I thought WY recently changed fees and rules making them extremely anti non resident hunter??? I remember seeing something online when researching non resident hunts that they were doing something to make it harder for nonresident to get tags and have to pay a lot more. Maybe it was a proposal that didn’t pass?? Not sure.
NM is kicking around that idea. And it is already hard enough to get drawn.
Man I hope not. Deck is already pretty stacked against non-residents in the prime units. Figure I at least have a better chance drawing NM than any of the states east of the MS River as it stands now.
The unit I hunted is pretty big and offers some great public elk hunting. The state gives 100 tags for each of 5 weeks of hunting in that unit, ( 2 Archery , 1 ML , 2 Rifle weeks ) . Those 100 for each week include residents , landowners and non-residents, all hunters. As it stands now only 12 each week are non-residents. My Outfitter said they're wanting to cut the non-res back even more. And NM doesn't do points , every year is a new, equal draw.
