WY preference point increase

[Addicting]

Bittersweet. But when you look around I cant help but think how many people it wouldn't take much to knock over the house of cards theyve built.

At today’s high fuel prices the wolves are huffing and puffing with gubmnt backed gusto.

 

[brymoore]

Bittersweet. But when you look around I cant help but think how many people it wouldn't take much to knock over the house of cards theyve built.

The Great Recession cleaned the deck. Some residents had trouble affording to hunt. IDFG was selling left over NR tags at 50% off and had tags leftover.

I don’t want another recession but I saw the economic effect on hunting.

 

[seeth07]

It may not even take a full blown recession for the impacts to possibly start hitting. Factors such as cost of living, wage raises not matching inflation, real estate prices, fuel prices, tax increases, NR fee increases and I'm sure many others are for sure starting to have their impact on the draws as participation metrics have seemed to level out in some draws rather than the steady increase that has happened over the last decade.

I know more people personally in my life that have dropped out of western hunting rather than jump in over the last two years. Anyone that has asked me about jumping in has rethought it after reviewing and seeing the costs associated with it.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I know more people personally in my life that have dropped out of western hunting rather than jump in over the last two years. Anyone that has asked me about jumping in has rethought it after reviewing and seeing the costs associated with it.

I too know a BUNCH of people who have dropped out after 2-5 years. Even my wife's uncle dropped out after 6 years. He said that he just wasn't paying those fees. Which is very telling because he has the money to burn....

Once our points are torched, we will also be done until we gain residency.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

I decided the WY bison fee is something out of my budget.

Talked to a WYG&F bio yesterday who was telling me how awful he felt about the non-res prices. I reminded him I was from Montana, where we specialize in bending non resident hunters over.

 

[BuzzH]

It may not even take a full blown recession for the impacts to possibly start hitting. Factors such as cost of living, wage raises not matching inflation, real estate prices, fuel prices, tax increases, NR fee increases and I'm sure many others are for sure starting to have their impact on the draws as participation metrics have seemed to level out in some draws rather than the steady increase that has happened over the last decade.

I know more people personally in my life that have dropped out of western hunting rather than jump in over the last two years. Anyone that has asked me about jumping in has rethought it after reviewing and seeing the costs associated with it.

We must hang around different types of hunters.