I think it's a pretty big leap to assume these companies are paying them anything...seems like PETA would offer this to brands to get itself some free publicity?
I downloaded the relevant spreadsheets to play devil's advocate and look at how bonus points have affected draw odds for the buffer zone over the past two years relative to the "Rinella effect."
The ten max bonus point holders who applied for the buffer zone had a collective 4,840 chances to...
Killed my bull this year with a 6mm Creed at 550ish. One shot, watched him wobble and then somersault down the hill. Did the same the year before with a 6.5 Creed at 450ish.
Funny enough, those are the only bulls I've shot once.
It could also be a result of the 90-10 R/NR law going into effect in Jan 2023? More WY residents interested in applying for the big 5 because the allocation changed?
They're only using the numbers for resident hunters applying for bull/any bison, so we're talking about 400-some-odd bucks. And I'll admit I'm not familiar with the changes they've made on the R side, only NR. I haven't looked at if/how tag numbers have fluctuated in this time either.
For what...
I was curious why they only used an average from 2020 to 2022 as the starting point for this analysis...
And quickly realized that's because in 2019 there were 1909 resident bull applicants. And in 2018 there were 1672. And in 2017 there were 1958.