WY general elk tag point creep 2025??

[TN VOL]

I believe last year it took 5 points in the regular pool to draw the West gen tag..what’s everyone think it’ll take this year?? 5.5 or 6 points or does it plateau out??

 

[BrentD]

I believe last year it took 5 points in the regular pool to draw the West gen tag..what’s everyone think it’ll take this year?? 5.5 or 6 points or does it plateau out??

6.5. It is not "creep". It is in a sprint. The units I have been interested are going up by more than 1 pt per year.

 

[T Chris]

As long as the demand significantly exceeds the availability and everyone continues to buy points every year, the point levels to draw will continue to creep. A good example of the demand slowing is i Wyoming deer for region G with all the winter kill, so that's slowing a bit.

I predict a continued increase of a point every year at least.

 

[cgasner1]

My money is it goes flat and higher guys keep cashing in on the general for reasons mentioned in other threads

 

[Treeshark]

My money is it goes flat

You think so? I would be surprised if West and South didn’t creep .5-1 full point in the regular draw.

 

[cgasner1]

You think so? I would be surprised if West and South didn’t creep .5-1 full point in the regular draw.

It could but I think that is the cause of the creep for now. It won’t be long and it’ll be a creep from guys that aren’t drawing from that

 

[wytex]

Depends on the number of licenses they allot. Maybe Buzz will chime in or JM77, didn't WG&F change the NR allotment?

 

[Treeshark]

that is the cause of the creep

Are you referring to point-sharing? If so, I agree that it certainly contributed.

 

[cgasner1]

Are you referring to point-sharing? If so, I agree that it certainly contributed.

Ya

 

[BuzzH]

My general tag won't fall victim to point creep.

 

[jvanhoy]

I just drew southern general last year and I’m really debating if it’s worth it to start buying points again. I’ll definitely be putting in for it hoping to pull a random tag and almost feel like I have a better chance of hitting it before building the points back up to draw it.

 

[WildWill]

You think so? I would be surprised if West and South didn’t creep .5-1 full point in the regular draw.

Is my thinking as well.

 

[WildWill]

I just drew southern general last year and I’m really debating if it’s worth it to start buying points again. I’ll definitely be putting in for it hoping to pull a random tag and almost feel like I have a better chance of hitting it before building the points back up to draw it.

Still some real nice type 4 tags to be had for a point no more then 2. Not a bull but still elk hunting. After burning my 6 points a few years ago this became my plan hunt cows every couple years and apply in the general in between in hopes of striking the random.

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

Depends on the number of licenses they allot. Maybe Buzz will chime in or JM77, didn't WG&F change the NR allotment?

Region allocation will not be set until season setting meetings in April. Recommended allocations have not been determined or made public. That will happen during G&F public meetings in Feb/Mar.

 

[SAJ-99]

I believe last year it took 5 points in the regular pool to draw the West gen tag..what’s everyone think it’ll take this year?? 5.5 or 6 points or does it plateau out??

Even last year with the increase in price of the Special, I don't think the Regular jumped a full point, it was close though. I suspect the increase goes back to closer to 0.5-0.7point. So with 5 points, you might have a 50/50 chance in Regular. I need to find my spreadsheet to work through it and given I used all my points last year, I care a lot less this year. LOL

 

[WapitiBob]

Depends on the number of licenses they allot. Maybe Buzz will chime in or JM77, didn't WG&F change the NR allotment?

They removed the 7250 cap and added some tags last year. New quotas will be out the 3rd week of March, finalized at the April meeting.

Regular Price draw E and W were 100% at 5, S was 100% at 5.2000.

 

[Gellar]

My general tag won't fall victim to point creep.

We aren’t looking for any hotspots but it’d be easier if you’d just give us gps coordinates. A dm would be fine.

 

[TN VOL]

My family and I will have an average of 5.5 points for this draw..who knows. When I started buying points it was a 1 point tag lol..of course that’s the trend in all of the states I buy pref points for..

 

[Aerosith]

I'm expecting the General W Special tag to drop in 2025, I'd bet it will take about 3-4 points. $2,000 is a crazy amount of money for many people to spend on a general tag. I think many other people are right and the Regular tag will probably creep about .5-.7 a year.

 

[wytex]

They removed the 7250 cap and added some tags last year. New quotas will be out the 3rd week of March, finalized at the April meeting.

Regular Price draw E and W were 100% at 5, S was 100% at 5.2000.

The 7250 cap is what I was thinking about.