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Where to spend them or keep saving for the best units?

Depends how long you want to wait until you hunt antelope. With point creep, you still only have 17-50% chance of drawing licenses in those "good" areas if you have the maximum number of points, which is 7 now. Your odds in those arteas are even worse. And, even if you draw a license in a year after a bad winter or during a drought, you may not kill a monster antelope, due to depressed nutrition and poor horn growth. Last year I shot an antelope over 4 years old with 7 inch bases and a 6 3/4" prong that was only 12 3/4 inches long. Lousy nutrition. So I prefer to hunt them as often as possible, rather than wait for that one area. In the good years there can be good bucks in almost any area, and in the bad ones, maybe nowhere except an alfalfa field.

I have three and am going to do my best to burn them this year before the price goes up next year. After that, Wyoming can KMA.

Shame. We in Wyoming will hate to lose a Utah hunter, there are so few drawing licenses and hunting in Wyoming. But in case you haven't read the item in the forum, the price isn't going up.

What do you mean the price isn't going up

He means, the price is NOT going up.

Not to hi jack the thread but care to elaborate

Pretty sure there was another bill introduced to be voted on

It would be a shame to see one less Utah hunter in western WY. Never understod why they always come to Wy when i keep hearing what a great job Utah has done in providing lots of opportunity for its residents, when you finally draw of course.

No worries, I'll still come

There are multiple Bills now in the mix. NR will pay more.

Ditto

This.

Then they will pi$$ through that money and need another increase. I am surprised that have not added a fuel surcharge to tags yet.

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