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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.
I think it's because in 2019 you had to pay up front for that tag and it went from ~2,000 to over $4,000 for a non resident. From 20 -22 it was stable.
 
Yeah confirmed it. The number of applicants in 2017, 2018, and 2019 aren't relevant because the price of a tag jumped from 2000 to 4400 in 2020.
I figured there was more to the story. Thanks for digging that up.
 
Yeah confirmed it. The number of applicants in 2017, 2018, and 2019 aren't relevant because the price of a tag jumped from 2000 to 4400 in 2020.
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 it's worth, non-residents apps went down between 2022 and 2023, so apparently they didn't see the Weatherby YouTube video.

2023: 443; 2022: 482; 2021: 413. 2020: 296; 2019: 509; 2018: 640.

I don't really have a dog in this fight, I just thought it seemed like a pretty unserious claim based on a small sample size.
 
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 it's worth, non-residents apps went down between 2022 and 2023, so apparently they didn't see the Weatherby YouTube video.

2023: 443; 2022: 482; 2021: 413. 2020: 296; 2019: 509; 2018: 640.

I don't really have a dog in this fight, I just thought it seemed like a pretty unserious claim based on a small sample size.
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?
 
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