I'll quote you on it!

The Wyoming regulations requiring a guide are specific to designated wilderness areas, not public land in general, and you can use a "resident guide". Each Wyoming resident can guide up to two people each year but they have to get a resident guide license that is free of charge. They have to sign an affidavit saying that they aren't receiving any compensation for it.

They say it is for the safety of the non-residents out in the big bad wilderness, but if you are just camping out in the wilderness areas, youaren't required to havea guide.

One little trick that they use to lock you down is giving you a "free" fishing license when you get your non-resident big game tag. Even if you fill your big game tag (I shot my Elk on the first day) you legally have to stay with your guide the rest of the time because you have the fishing license. It really put a crimp on things a few times when we hiked in several miles on one trailhead and my friend and his son wanted to bushwack across and come out another trailhead. I volunteered to go back to the truck and drive it over to the other trailhead but I couldn't because technically my friend was my guide and had to be with me. Kind of a pain but rules are rules.