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Anyone take the area 7 survey about the proposed change to a general unit?

If they don't make general area regions like proposed, might make the point creep for general tags go way up for NR's that don't get to buy otc like residents....

I wonder if anyone has looked at an hma type situation where applicants apply to hunt private on a limited entry basis with a trespass fee attached. Perhaps have required videos that explain the rules for each property. General is just going to push elk off of public quicker probably earlier.

Or maybe a limited entry muzzleloader season in September, it might increase harvest rate but also probably push elk to private.

After seeing this post I went to WY G&F website and looked up there survey request.

I'm probably pretty slow but I don't understand what they are proposing. Can some one provide a simple explanation?

Bill

It appears making the area a general tag instead of a limited entry tag is a possibility by 2024. The area is over population objective.

Hint, the population is more related to land ownership than tag allocation.

Yeah, I've been trying to get drawn for a while now but point creep has it just out of reach. And, now the outfitted hunts are getting to expensive. I need to find a place to burn my points on a dyi hunt.

Thanks for the explanation!

Bill

It would be interesting to see how many points it would take to draw as a general area