Both...if only obviously...and in no lack of irony, we supposedly call Wyoming the Equality State.So the issue is how they get their tags, not discrimination against women.
The men's only one shot hunt is getting 80 tags in areas with draw odds as low as 2%...being given a state asset independent of the drawing process. In other words, all 80 of those tags, a state asset, is being given to a men only competition. Further every NR and R who applies in the draw is being excluded from getting those tags as well.
So, yes, its taking away a state asset and discriminating not only against women, but every other applicant who applies in units 65, 66, 67, 68, and 106...including, but not limited to, disabled veterans, youth, women and anyone else who applies for those units.
If I want to hunt the areas that the women apply for and draw for their hunt...both R and NR odds are 100%. They are not exclusive tags to be used by a women's hunt.
That's a huge difference. If the men want to carry on with their exclusive men's only "tradition" of discrimination, do what you must, but you aren't going to do it by a legislative set aside of tags. Apply in the draw like everyone else. Personally, I think its a bunch of crap to have exclusive hunts of any kind. Hunting should be an inclusive activity IMO, kids, women, men, old, young, black, brown, green, you name it.
That's far from the only problem with this whole deal...and by a landslide. The fact that the hunt promotes questionable ethics, makes hunting a competition, the money not going back into wildlife, money leaving the state, etc. etc. etc.
If all you can see is the tag allocation...you need to go back and re-read my last post.
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