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.