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Bad winters have consequences....
Read and weep
Point creep is really going to bite people in the azz

https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/con...0Regulations/CH-5-Draft-04-07-2023-5.pdf

53-1 down to 75 buck tags
57-1 down to 75 buck tags
58-1 down to 50 buck tags
60-1 and 61-1 down to 50 buck tags

May be more cuts coming at the Commission meeting here in about a week.

Price increase next year too, double whammy for some NRs.

Thankfully our antelope herd is doing fine around here, we'll be hunting closer to home I hope, if we can draw.

It’s at least nice to see that WY pays attention and listens to their biologists and makes the necessary cuts to tag numbers.
Although it certainly will drive up point creep this year I’m sure of that.

I've been sitting on some points for a while. I'm thinking it's gonna get flooded with NR due to the tag prices next year. But then again, hearing doom and gloom about the population. May keep people at home. Who knows.

How much are tags supposed to go up next year?

All the tag prices are not going up, just the "Special Draw" tags as I understand it.

Right special draw only. I think they may double in price? Don't know for sure, but 1200 bucks for an antelope?

Sounds like I should cash my points in.

Might as well. If I could find some private up there I'd do it and pay a good price for a trespass fee to avoid the orange.

Be interesting to see how many folks will pay $1200 for a antelope or deer tag.

Not much orange in the areas with good public access.
Trespass fee hunts are very hard to find these days.

Regular fees stay the same and quotas were approved at the Commission meeting this week.

Good to hear that. I was going off some guys who went up there on a deer hunt and said it was elbow to elbow and atv central. They said antelope wasn't as bad. First couple days were busy but after that it got better. With point creep getting worse, I'm gonna be in on the special tag group, as I understand it, those are selected first out of each pool. I mean 10 points now is like 6 points in 2018 or 19. But I may be totally wrong. Glad that wyoming protect their game and have quotas yearly.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/0...ut-in-wake-of-brutal-wyoming-winterkill/


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So did the southeast corner or east central get hit vey hard? Seems like it south central and southwest part.

There will always be non residents with deep pockets, Wyoming will sell every tag they offer non residents.

Yea, for a little more you can have an outfitter and lodging. 1200 for a lope is steep. There will be people pay it, and then you'll see regular tags go up too. Just like fuel prices. It just gets higher and higher.

We're not in bad shape in Laramie area and East towards Cheyenne.
Glenrock area got hit hard and some spots that way.
I would make some calls about your area if possible, the biologist will tell you.
Winter was spotty on our side of the state.

I’ll do $1200 for a quality hunt over there, I’m hoping the odds get quite a bit better. Coming up on 50 in a couple years, gotta do er as often as I can.

I’ll do $1200 for a quality hunt over there, I’m hoping the odds get quite a bit better. Coming up on 50 in a couple years, gotta do er as often as I can.[/quote]

Makes sense.