WY wants to force applicant to choose one trophy species now?
Does the Idaho Model (and Utah Resident model) of forcing applicant to choose just one species really mean "increased odds"? Sure, you get increased odds for your single target species (e.g., Ram), but those odds only go up by the same amount that your Moose and Mtn Goat odds went down, correct? So, doesn't the "Idaho Model" just allow you to concentrate your luck on one species, but doesn't really increase your odds overall?
Harvard grad, Cyrus Western tanked 100% BP-squared in the 2023 legislative session (which was the Task Force recommendation). Cyrus is the majority whip and that position carries power.
Now, instead of trusting the expertise of the TF, Cyrus is leading a working group within the TRW committee to instead look at Wyoming adopting the Idaho model (i.e., forcing applicant to choose only one species). Unclear whether he wants this only for moose & ram or for all of the Big 4. Committee is also going to consider promoting 100% BP-squared to full legislature, although they are concerned it will just fail again. To be continued at next meeting.
Director Nesvik pointed out that moose/ram applications (revenue?) down 37% in 2024 as folks seem to be realizing that the legislature failed to act to correct the NR problem in the 2023 session. Nesvik briefly alluded to the issue of no random NR ram tag in 2024. But I am not sure that anyone understood that it actually happened in 2024 when the super tag winner chose to hunt a ram. Nesvik mentioned this as only a "possibility", not something that actually happened in 2024 and is likely to happen every year going forward. Nesvik admitted that 100% BP-squared would likely be a revenue boost for WY GFD.
How much longer will silly NRs keep buying moose & ram points while the WY legislature ponders whether to fix this problem?
See 5/14/24 PM TRW committee meeting. Adopting Idaho model discussion at about 38:30.
Cartoon for attention. This infamous cartoon (of the black sheriff from "Blazing Saddles") is what Cyrus Western posted on Twitter the day a black Sheriff took the job in Albany, Wyoming in 2020. Cyrus might not understand draw odds, but he sure understands acceptable modern racial humor. Cyrus took down the cartoon and apologized.
And remember, Cyrus is the guy who took the 100% BP-squared bill in 2023 and made it more convoluted. At points >19, he wanted to increase BP-squared to BP-cubed. And then take BP-cubed and multiply it by a factor of 1.3-2.0. Maybe Cyrus should stick to cartoons and race relations. bit.ly/3reP3N5
Does the Idaho Model (and Utah Resident model) of forcing applicant to choose just one species really mean "increased odds"? Sure, you get increased odds for your single target species (e.g., Ram), but those odds only go up by the same amount that your Moose and Mtn Goat odds went down, correct? So, doesn't the "Idaho Model" just allow you to concentrate your luck on one species, but doesn't really increase your odds overall?
Harvard grad, Cyrus Western tanked 100% BP-squared in the 2023 legislative session (which was the Task Force recommendation). Cyrus is the majority whip and that position carries power.
Now, instead of trusting the expertise of the TF, Cyrus is leading a working group within the TRW committee to instead look at Wyoming adopting the Idaho model (i.e., forcing applicant to choose only one species). Unclear whether he wants this only for moose & ram or for all of the Big 4. Committee is also going to consider promoting 100% BP-squared to full legislature, although they are concerned it will just fail again. To be continued at next meeting.
Director Nesvik pointed out that moose/ram applications (revenue?) down 37% in 2024 as folks seem to be realizing that the legislature failed to act to correct the NR problem in the 2023 session. Nesvik briefly alluded to the issue of no random NR ram tag in 2024. But I am not sure that anyone understood that it actually happened in 2024 when the super tag winner chose to hunt a ram. Nesvik mentioned this as only a "possibility", not something that actually happened in 2024 and is likely to happen every year going forward. Nesvik admitted that 100% BP-squared would likely be a revenue boost for WY GFD.
How much longer will silly NRs keep buying moose & ram points while the WY legislature ponders whether to fix this problem?
See 5/14/24 PM TRW committee meeting. Adopting Idaho model discussion at about 38:30.
Cartoon for attention. This infamous cartoon (of the black sheriff from "Blazing Saddles") is what Cyrus Western posted on Twitter the day a black Sheriff took the job in Albany, Wyoming in 2020. Cyrus might not understand draw odds, but he sure understands acceptable modern racial humor. Cyrus took down the cartoon and apologized.
And remember, Cyrus is the guy who took the 100% BP-squared bill in 2023 and made it more convoluted. At points >19, he wanted to increase BP-squared to BP-cubed. And then take BP-cubed and multiply it by a factor of 1.3-2.0. Maybe Cyrus should stick to cartoons and race relations. bit.ly/3reP3N5