I am not picking on Wyoming. I GREATLY enjoyed a muley/lope hunt there last October in an area that is basically a guaranteed draw (in the Buffalo, WY area). I am talking about ALL states be them western or wherever keep on trying to put caps or even abolish non-resident tags yet still gladly take available Federal monies for various projects. For years the same thing went on in Kansas, the locals fought out of state interests from coming in and partaking in their obvious bounty. FINALLY someone realized that by using Federal monies while still preventing non-residents from coming in amounted to taxation without representation. And look at the price of land leases in KS, farmers/land owners now have a new profit center and reason to manage their land for quality game habitat. I'm not saying money is the answer too everything, but under certain circumstances it certainly is a plus. And with respects to non-residents hunting sheep, the vast majority of sheep programs are funded by Federal monies and the limited sale of tags at astonishing figures. The states play a very limited role in sheep management. I have NEVER heard of a sheep hunter that saw gamewardens up around 10k-12k feet!

Manboy would you please put up your numbers in terms of actual license apps/sales, not simple percentages? Thats flawed mathematics and typical of people with a political agenda that isnt going their way. (Its akin too Democrats in Washington when they cut 5% from nextyears spending increases that were slated for a 10% increase and then turn around and pat themselves on the back and clamour on about how they cut the budget! Nevermind the fact that they are still gonna spend 5% more than lastyear on their pet projects.) If it is decided that X number of animals need to be removed annually and Y number of applicants represents residents and Z number represents non-residents than it only makes sense that Y is a far greater number of people than Z. Yet you simply put up percentages that while similar in stated value, the net totals are FAR from equal or even similar. I bet Y is 10x or greater than Z.

I know its a hot topic and causes devisiveness in the hunting ranks. Here in TN we have deer out the ying-yang and few people who want to come in and hunt them, so who cares how many license's are sold too out of staters? Out there in the Rockies you only have so many elk and EVERYONE wants a crack at em, same for the giant whitetail states in the cornbelt.

But thats the way the mop flops,
RA

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I have heard it twice now about how animals on Federal Lands are NOT Federal property. Shoot an elk on Yellowstone and see if you are only brought up on local charges or if you are dealt with through the Federal system!!! BTW Yellowstone is one of the BIGGEST economic boons to the state of Wyoming. By somes flawed logic about wanting to shut everything down except too locals, what would happen to the economy of NW Wyoming if for some reason suddenly the gates of Yellowstone were SLAMMED SHUT??? And who funds the park? I seriously doubt its the taxpayers of Cody, WY.