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  1. npaden

    ID nonres sheep/Moose/Goat apps?

    When they first went to the 6% they rounded it so that if the quota was 10 tags, Resident youth got 8, Outfitter pool got 1 and Nonresident DIY got 1. NMWF pitched a fit and threatened legal action against the department of game and fish to say that they had to round down. So now the quota has...
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    Be honest about your Wyoming elk app!

    Looking at the Bison drawing the price went from $4,500 to $6,500 and the applicants went from 443 down to 369 a decrease of 17%. I know I was responsible for 2 of the 74 applications that dropped out. The fee increase was part of it but the $163 nonrefundable credit card processing fee X 2...
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    ID nonres sheep/Moose/Goat apps?

    Say what you want about New Mexico's crappy 6% allocation to DIY nonresidents and the crappy rounding to screw nonresident kids out of tags and all that fun stuff but they seem to have figured out how to run a draw. From the application deadline to the money being back on my credit card was...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    Looking at this map of current elk range, it looks like New Mexico does have about the same amount of elk range as Nevada and Arizona combined. Kind of crazy that Arizona has 35,000 elk in that little strip of habitat and some of the biggest bulls in the world as well. Nevada seems to be the...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    I don't know. The arguments comparing the New Mexico elk herd to the ones in Nevada and Arizona are pretty compelling. All 3 of those states have water as a limiting factor. New Mexico directly rewards landowners for habitat improvements, and they have 104,000 elk on the landscape compared to...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    It wasn't my intent. The privatization of wildlife is a concern, I just don't see a good solution. The New Mexico model does encourage habitat improvements and there could be an argument that there are more elk on the landscape as a direct result of those improvements. The CO, WY, MT, etc...
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    Arbitrary Hunting Goals

    My goal is to get out there and enjoy it. I've been super happy to be a part of some nice animals hitting the ground in a variety of states and hope to continue that. A DIY mountain goat was really my only true "goal" or maybe more of a "wish" and I was super lucky to be able to do that...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    It does seem a bit like a broken record, how many different threads have you started on pretty much the exact same topic? The solution is not near as simple as you make it sound. Look at CO, MT and WY. These are the states with by far the most elk. All 3 have robust over the counter elk tags...
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    Fixed Index Annuity

    People tend to argue that if you are 65 term life is going to be super expensive so better to buy whole life when you are younger. Take that same payment and invest it in an index fund and by the time you are 65 you won’t need life insurance because you will have enough saved that you don’t...
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    Who’s getting one?

    I am now backer 1,114 on kickstarter. This could really be a game changer for my wife. She has full mobility but gets tired out fast and then starts to freeze up. This wouldn’t be something she would wear every day, but might be a difference maker for travel days walking at airports and...
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    Who’s getting one?

    Pretty interesting. This could be a game changer for someone like my wife with Parkinson’s disease. Definitely looking into it for her.
  12. npaden

    House of Representatives votes to remove gray wolves from endangered species list

    If they changed it simply to where litigants would not receive compensation from ESA litigation relating to wolves it would most likely accomplish the same thing and be a lot more well received.
  13. npaden

    throwing good app money after bad and repeat

    In some ways Wyoming made it easier for me this year. With Bison going to $6,500, the convenience fee was going to be $163 and having a whopping zero tags in the random draw for Sheep I didn't apply for a OIL tag in Wyoming for the first time in 15 years. Idaho got $300ish for less than a 1%...
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    2024 Utah Draw Results

    Most points for elk of any state I apply in. Only state that I regularly apply in that I have never drawn a tag of any kind. Probably not going to change this year.
  15. npaden

    Cats Aren't Trophies

    FYI, when I was in Colorado Springs for work a couple weeks ago I got some placed ads from Coloradans for responsible wildlife management surfing Facebook on the hotel WiFi. The ads were good, I was surprised by some of the comments. I think some people were thinking they were for the...
  16. npaden

    NAKED SHORT SELLING

    I think @JohnCushman has the naked short selling thing figured out. Maybe he will chime in.
  17. npaden

    2024 New Mexico Draw Results

    0 for 6 for me and 0 for 6 for my son. Not much luck for us in New Mexico lately.
  18. npaden

    2024 Colorado Draw Results Thread

    Thought I had a chance on goat. No luck though.
  19. npaden

    2024 Colorado Draw Results Thread

    $100 credit card charge here. That means my son didn't draw either, he doesn't have to pay for points right now but if he drew there should have been a credit card hit for the tag.
  20. npaden

    Pick a state to become a resident ...

    Thanks. Her mom had it as well and they were both diagnosed at age 50. My wife is 53 now and doing pretty well. Her mom lived until she was 76 and had a good 20 years of high quality of life after diagnosis so we have a pretty good idea of what we have ahead of us. There have been some...
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