Randy Newberg talks about some of the biggest changes for the 2024 western big game hunting seasons. There are many changes worth taking note of, follow along as Randy explains how to go hunting in 2024!
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Well.. I'm not burning 4-5 points for Wyoming deer if it won't be good (possibly) for 3-4 years.
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Special draw Wyoming elk tag costs as much as sheep tags! Holy smokes!
One of the main ticket items you missed for Idaho – If you go in person to any in state, more specially Idaho f&g themselves, you stand a 90% better chance of getting a tag as a non resident then waiting in the online line.
Great content. I burned my Wyoming points last year and i'm officially out of the game.
I sensed Colorado making big changes, they’ve surveyed me asking very specific elk vs hunter density questions almost every year the last 3 years. I gave them honest answers though….there’s more orange hats in that unit than Walmart has in stock 😅
hey randy. would you guys make a video. for a First time moose or caribou hunter. in alaska. from gear to just how to go about it doing it. And if it's better to get a guide. if you don't have or know somone to go with. and you're just on your own. thanks love the videos.
Big game populations in Wyoming took a tremendous hit during last years winter. This winter is supposed to be just as bad sadly.
Can we get a video on getting meat / antlers back home if you fly to hunt…
Thanks for the info Randy I have points collecting in Wyoming for elk and pronghorn that was not good news to hear the cost increases, I can swing it but man they sure are making this a rich man's sport that's unfortunate !!
Wow well bye bye wyoming to much for a working man sad
How do you already know you will be hunting Arizona?
I hunted OTC CO for the first time this year and everyone I met it was their first time also. CO is using OTC as a cash grab and nothing more. Why would you be so conservative in some units then allow ever to get get killed in the next unit. Makes zero since to me.
I’ll trade some East Texas crappie fishing trips for a hunt 😎
This really sucks for most of us who really want to just get a hunt anywhere. Definitely sucks for new hunters.
It’s ironic that these price hikes and decrease in tag allocations are in part due to media companies such as yours and many others increasing the demand for a finite resource. On the other hand your shooting yourselves in the foot. If everyone is using these paid strategies to increase drawing odds don’t you think that’s going to create a conflict of interest for all non resident hunters? I respect the grind to scratch out a living in the outdoor space but something has got to give. The last few years in the field have ridiculous.
Midwest born hunter here who has dreams of moving out West eventually. I feel like I was born in the wrong time. Balling on a budget, building points in WY & CO for the past few years since graduating college, bought my Dad his first point for elk, deer & pronghorn in WY for my Dad's 61st birthday, this type of info REALLY hurts to hear as I can only dream of escaping these small pieces of whitetail woods for mountain hunts. Really hoping mother nature plays nice with the wildlife for years to come. Had an absolute blast on my first western hunt this past spring hunting bear in Idaho. Didn't get to take one home with me but I'm absolutely hooked on hunting out there. Id rather die with memories than money but the cost of these tags are getting insane. I plan to hunt as time goes on, pending being able to draw tags, but who knows if I'll ever be able to retire lol. Send all the positive energy this WI boys way for getting a good spot in line come December 1st. Thanks for the info, Randy!
You make a few bucks off of our public land resources and the rest of us deal with slowly losing hunting. You media company’s will be the death of general season hunting. This is an unnecessary video. Hunting is expected to be an app, let people Figure it out for themselves
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So sad the western states are more concerned with maximizing revenue than they are about the normal blue collar hunter. Need to be a rich man to hunt out west these days 😢
Damn Randy this is some of your most high value content LOVE TO SEE IT.
The outlook for nonresident Western diy hunting is trending in a bad direction. Between worsening draw odds, greater numbers of applicants, price increases, potential reductions in NR tag allocations, and lobbying by outfitter associations, it's not a positive outlook. Rarely are any updates Randy provides to any states annual application videos positive ones. They almost always skew negatively to impact NRs and tags are simply getting harder and more expensive every year
Randy, I have 13 elk points in Wyoming. I now have developed a physical condition that restricts me from hunting. Can I have my points transferred to someone I know? Thanks
Good stuff – thank you. Being a resident in CO I have seen the results of last years harsh winter and this years LATE start to winter. Thanks again – good information at the right time.
