I think it's already too late for that. I don't know about you, but I don't think I know a single resident who'll pay the big trespass fees to private landowners - thus motivating them even more to charge to hunt. That practice is almost pervasive today, and it's a logical market-driven response to the "need" for easier hunting for those who have more money than they do skill, knowledge, or time.

That said, I don't believe that all nonresidents fall into that category, as I encounter some of the same people out in the woods year after year who come from other states. They know the ground, they're DIY too, and they put up with the same conditions and exertions that I do. And, not all of the "slob" hunters, "game hogs," and "road hunters" I run across wear out-of-state tags. More likely, they're residents - at least in my experience.

Although annoying, I can tolerate some hunting behaviors. The one I can't tolerate is when I've hiked in the difficult back door to a good piece of public ground, take my animal, and then have some "outfitter" stalk up and inform me that I had to have trespassed across his "easy-access" lease to get there. That's happened to me three times in the past ten years. On one occasion, he and his "clients" had ATVs parked at the forest boundary. When G&F describes a hunt area as "difficult access", it more often than not means the surrounding landowners participate in this kind of leasing operation.

I don't blame landowners for trying to make a buck, and I don't blame the city-dweller who's been saving for a once-in-a-lifetime hunt for having the money to pay for it. I blame the kind of "outfitters" who are taking advantage of both of them. And it's not just a Wyoming problem. They're not so much paying to hunt the landowner's property (which I have no problem with) as they can be simply closing down the access to the public land beyond (which I do have a problem with).

If a nonresident foots the bill for an out-of-state tag, they're a licensed hunter just like the rest of us residents.