50 bucks huh? Thats pretty pricey, although after paying your WY non-res elk tag fee it doesn't surprise me. I wonder if it's worth picking one up during elk season assuming its an over the counter tag.

The cougar population here is high and everybody local carries a tag but they are only like 10.50 thereabouts so it's not too bad. We have a half dozen or so wolves in the state now that "you guy's" exported - I'm not to happy about that.

Did you go out and hunt the open area? When they say *a lot* of hunters were out, what does that mean? I can imagine every swinging dick with a rifle was out looking I guess.