It was evident from the first task force meeting that outfitters had something up their sleeves when they had little to no complaints in regard to 90/10 allocations for Big 5 species. Now 90/10 or 90-5-5 is in the works for elk, deer, and antelope.
This would be similar to what happened in New Mexico several years ago when outfitters suddenly glommed onto a chunk of public draw nonres tags. If you are a DIY/OYO nonresident hunter you may want to keep tabs on this. It's the DIY nonresident that would take a big hit in the head!
Another giant flaw is that if a hunter buys 200+ acres of land that meets the requirements they automatically can purchase these tags each and every year! IThere has been talk to increase the acres to be eligible but this will only mean that rich landowners will buy land and be able to "acquire" tags!
What may fix this flaw? 1) Place a cap on landowner tags available and 2) require all landowner tags to be available in the draw similar to every other limited tag in Wyo!
What this change would mean to DIY public Wyo res and nonres hunters? This would offer them more opportunity to draw high demand limited tags.
There is no wonder that landowner tags aren't shown in the WG&F draw odds stats. They clearly aren't there. In fact, it's nearly impossible to get landowner tag numbers unless you actively contact the WG&F and request this information.
there is no way all tags could go to landowners the way the system is now. And yes the landowner tags should come off the quota, thats how they manage the animals and numbers of hunters. Every landowner that wants to hunt should be allowed to hunt each and every year. Our land is what supports the wildlife a majority of the time in all areas.
