[gspsonny03]

Well,being from Wyoming, I feel compelled to respond to some of this. First off, I understand the point system, and I must say that I don't like it, never have, but with out it I would probably have never drawn my Moose tag a few years back. Supposedly the point system was put into place to give everyone a fair chance at drawing tags. I'm not sure that is true. Here's an example of what I'm talking about. When I went Moose hunting in 2000, I met another hunter hunting in the same area, He was from Lander and he had a cow tag in hand, which he filled the third day out, My son and I helped him get his cow back to camp and we all sit and visited. This guy has had seven Moose tags in ten years. Now I don't care how you slice it I just don't see how that is possible. Once you draw a tag your are not suppose to be back in the point pool for five years. Maybe he was lying to me, maybe he wasn't, but I will tell you right now this crap happens. Do I agree with the new point system for the nonresidents? No I don't, supposedly this was put into place to make us more like the surrounding states. This is BS also. Wyoming is one of the few states that require a nonresident to hire an outfitter while hunting (wilderness areas) and the state keeps expanding their wilderness areas all the time. This is easy to see why, when the outfitters have so much say when it comes to setting up the game laws. Just wanted yall to know how some of us Wyomingites feel about it.

Andy: I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying they will sell out on the licenses? I'm not sure what area you put in for, but unless they have changed their quotas drastically, the Red Desert area hardly ever sells completely out. It has the states biggest Goats, the biggest chunk of State owned (public) ground, some of the biggest herds. The only problem is you are a long ways from anywhere (towns).

Fabs: As far as owning property here. As far as I know you have to prove that you have lived here for not less than one year preceding the date the person applies for the license. Additonally, the person shall not claim residancy elsewhere for any purpose during the previous year. Now the requirements for Landowner tags are as follows: You must have at least 160 acres of deeded land and 2000 animal use days annually by each species for which applied. So basically if you own land here you have to live here to hunt it. At least that's how I read it. Hope this helps.