Higher Price Special

WITUfan · Jun 10, 2023

With the cost of special tags going up substantially next year, how do you think this will affect draw odds?

DoubleDropMuley · Jun 10, 2023

I don’t think it will change much , those that are applying for special still will, and I know one guy I’ve been talking to said he will do it even though a hard pill to swallow!!

Togwotee · Jun 10, 2023

It will really help the draw odds on lower and mid quality tags. on top end tags I doubt it will make any difference. might even hurt the odds.

tracker12 · Jun 10, 2023

I'll continue to apply but not in the special. When I started traveling out west to CO in the 80sI paid $150 for a deer tag and $250 for elk. Drive out with a couple friends split the cost of gas and camp. Whole hunt cost me less than $1000.

schoolhousegrizz · Jun 10, 2023

Regular for me as well, one year I could go special for deer, but doubt it.

Katoom · Jun 10, 2023

Odds will be all over the place year 1. Some regular odds will be better than special. It will settle after a year and be predictable. I think
overall, elk and top tier deer/antelope won’t change. Bottom tier deer and antelope odds will go up in special, its a lot to pay for a run of the mill hunt.

Chesterwyo · Jun 10, 2023

It’s been proven time and again that no amount of price increase will dissuade people from ponying up. Wyoming could charge $2500 for an elk tag, and they’d sell every single one.

tracker12 · Jun 10, 2023

Chesterwyo said:
It’s been proven time and again that no amount of price increase will dissuade people from ponying up. Wyoming could charge $2500 for an elk tag, and they’d sell every single one.

Agree 100% but it won't be me.

dvolmer · Jun 10, 2023

tracker12 said:
I'll continue to apply but not in the special. When I started traveling out west to CO in the 80sI paid $150 for a deer tag and $250 for elk. Drive out with a couple friends split the cost of gas and camp. Whole hunt cost me less than $1000.

True, but $150 back in the 80’s is equal to about $500 now. And that isn’t an exaggeration either. The amount a journeyman electrician made back in the 80’s was around $500 per week. Today it’s right at $1700 per week just saying.

schoolhousegrizz · Jun 10, 2023

dvolmer said:
True, but $150 back in the 80’s is equal to about $500 now. And that isn’t an exaggeration either. The amount a journeyman electrician made back in the 80’s was around $500 per week. Today it’s right at $1700 per week just saying.

I agree but the tag is not 500, it is close to 2,000 for elk.

dvolmer · Jun 10, 2023

schoolhousegrizz said:
I agree but the tag is not 500, it is close to 2,000 for elk.

I agree with you, it’s not good.

JPickett · Jun 10, 2023

Chesterwyo said:
It’s been proven time and again that no amount of price increase will dissuade people from ponying up. Wyoming could charge $2500 for an elk tag, and they’d sell every single one.

Yup

Butts · Jun 11, 2023

Demand will never go away 1230 NR with MAX deer points.. might fluctuate a bit, but nothing ever decreases anymore, EXCEPT mericas cogitative abilities …..

HikeHunt61 · Jun 11, 2023

Butts said:
EXCEPT mericas cogitative abilities …..

Lemme think about that.

ElmerFudd · Jun 11, 2023

With the winter we had, I think how this year's hunt goes will be the biggest game changer on next year's draw odds.

dvolmer · Jun 11, 2023

Whats really going to be tough is in three to four years. That is when all of the fawns from last year (and they all pretty much died in the hard hit areas), should be the 3 and 4 point bucks that are normally harvested each year. I would rather draw a buck tag this year after the hard winter than to burn your points in two to four years from now. But Im sure there was some decent winter kill for mature bucks also but the fawns take it the hardest.