Best of luck. I’ll stick to my resident Wyoming bear, antelope, deer and elk.
Hey let me ruin more draw opportunities for the guys who put the time in to read, research and be educated. Just so we can put some money in our pocket from our sponsors. We can promote and encourage hunting without constantly pimping out the resource and making it easy for every NR idiot who doesn't care about the areas they go and hunt as long as they can kill a two point buck. How about make a video on the proposed increase in of outfitter days by almost 3X in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF without near a mention of any collaboration with MTFWP or how that will effect herd dynamics/populations.
Hey Randy, thanks for the video. I am a hunting industry professional and live in the Northern corner of UT (Logan), very close to both ID and WY. I had UT and WY deer tags this year and can attest to the extreme winter loss of deer and antelope, and in some areas even elk. I believe that the buck deer loss was significantly higher than what the Wildlife divisions in all three states have admitted to.
In WY canyons where for 3 years in a row we would see 20 bucks in a day with half of them being 3-1/2 or older, this year we found maybe two or 3 bucks in the entire canyon, with NONE of them being older than 4-1/2. I spent 9 days archery hunting and 5 days during the rifle season in Region G of WY and saw a total of 26 bucks with only 2 being of an age class over 3-1/2 years old. My 2 cohorts (one a resident in that unit) combined saw 4 mature deer the entire season (Sept 1 archery through Oct rifle season) and we all ate tags.
In Utah I left my tag at home and took my daughter up looking for her first buck, and we never saw an antlered animal in several days during the rifle hunt. I believe it will take WY/S.E. Idaho and N. East Utah 5 years with better than good winter conditions, and good wet summers, for the deer herds here to even begin to heal. It wouldn't surprise me if it were closer to that decade mark before that tri-state region shows any kind of recovery. The divisions should have closed hunting in select units of those areas to all deer hunting in 2023 and possibly 2024.
Guess I need to just give up the dream of ever hunting an elk. No way I’m paying that much I might as well buy a dang beef cow.
This is so far out of my means of living that it doesn’t even make sense for me to apply.
So here in wonderful Colorado, i was recently told by a DNR employee that the state is going to a straight 75/25 tag allocation across the board. 25% given to non residents in 2025. So there goes the points too. Fewer tags for those of us who live here and more money for the wonderful folks who make the rules. The complete opposite of WY. If we could adopt WY regulations, tag allocations and price hikes for non residents, I'd live here forever! But nope. It's hard enough to draw a decent elk tag each year and good luck trying to get a buck tag as it is already. Time to move to MT!
0:10: ! In this video, the speaker discusses upcoming hunting dates and changes for 2024 applications.
4:18: 💡 December 1st is the important date for Idaho general deer and Elk draw for non-residents.
8:03: 💰 Consider your priorities and budget when planning for hunting trips in different states.
11:41: 🦌 Talks in Colorado about changing the over-the-counter elk system could have significant consequences for non-resident elk hunting and the value of hunting points.
15:14: 😢 Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada experienced a setback in their drought cycle due to a dry year in 2023.
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thanks Randy for all the information and tips you provide!!
I don’t mean this to be rude at all but all the NR who don’t live in the west, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. I live here and can’t get a rifle deer tag in my chosen general unit more than every 3rd or 4th year. The general elk hunts a shit show for me just as much as you. If I didn’t live here I would in no way pay to deal with the public land shit show it’s become. Save your cash. Buy a private hunt every 3-4 years close to home and you will have way more fun.
It's the worst system I've ever seen I'm done with Idaho it's a joke
Is that 1200 for general rifle tag for deer and pronghorn? Or is that for the special draw?