res do. The task force is seriously talking of changing the pref pt to bonus pt for moose & sheep. I heard no talk of differentiating res from non-res in those discussions. The focus was on the resident draw, but they...

If the Wyo G&F decides to go to a weighted bonus point system in lieu of the current preference point system, would that enter into your thought process in deciding what to do? Just a thought. Most of the task force discussion has centered around changing the current system for residents. I'm...

Jims, the Task Force spent several hours addressing the landowner tags at the last meeting. They are forming a sub-committee to further look into the issues and will take it up again in March. The meetings are all on Youtube.

Did you film that? Is that how you got your name: Highfastflyer? ;)

If you actually live here in Wyoming and think that wind alone can affect gps signals, then you'll never get an accurate reading!

Wait until the next generation GPS III satellites get launched next year and we can have this accuracy discussion all over again. (But this thread may still be active.) ;) https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/history/gps-iii.html

Never had the wind blow my antennae on a hand held device. Not carrying survey equipment when hunting.

Please explain how wind affects a gps signal?

Or better yet, maybe the landowner hired Elon Musk to put satellites in synchronous earth orbit, with lasers marking the PLSS corners. ;)

Here is a summary of criminal trespass (Title 6) and Game & Fish trespass (Title 23). https://www.wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2019/01-2019060313-03TrespassGFMemo.pdf And just think about all the times that Wilson was trespassing:

You're wading in the shallow end of that guide pool. ;)

The task force is looking into correlating the percentage of tags given to landowners vs the percentage of private land in that particular unit. There was quite a bit of discussion on landowner tags at the Jan 25 meeting with several options being kicked around.

WY Wildlife Taskforce to meet Jan. 25 Public invited in-person; online CASPER — The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce will gather for their next meeting 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 25 in Casper. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 North Poplar St. The public is invited to attend and...

IMO 37 is a way better archery area than rifle. The elk tend to head off the face of the mountain to private land during rifle season. I don't know of any "packers" in Area 37, but I do know an outfitter in 36 (just south of 37) that guides and does some drop camps.

My understanding of the system is that a non-resident moving to Wyoming would retain their pref points and would be changed to resident bonus points when/if the system changes. The change from pref pt to bonus point affects both non-residents and residents for moose & sheep. I haven't heard...

Booner, Lots of discussion on the move to a weighted bonus point system (squared) during the wildlife task force meetings. Recordings of the meetings are on-line. Probably won't go into effect for 4 or 5 years (if/when legislature changes it) to give some of the top tier pref pt holders a...

https://www.wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2019/01-2019060313-04Trespass-CornerCrossing.pdf

I am curious if the Task Force & eventually the legislature thinks it's necessary to change the preference point system to a weighted bonus point system, will they follow up with changing the non-resident preference point for elk/deer/antelope to a bonus point system for consistency sake? For...

fyi: From the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce Website: At the November 18th meeting, the Taskforce discussed the following proposal: 1) Effective January 1, 2025, all preference points held by individuals for bighorn sheep and moose will be converted to bonus points. 2) Effective for the...

Historically, I've seen lots of smaller (12 ") bucks in 73 on multiple hunts. I mostly hunted the northern part of the unit, since I was coming down from the north. With our drought this summer, I would head for some higher elevation, i.e., western part of the unit. Had a friend shoot a 78...

WY Wildlife Taskforce to meet Sept. 1 Public invited in-person; online CASPER— The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce will gather for their next meeting 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 1 in Casper. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 North Poplar St. The public is invited to attend and...

Here's a link to the closure map. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd932370.pdf The vast majority of the closure is elk area 38. I have a rifle tag for that area. The closure is a significant chunk of the elk area. Hoping by mid Oct, things will open up. If I had a...

https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/orv-trails/orv-permits-trails Street legal ORVs are only required to purchase a Wyoming ORV permit if operating on a 50" or less trail. Enrolled roads and routes are open to street legal ORVs or ORVs with ORV permit.

Better move soon, real estate here has been skyrocketing ;)

Marburg, I sent you a PM. Don

There are a few sharptails on the state land about 10 miles east of Sheridan on Highway 14. Also there is a large block of state land on Dutch Creek, west of Ulm that has some sharpies. Haven't seen a lot of huns anywhere in the past few years. Seems to vary from yr to yr, depending on...

https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/proposed-land-exchange-raises-questions-of-access-value-process/article_a49e338a-70de-5e71-a337-78ae9dace859.html