A report completed this week by Mountain Pursuit, analyzes the male only hunting competition that receives a set-aside of 80 antelope tags from the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission every year.

Earlier this month, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation betrayed resident hunters and threw in with the Wyoming Outfitter Industry to oppose SF0094, a bill which would have increased the number if big game hunting tags going to resident hunters.

On February 4, 2020, the Idaho House voted 55-15 in favor of limiting and increasing the price of nonresident big game hunting tags.  This was proposed by Idaho Fish & Game in response resident hunter’s request to reduce the overcrowding in certain hunt areas.

In 1998, Wyoming allocated 1,032 resident moose tags.

In 2018, Wyoming allocated 248 resident moose tags.

This is a 76% decrease in just 20 years. According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department harvest reports, the entire moose tag allotment has been reduced by 898 tags counting both resident and nonresident tags in the same 20-year period.

If Governor Gordon really wanted to demonstrate he cared about Wyoming resident hunters, he would insist the Wyoming Legislature change Wyoming's annual give-away of our valuable hunting tags to nonresidents. Wyoming is, by far, the most liberal state in the West when it comes to nonresident hunting tag allocation.

At it's July meeting, the Idaho Fish & Game Commission will decide on language that could allow the department to restrict over-the-counter (OTC) deer and elk tag sales to nonresidents.

Wyoming resident hunters have no preference in leftover tag allocation. In the leftover draw which begins next week, resident hunters compete with nonresidents equally for these leftover tags.

Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Colorado and Utah allot just 10% of their bighorn sheep tags to non residents. Why is Wyoming so liberal?

Wyoming sticks out for its very liberal nonresident tag allocation for moose, mountain goat, bighorn and bighorn sheep - which averages double the percentage of other states.

An in-depth report analyzes a decade of Wyoming G&F Commissioner Complimentary donations uncovered serious issues in tag allocation, financial accounting, and a disturbing disregard for Wyoming wildlife, resident hunters, and taxpayers' money.

Mountain Pursuit is a western states hunting advocacy group and strongly believes big game license allocation should be significantly prioritized for the residents of Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.