Idaho NR general tag going to draw?

[Ross]

I liked the one guy who had serioussss concerns and reservations about going to a draw and kept having oneeee more question. You go dude keep it the same

 

[87TT]

They have zero incentive to change anything. They already sell out fast. On the other hand, finding a way to change it and accomplish that is going to be hard to do. Plus there will be just as many disappointed people or more anyway.

 

[Customweld]

I liked the one guy who had serioussss concerns and reservations about going to a draw and kept having oneeee more question. You go dude keep it the same

I think they are going to have a hard time making the outfitters whole (happy). You never know, they may put something together and choose not to implement it. Just listening to a couple of the commissioners, I’m not convinced they are on board.

 

[StupidLightweight]

Interesting discussion. I wonder what will happen. I would bet nearly anything, however, that Idaho will never go to a point system. They were wise to avoid that in the 90s. Doing so in 2025 after watching other states’ point creep outpace our national debt would be foolish.

The point system will go down as the greatest debacle in the history of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.

 

[Idaboy]

They are definitely going forward with the draw, at the end, the one commissioner asked for some clarification of what they were approving, and it was clear the process is going to be developed, and then sounds like would come back to the Commission for approval to implement. But they are definitely going to develop the draw with their "3rd party vendor". Seems like a few of the guys on the board, shared concerns about not letting this devolve into the Resident tags and leave Idaho an "opportunity state".

 

[IdahoBeav]

As the Idaho population continues to skyrocket, the mule deer herds will not be able to sustain unlimited resident OTC. There are a few ways this could be addressed- more units one-by-one could convert to limited entry. This has been a good remedy for units that have converted. The OTC tags could also be made unit specific and capped, as the NR system does currently. If the NR “OTC” tags are switched to a draw, it is only natural that future capped resident tags would as well. One way to limit demand of capped tags is to sell them before the OIL and 1st draw period and prohibit OTC tag holders from applying for limited entry hunts. The system currently does not allow OIL applicants to apply in the 1st draw (deer, elk, pronghorn) period. This has increased OIL draw odds. Idaho OIL doesn’t have the problem that Oregon has where, due to there being zero opportunity cost, everyone and their mother applies for goat and sheep.