Wyoming requires NRs to be guided in any designated Federal Wilderness area if they want to hunt big game or lions. You can go in for any other purpose such as hiking, bird watching, fishing, small game hunting, etc., without a guide. It's strictly a subsidy that the outfitters got passed a long time ago and chances are that it will not be rescinded any time soon due to their lobbying and the fact that residents like having places to go where the only way they will see a NR is with a guide. There is one way you can get around it since the law does allow a resident to take up to two nonpaying friends a year into wilderness areas. There is a piece of G&F paperwork that has to be signed, the resident has to be with the NRs at all times, and no remuneration is allowed whatsoever. I've never gone into a wilderness area, but have several friends out there that I could easily go with if we ever decided to hunt one.