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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    For those of you thinking of selling off our public lands consider this: "37.6 million acres, or about 2.9% of the nation's total farm, ranch and forest land, were under foreign ownership in 2020, the latest year for which data was available." So, how much of our public land are you willing...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    I can't speak for all states, but Wyoming does not discriminate against non-residents for access to state owned (trust) lands. There are rules that all must follow, such as no camping on State trust lands, must stay on established roads, etc.
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    For example, let's sell off all the BLM land in western Wyoming. You know, that worthless land where most of the Wyoming Range and Salt River Range mule deer herd migrates to for winter range. Then let's develop it into 40 parcels. That will make great habitat. I know a blue ribbon trout...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    Kind of hard to hunt wolves and grizzlies with their federal protections. We didn't ask for the wolves and have been trying to get a grizzly hunt, but lawsuits get in the way. I was joking about climate change decimating the moose population.
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    Lobbying Wyoming game and fish negatively affecting non-resident elk hunters

    Spend a summer weekend in the Bighorn Mtns and get back to us on the 20%. Besides that do you think that our country's population will remain static and won't increase over time?
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    Lobbying Wyoming game and fish negatively affecting non-resident elk hunters

    First huge forest fire would wipe out our State's (Wy) budget. Besides, the State gov't isn't run any better than the federal one. Trust me. Been there. Done that!
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    Lobbying Wyoming game and fish negatively affecting non-resident elk hunters

    Why not block them up and trade them instead of outright selling them. Or look down the road a few decades. Elon Musk's company will have jet packs for everyone and access won't be an issue. :)
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    Lobbying Wyoming game and fish negatively affecting non-resident elk hunters

    The legislators that I know here in Wyoming will be polite to you and forget the call twenty seconds later.
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    It's also harder for the residents to draw tags as the resources (sheep/moose) dwindle. Just look at the moose maps between Jackson-Yellowstone. Moose areas 7, 8, 14, 15 & 32 are all closed. All used to be good to prime areas......before....ummm....."climate change" was introduced in the...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    Alaska is about 96% public land and twice the size of Texas. Yet you have to have a guide to hunt sheep, griz bear, mtn goat, etc. So, let's rip on Ak for awhile now. Just kidding. Life isn't always fair. States have the right to manage game species as they seem fit. All the arguing won't...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    Welcome to the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce Meeting #8 - March 22 and 23, 2022 in Casper at the Ramkota Hotel. Meeting #9 - April 28, 2022 in Casper at the Clarion Inn. Meeting#10 - May 23-24, 2022 in Casper at the Hilton Garden Inn. Meeting#11 - June 8-9, 2022 in Casper at the Hilton Garden Inn...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    My understanding from the task Force meetings is that the preference point system would convert to a squared bonus point system. I recall a brief discussion on a hybrid system, but don't think it got much traction.
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    FYI: All of the task force meetings are archived and available on-line.
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    Rob...Not trying to be a smartass here, but just curious. At any time during your 18 years of accumulating preference points, did you have enough points to draw a moose tag somewhere in Wyoming? Or were you holding out for a specific area?
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    I think a lot of what's happening with the tag allocations (moose/sheep) is rooted in the fact that Wyo has about 60% of the sheep & moose population (or less) that we had when preference point system started back in mid 90's. I talked with one of the head biologists with G&F at that time...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year

    Good luck finding a place to live! I live near Sheridan & nothing for sale. People buying sight unseen all the time. Locally, most coming from west coast states, but some from everywhere.
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    The Best Years of My Life

    I turn 65 in a few weeks. I hope to elk hunt for another 10 years and just bird hunt and shoot an occasion deer off my place here in Wyoming after that. One problem that I've run into in retirement is that a lot of retirees don't want to put in the effort (or can't ) to elk hunt or pack into...

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