Wyoming Non Resident Preference Point Increase

[Neb]

Unit 105 is for deer. Unit 5 sheep could possibly have a random tag each year depending on who the Super Tag winners are and what they do.

My bad. You are correct, it is unit 5.

 

[BRTreedogs]

To me a scam implies trickery or lying.
They are doing neither. They are in fact selling you what you entered into the system you wanted to buy. A preference point.
All the info was out there.
If it’s not worth it fine, don’t participate.

But it’s not like they sold you 20 yrs of preference points, then said nahhh all along this was for grouse, here’s a grouse tag.

 

[Steve O]

To me a scam implies trickery or lying.
They are doing neither. They are in fact selling you what you entered into the system you wanted to buy. A preference point.
All the info was out there.
If it’s not worth it fine, don’t participate.

But it’s not like they sold you 20 yrs of preference points, then said nahhh all along this was for grouse, here’s a grouse tag.

But they did change it midstream and make all but the top 1% of points worthless for sheep and moose. So maybe bait and switch would be the most accurate…

Matters not, we all have a choice. I don’t like it but we definitely all have a choice and the choice is different for everyone, it’s not a one size fits all problem.

 

[schroej]

I must say, as someone who is just now starting to look into NR opportunities, this is disheartening. Its not that I couldn't afford the $50 difference, but moreso the fear of "what else could they change over the next several years it would take me to get enough points?"

Honestly its all pretty discouraging.

 

[CorbLand]

Sheep are one of those things that if you want to hunt one, you have to have your name in as many hats as possible. Just the way it is.

 

[Lawnboi]

To me a scam implies trickery or lying.
They are doing neither. They are in fact selling you what you entered into the system you wanted to buy. A preference point.
All the info was out there.
If it’s not worth it fine, don’t participate.

But it’s not like they sold you 20 yrs of preference points, then said nahhh all along this was for grouse, here’s a grouse tag.

Maybe not on the surface. But when you’re buying points and they keep changing the rules it’s a bit scummy.

 

[LostArra]

To me a scam implies trickery or lying.
They are doing neither. They are in fact selling you what you entered into the system you wanted to buy. A preference point.
All the info was out there.
If it’s not worth it fine, don’t participate.

But it’s not like they sold you 20 yrs of preference points, then said nahhh all along this was for grouse, here’s a grouse tag.

From WG&F regs

"Preference points are a way to improve your odds of eventually drawing a license in a hard-to-draw hunt area."

They recently added "eventually" which could mean "if you live to 160 yo"

Improving your odds from 0.25 to 0.50 is in fact improving your odds, for now.

 

[Tmac]

I must say, as someone who is just now starting to look into NR opportunities, this is disheartening. Its not that I couldn't afford the $50 difference, but moreso the fear of "what else could they change over the next several years it would take me to get enough points?"

Honestly its all pretty discouraging.

Spot on. But don’t be discouraged, adapt and overcome. States change the rules regularly, almost always to the disadvantage of the NR hunter. It’s their resource and they can do as they please, their/they being each state.

If I’m starting out now, I’d be learning states without points, where general draw and/or very low point tags exist, and making sure any preference point hunt I was chasing had a fairly short draw window. That’s how I’m coaching my younger hunters.

In 30-40+ years, when many of us are gone, it could change. Then you may have similar odds to what I had on the late 80’s - early 00’s. Was a golden era I had zero idea I was in. Decent odds and good game populations, especially mule deer.

 

[wapitibob]

Maybe not on the surface. But when you’re buying points and they keep changing the rules it’s a bit scummy.

Other than 90/10 for S/M, what rules has WY changed that affect your points and the ability to draw hunts with those points?

 

[Lawnboi]

Other than 90/10 for S/M, what rules has WY changed that affect your points and the ability to draw hunts with those points?

Just that, and grumbling of it happening to e/d/a

 

[sasquatch]

If I wanted to sheep hunt I’d learn Montana general vs play all the ridiculously low draw odd state games


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