How to end NR Wyoming wilderness ban?

[wyogoat]

I'm kinda surprised there isn't Wyoming residents posting WTS Friendship for a week threads. If you already had a hunt planned in a wilderness area then you could make a little extra dough. Just tell them you're not packing anything out for them.

That’s been talked about in the countless threads just like this one before; befriend a WY resident instead of antagonizing them but some people would rather bitch about something that will never affect them because they can’t physically get into the WY wilderness anyway.

 

[wyogoat]

Wyoming Non-Resident Deer Tag: $374
Gas and Supplies: $500
Killing a Giant Un-Guided in a Wilderness Area: priceless $150

We will have to adopt that Colorado Samson Law to prevent that go-around…

 

[TaperPin]

Simply boycott Wyoming - that would really teach us a lesson.

If you need a friend, buy a dog.

 

[Sierra Hunter]

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I’d love to close the .01 of our state that happens to be a coastline to Zonies and every other nonresident not paying their fair share

 

[FAAFO]

I love these laws, helps regulate RR’s!

There’s a new one in AK for 2025, GUIDED ONLY caribou tags. I like the concept, I’ll be pushing for Statewide regulation for all NR caribou hunters to go guided. This is the first step to getting back MY alaska!

 

[robby denning]

A friend and his hunting buddy got tickets.

I don't doubt you but this is the first time I remember hearing someone got ticketed.

 

[blick]

It's a law the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association strongly support and they still have an undue influence in the state. I would rather compete with a diy non res who may or may not know the country and what they're doing vs an outfitter with 5 generations of knowledge, along with cooks, wranglers, and Guides to facilitate the hunt. There's some good wilderness areas for some species but some wilderness is pretty subpar hunting. I bet 99% of big deer are non wilderness bucks.

 

[FAAFO]

I don't doubt you but this is the first time I remember hearing someone got ticketed.

A couple years ago someone on another forum looked up the number of convictions, it was really low but one year did have double digits. So it does happen. I personally know one of the game wardens that a large majority of his area is wilderness and he does enforce it. The only reason for lack of tickets in his opinion to me when we discussed it was there really wasn’t that many NR doing it. And lack of personnel to cover all over.

 

[Jethro]

I hunt WY with a resident. Sometimes we hunt in the wilderness. Most times, not. Its not magic land and not worth me getting bent about the rule. I know many residents that don't hunt wilderness and are successful.

 

[wapitibob]

Oregon requires a guide to hunt wilderness for NR’s?

you said it was "outfitter welfare", it is, same as some other states provide

 

[Gobbler36]

From a legal perspective, the way I see it, the state does not have authority to regulate federal lands. If the state issues a nonresident a tag, the state cannot dictate he/she hunt any federal land area with a guide. But, as I'm sure we are all aware, many states do what they want, despite their legal limitations. If they enforce this, sooner or later someone will fight it, and very likely win.

I’d be willing to start a go fund me and start hunting wilderness areas in Wyoming you guys just fund my go fund me so I can take in the case !

 

[Gobbler36]

This would take some amount of time, probably years, to organize and its definitely the long game, but short of someone will the financial backing willing to take on the legal burden of challenging this and getting it to the federal appeals level (which would also take years), simply starve the outfitters that service the wilderness areas out of business with an awareness campaign and boycott that follows. This may not even get the regulation changed, but it sure is some retribution.

This is my thought as well if we could raise enough awareness, and bring people to see how corrupt this is for the state of Wyoming to do we might would have a chance, but the problem is the vast majority of people who use guides to go on guided hunts Are fat, cat rich guys who don’t care or pay attention to things enough in the outdoor world to really know they are there for a 10 second picture most of the time to brag to everyone how bad ass they are from their guided hunt obviously not saying everyone who does the guided hunt is like this, but I believe this is a vast majority, and therefore we will have a hard time rallying the troops behind this idea

 

[johnnycake]

I love these laws, helps regulate RR’s!

There’s a new one in AK for 2025, GUIDED ONLY caribou tags. I like the concept, I’ll be pushing for Statewide regulation for all NR caribou hunters to go guided. This is the first step to getting back MY alaska!

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That one hurt residents and pisses me off big time. Before this there was no guarantee for any NR tags on that hunt it was just the straight random draw, but now there's a guaranteed 14.67% of total tags going to NRs, with half requiring a guide. Pure horseshit and guide welfare.

 

[Lawnboi]

That one hurt residents and pisses me off big time. Before this there was no guarantee for any NR tags on that hunt it was just the straight random draw, but now there's a guaranteed 14.67% of total tags going to NRs, with half requiring a guide. Pure horseshit and guide welfare.

We need to fight this everywhere. DIY opportunity will continue to dwindle in the name of the almighty dollar unless people stand up against it.

 

[FAAFO]

That one hurt residents and pisses me off big time. Before this there was no guarantee for any NR tags on that hunt it was just the straight random draw, but now there's a guaranteed 14.67% of total tags going to NRs, with half requiring a guide. Pure horseshit and guide welfare.

Actually in this case NR were drawing in excess of 30 tags almost every year. And this year they drew over 40 IIRC. So this is a reduction in NR tags. Yes some go to outfitters but honestly the pie goes to whomever shows up to eat it.

 

[FAAFO]

We need to fight this everywhere. DIY opportunity will continue to dwindle in the name of the almighty dollar unless people stand up against it.

8,000 messages on Rokslide ain’t giving you the time to fight.

 

[Bubblehide]

I love these laws, helps regulate RR’s!

There’s a new one in AK for 2025, GUIDED ONLY caribou tags. I like the concept, I’ll be pushing for Statewide regulation for all NR caribou hunters to go guided. This is the first step to getting back MY

We need to fight this everywhere. DIY opportunity will continue to dwindle in the name of the almighty dollar unless people stand up against it.

Give it a little time, this will be another case like the corner crossing case with an obvious similar outcome; granted it might need to go through the appeals process.

 

[Lawnboi]

8,000 messages on Rokslide ain’t giving you the time to fight.

Useless comments.

I can make them too.

Then again I’d like to see all guiding on fed land go away.

 

[FAAFO]

Give it a little time, this will be another case like the corner crossing case with an obvious similar outcome; granted it might need to go through the appeals process.

None of those guys in the WY corner crossing case have 8000 messages on Rokslide.

Some people bitch and moan and others take action.

Who’s going to BOG this year? I’ll buy the first beer. <Rokslide Randy googles what is BOG>

 

[Jason Snyder]

Give it a little time, this will be another case like the corner crossing case with an obvious similar outcome; granted it might need to go through the appeals process.

I doubt it. Corner crossing was a pretty gray area interpretation of trespassing statute. This is a law that has been upheld in the appellate courts. Big difference.