Holy crap wyoming!!

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Manualman

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I like that they already list Grizzly tags for $6000 and they want to raise them. How much will they be when you can actualy hunt them.
 
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MOHunter

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Wow, that's unreal. With all the negative press on their deer herd you can bet I won't be paying $520 for a tag. And I've been choosing them over MT for elk mainly due to the tag price. They may just price me out of the state altogether.
 
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30Hart

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Crazy, Moose and Sheep tags will be $5000 apiece before I draw and I already have 12 PPs! Odds will defintely improve as this will start to price the average hunter out of the equation like it did in Montana. The rich won't care...really hurts the average Joe.
 
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JNDEER

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Murdy said:
Probably will improve the odds on the general draw too.

I started buying pps in Wyoming last year, choosing to start building in Wyoming over Montana largely due to price of the tags . . . . Oh well.
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Whisky said:
I as well.
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Does anyone know when they may vote on this or what the talk is to wether or not this will happen??
 
Colorado Cowboy

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I will be sending a letter to the Governor, Wyoming Wildlife magazine and the head of G & F. If this passes for 2014, I'll be using all my points next year and finding a different place to hunt. This is absolutely assinine!

I just went to the Wyoming G & F website and found the article. It's under "News" and if you read it carefully. you'll find a place to comment. I did...and they probably won't like what I had to say!
 
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sigpros

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Here is what I left in the comment section

After reading the proposed fees increases for big game, I have a few comments to make. First i will be coming out in October to hunt some cow elk. I planned this hunt last minute and hope to have a good time. I chose to come to wyoming because I have been building points for antelope and wanted to come out and check out the land before I do an antelope hunt. I bought the tag and will be buying supplies and gas in your state. I also rented a cabin to stay in. So there will be about $2000 spent in your state on this trip. Next year I will burn my antelope points to beat the increase. And I will not be coming back. I quit hunting colorado over this same kind of stuff. Maybe you should vote in a sales tax to help fund your department like we do in Missouri. Sure glad I didn't buy those mule deer and elk points yet! Montana isn't that much further of a drive.

Thank you for your time

Chris
 
Colorado Cowboy

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Just did a little number crunching....for NR's. Antelope & Elk go up 37% & 30% respectively. Deer a whopping 61%!!!! These are for regular permits, not specials. $520 for a deer tag is a bit much. I think I'll start looking in Canada, not much more to drive for me. Last year I spent almost $10,000 for my guided elk hunt, motels, meals, guide tips, fuel and incidentals. They sure as hell need to find a way to get some of the tree huggers and wolf lovers to pony up some bucks to help run the G & F Dept.
 
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I love wyoming b/c it can still be hunted by the average joe. Its a state that if you work hard and do your research, you can have quality hunts without paying a ton. Its sad that average joes always get the shaft. But.....its always good to look at the silver lining. You could reduce the number of overall hunters. So lets say a unit now take 5 PP's to draw for an elk. 5 PP's x 50.00 is 250. Add that to the 575 of the current price, and your at 825. If the elk tag is at 750......and b/c of less hunters, you only need 2 PP's......your still at 850.

So that would be the bright side. It would be hard to pay the 520 though for a "marginal" type unit, like Region C where I am hunting this year. But maybe that would also reduce the number of hunters in a Region C..................so you never know. In the end, it may have some benefits.
 
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If the tag prices go way up, I would like to see the price of the points go down......they should make it simalar to colorado. If alot less hunters put in they will easily make up the differance in the higher priced tags. The bottom line is outa-state hunting is expensive no matter where you go these days, that's just the way it is.
 
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Doe Nob

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Ugh, lets all rape the non-residents some more, why not they have no say in the matter.

$520 for a deer tag is a lot, you better have 180 inch deer behind every tree to make it worth peoples while.

IMO all this does is make the better units harder and harder to draw and the marginal units easier.
 
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Fish

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WOW, I guess I got a deal on that special antelope tag I drew this year. I hope I kill a big one because I probably won't be able to afford WY tags after I retire in a year or two. MT is none to cheap either. I guess I'll have to hunt here in WA and hope to draw a good tag, pretty sad. With zero points and the tag increase, I have to ask myself if buying points in WY is worth it at age 62.
I'm glad I got to hunt WY a bunch of times. Made my first hunt out there in 1977. Drove out there from up state NY in a beater 1960's chevy pu. Good memories.
 
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Murdy said:
Good idea, CC, and for those of us in the upper midwest, there's probably good hunting in Canada that closer.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a guide required to hunt big game in Canada? I'm pretty sure that's the case.. That rules out Canada for me with the exception of a couple "bucket list" hunts I want to do in my lifetime. Guided hunts in Canada certainly aren't any cheaper than free lance hunting in Wyoming or Montana.
 
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