Wyoming Non Resident Preference Point Increase

[RyanT26]

Nobody said shouldn't have to pay to play, Its the milk every penny to play thats the problem. Nevada just cost me about $373. That was points, application fee, hunt lic of $156, PIW mule deer chance, Silver State lottery chances on all species. Now thats a fair fee. And the permits are half or less than Wyoming if successful.

Not to defend Wyoming and assuming you’re nonresident in both states, your chance of drawing a Nevada tag is slim to none and slim just left town

Edit to add- currently in Nevada with 20 points if you’re applying for early or late rifle, you only have above 5% chance in 2 hunt areas and those are 6.3 and 5.7%.

For mule deer you start to have some realistic options in Nevada around 10 points. For antelope you’re not even in doubled digits odds until 20 points.
I guess the 141 hunt area hits 11% and 15 points.

 

[FullCurlEarl]

Nobody said shouldn't have to pay to play, Its the milk every penny to play thats the problem. Nevada just cost me about $373. That was points, application fee, hunt lic of $156, PIW mule deer chance, Silver State lottery chances on all species. Now thats a fair fee. And the permits are half or less than Wyoming if successful.

Oh, and sheep points are $10 vs $150 in Wy.

 

[RyanT26]

Oh, and sheep points are $10 vs $150 in Wy.

If your buying sheep points in Wyoming and currently have less then 25 points you are a fool with money. Unless you’re 12, even then you are just pissing away money.

 

[CMF]

If your buying sheep points in Wyoming and currently have less then 25 points you are a fool with money. Unless you’re 12, even then you are just pissing away money.

Yea, Wyoming Sheep is the absolute biggest fraud of all the states and species.

I can only figure that people just don't understand how it works, or they are holding some hope that they'll turn preference points into bonus points.

$6k of preference points over 40 years for a 1.8% chance.

Ai response to draw odds for the next 40 years.

• Random draw only (your main/only realistic path early on): ~5 tags / ~11,000 applicants ≈ 0.045% chance per year. Over 40 independent years: cumulative probability of drawing at least once via random ≈ 1.8% (calculated as 1 − (1 − 0.00045)^40).
• Preference-point draw: Essentially 0% for the first 25+ years. You start at 0 points and gain 1 per unsuccessful year. It currently takes 26+ points for even limited preference odds (248 nonresidents already hold 26+, and the max is 31). By the time you reach ~26 points (~26 years from now, at age ~67), point creep will have pushed the cutoff higher, and thousands of original point holders will still be ahead (they always stay ahead of you until they draw or drop out). Even with 5% attrition helping clear lower levels, the committed high-point cohort turns over slowly (~13 years just to clear the current 26+ group at current tag numbers). Your annual preference odds will remain near-zero through your 40-year window; any realistic shot would require 50–100+ years under current dynamics.