I would have been a 3 rd generation wyomingite but my grandfather decided to move to central Colorado in the early 40’s just after my father was born. Who can blame him as Aspen and the Roaring Fork valley is just a bit nicer place to exist than Rock Springs or even Alpine
for that matter. .. Point being if your family spent 3-4 generations in Wyo you deserve 90-10..
Wyo can do what it wants. I have quite a few points and if this change happens the wife and I can pry make 4 trips over 4 years and use guides for elk maybe deer. Going to be interesting to be the guide/owner that gets to deal w me for a deer hunt lol = better have a 200”, bust, or get the hell out my way
.. Who knows we could retire up there for hunting but then again read the first paragraph or that’s still very very true…
Things are a changin all over. Colorado sent 90-10 to the commission and I bet we get 80-20 w total elimination of otc elk and pry 90-10 for deer in the next 5 year. Again totally fair to non residents.
Or I guess overall the 90-10 will have little impact on me as a nr. I will still use my small peer group to chase a much better quality of deer than there is in wyo every year here in Co.. All members of our little hunting group could live anywhere just to hunt deer and flat out wyo does not have the consistency in quality that Colorado does. I doubt even slaughtering the bucks on Thanksgiving here will change that.
I like the transferable lo tags or year I should be getting another 3-4 late or rifle season deer lo tags in a great area - from a buddy who is just happy not to have to file the paperwork anymore. Along w the ones I get for archery
it will fill out the year. So I guess I don’t have the time to bitch or worry about what Wyoming boys want to do w their wildlife as I am serious enough to have made a life chasing bigger ones here in Co. Or if done right almost no one no matter how good has the time to hunt more than one state and these “professional hunters” w 4 elk tags and 3 deer tags in a year are actually the problem. Nr expectations need to change.
Funny for me but the full court press of apply apply apply for every western state is finally get in seen as hustle it is.. Seems the only purpose is to bring in lemmings and make money for the folks who want nothing more than to monetize the experience…
Also I edited that to say there are obviously no big elk in Colorado just deer.. Or here is the bull that got the best of me archery in 2021….
View attachment 40251Good luck to you Wyoming boys w your chosen path.