LAST EDITED ON Feb-15-14 AT 08:02AM (MST)[p]>Buzz. There will be a
>smaller group of hunters drawing
>tags with a random draw
>system than with a bonus
>point or preference point system,
> that's a fact.
> That's why point systems
>were put in place.
>In fact it can make a
>dramatic difference in the overall
>size of the group that
>draws tags.
>
>Its especially noticeable around the part
>of Wyoming where I live,
> areas 87,1 and 2,90
>1 and 2, 92, 93,89,
>and others on the resident
>pronghorn draw are about
>40% odds, random luck
>can be quite random, and
>it often is.
>
>I personally know some discontented hunters
>because they rarely if ever
>draw out, of course there
>some happy lucky ones too,
>but its the unhappy ones
>that complain.
***How in the heck do you figure that one piper? Mathematically a random draw gives you the same chance at a given tag as anyone else in the draw. If it's a tough unit with just a few tags and a lot of applicants, it's obvious that your chances of drawing are less, but yet they are still the same as the next guy. To say that changing to a PP system will allow more tags and that's why PP systems are designed is absolute hogwash! The G&F sets tag numbers and, if done correctly using proper game management techniques, they aren't going to be any different if a unit or Region has a random draw or the tag numbers are filled by those with the most PPs. As BuzzH stated, it's high time the budget problems be solved once and for all before coming up with these stupid changes that would really decimate the G&F budget like a 10% cap on NRs would. I'm glad to hear you don't think that's a good alternative! I laugh every time I read when 3BB and several others on here say they will gladly pay more for their licenses. What is more? You put a 10% cap on NRs compared to what it is now without alternative funding being in place and you'll find out how much more you'll be asked to pay! It's very simple math and every resident should be able to figure it out. Eliminate half of the NRs who are buying that $600+ license fee for a bull elk, $300+ for that deer license, etc. Now look at your fees and tell me you won't have to pay many times over what you are right now to make up for those millions of dollars in NR cuts. Not double, not triple, not 4 times, but many times more. None of you seems to understand the simple math used to figure out how much a resident tag would have to go up to make up for each NR tag that is lost! Each should sit down when you have time and do it so you can come back to the table with a little bit more reasonable perspective of the situation when calling for a tag cut to 10%.
Your last sentence/paragraph is a killer though when you say you know some discontented residents who never draw out and are unhappy. Why don't you just say it's you because almost every time we talk about budgets, PP systems, and draws you are the one crying about how unlucky you are and that a PP system will solve your problems. Keep putting in for your hard to draw units and if/when you don't get the tag go out and buy all the other good ones that you have available to you like BuzzH mentioned. Many Wyoming residents crying for a 10% NR cap obviously take for granted how great they have it when they can buy so many tags for a large number of species every year for what one NR tag costs. Something has to give if you make those NR cuts and it will be the resident hunters paying through the nose for their tags if they don't wake up and smell the roses that Wyoming already has for them!