Spot on! At 56 that’s what it’s all about for me as well.
I think thats the way to go since you can always grab an OTC or leftover A tag for now.
A buddy drew his deer and elk tag and never got emails for either. No idea why some get emails and some don't??
Just perpetuating the degradation and ease of information. Plus it pops in google searches. Lots of 3rd/2nd choice things going to 0/1 point units and it never ends for all the reasons you mentioned above but also because of posting on hereOK I'm waiting on the results like everyone, so I'll tillt at this windmill.
I have the recap report from 2021. I have the same PDFs everyone can get for the past decade. I know exactly how many people drew unit fifty-one-minus-two (since we're being secretive). All that posting here or another forum does is confirm that one of the people who drew is ALSO a member of this forum. But I didn't need a post here to confirm the opposite, because the recaps already tell me that.
And from the reports, this is a 2-6 point unit depending on the season you file for. So it's not something a random person off the street just getting into hunting is going to stumble over and be an extra person in the field ruining your hunt. Most of the seasons I see only have a quota of 100 so you really have to choose to want to hunt there. A random forum post isn't helpful to somebody without points, and isn't useful to somebody like me with 6 points and definite plans how to use them next year.
So what's the big deal? Using the same data available to everybody else, forum or no, I already know people are hunting there, and even how many. This whole thing about "drawing attention to a unit..." I mean, it's not like there's a secret unit somewhere nobody hunts. They're ALL packed, even the premium zones. If the unit exists, people know about it.
Genuinely open-minded here and curious about the rationale. But I'm struggling to see how it matters. Now that we all have TopRut, GoHunt Insider, OnX filters, HuntScore, and others I haven't even noticed, what's the advantage in keeping one individual's plans a secret? If you aren't going to publicly post actual DATA like specific (and recent) herd-sighting locations, what's the real value of a number in a message post?
Honestly, seeing a post here about a specific zone number makes me LESS likely to want to hunt it, rather than more.
Having a Peak Refuel for dinner and headed to the gym to start getting my butt in shape for some long days of hiking!
finally came through at 7:17PM Central time. Legal beagal, card processed, website confirmed and email notification. Let's get after em!
