Two years ago I was convinced I had experienced my last hunt with my dad. He is aging and it was at his age I had my last hunt with my grandpa. What a treat it was when I found out he was coming along for my antelope hunt! As an added tender mercy, I chose a unit that unbeknownst to me was my...
There is a fair amount of misinformation in this thread. As someone who has seen the inner workings of many real estate transactions involving the parties referenced in this thread, a couple things need clarification.
First, the church is not and has not obtained vast amounts of land to add to...
Yes, I fully expect to see more of this behavior in the future. When we commercialize wildlife with videos, expos, lotteries for highly prized tags, etc, then we should likely expect to see a large number of people attempting to take advantage however they can. It doesn’t make it right by any...
I prefer the shooter die each time. Saves massive court costs, takes away any fame they may seek, the perfect consequence for such an insane and cowardly act, and they find out the motive for the shooters in the vast majority of cases regardless of whether the shooter lives or dies.
Drew antelope unit with 100% odds based on last year but jumped up two points this year, and that’s on the special draw. I suspect it will get worse next year.
Never had a desire to hunt an elephant. However, I was recently in a trophy room with an African bull on one wall at the same height he would have been in real life. It commanded the room and was really impressive. I still will not hunt one but I have zero issue with those who legally do.
The information I quoted was, in part, from an outdoor life article posted below. I’m curious what the numbers actually are if that is incorrect.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/wyoming-preference-point-big-game-tag-changes/
As I read the numbers, when the Wyoming point system started in 1998 there were 250 sheep tags and 200 moose tags available. Now, there are 180 sheep tags and 100 moose tags available. I don’t see how the system cannot change unless people want to continue paying into something that cannot...