30 tags - 19 PPs was the minimum
Will this season now qualify for a Hybrid tag?
61 archery isn't hybrid yet and its been over 10 points for more than 3 years.
Thanks
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Interesting side note, and possibly even more annoying for archery hunters, is that a resident 1st rifle tag in 61 was much easier to draw this year. Rifle hunters were apparently more focused on trying to draw the new early season. It only took residents 10 PP to guarantee 1st rifle, compared to 12 PP the prior year. At the same time, the points required for an archery tag did not reduce for residents, and for NR's the relentless upward point creep continued. Which means that the demand for the new early rifle hunt came from firearms hunters, not bow hunters. Leaving the question of why the cut in archery tags, instead of taking all these from 1st-4th rifle.
Another thing he told me was that they would like to make 62 a restricted unit. Their feeling is that it would create a large area[61, 62, and 40] that would rival the block of 2, 10, and 201 as far as producing really big bulls is concerned. He sad they felt that a lot of bulls from 61 summered in 62 and that some of them got killed in 62 before they moved back into 61, which hurts the trophy potential.
I am personally all for this plan. 62 is a very large unit and if the trophy potential increased in 61 and 62 it would take pressure off of the Northwest corner and provide a lot more trophy tags. It's an interesting idea in any case.
I know a lot of the locals don't want to lose the ability to hunt there or the revenue that the OTC numbers generates.
NO. If you noticed at the last 5yr Plan they did not add any hunts to the Hybrid draw, even though more qualified. The Regs state- qualified hunts are "based on a 3-year average ending with the 2009 drawing"
The last 5 yr plan had many controversial proposals and the "status quo" was settled on as better than loosing opportunities for public hunters and archery.
Supply won't increase but demand will. It might be time to try some some steps to increase bull quality without taking away tags. I'm not a biologist, but I think trying a 6pt minimum in a group of lower demand limited units could have merit. No reduction in tags. It seems like after a couple years the average bull age would increase. Obviously not all bulls become 6pt and certainly there would be some mistake kills under the minimum, but I think those instances would be low enough to not have a big impact.
If it worked, it would of course increase demand which would not be good for guys that hunt there who aren't concerned with trophy quality. There will always be an impact on some group.
Not a new idea. It's been floated by others but I don't think the CPW had much interest in it.
Am I missing something here or are they taken out before and not reflected in the draw tag allocation?
Good luck, Robb
3 unrestricted / 3 restricted
Also in the Green Box, top middle it shows the break down of the quotas showing the 3 and 3 for Land Owners. Then the grey box middle right shows how many points it took for the LO tags, 1 LOPP for Unit wide and 0 LOPP for PLO voucher.
