In reference to the following: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Get-Involved/Public-Meetings
I was going to submit a comment, but I want to subject it to some scrutiny by people much more experienced than I as well as those with some more skin in the game than me. I don't mind paying a bit more for elk tags but the fact will always be that, in Western States, funding from tags will come from NR's more than from Residents. This is especially true in WY where the population is very small. I think increasing the allocation of General tags to NR's makes sense since the number of residents buying those will not increase substantially. NR general tags WILL get sold. In order to distribute the pressure, creating a system of Regions, much like WY's deer seems like a good idea to me. If I were a NR, I'd prefer a region system because in some units, draw odds would be lower than otherwise. If I were a NR, I could easily hunt mule deer every year in WY because the region system. I feel like doing the same for elk has more benefits than drawbacks. Having stated all of this, I'm not sure any change is needed. WY has a good thing going. Thoughts?
I was going to submit a comment, but I want to subject it to some scrutiny by people much more experienced than I as well as those with some more skin in the game than me. I don't mind paying a bit more for elk tags but the fact will always be that, in Western States, funding from tags will come from NR's more than from Residents. This is especially true in WY where the population is very small. I think increasing the allocation of General tags to NR's makes sense since the number of residents buying those will not increase substantially. NR general tags WILL get sold. In order to distribute the pressure, creating a system of Regions, much like WY's deer seems like a good idea to me. If I were a NR, I'd prefer a region system because in some units, draw odds would be lower than otherwise. If I were a NR, I could easily hunt mule deer every year in WY because the region system. I feel like doing the same for elk has more benefits than drawbacks. Having stated all of this, I'm not sure any change is needed. WY has a good thing going. Thoughts?