Question on Oregon’s 5% NR cap

[Ozarkansas]

So Oregon has a cap on nonresidents in controlled hunts, only allowing them 5% of tags. My question is- for the hunts with more tags than applicants, do they still limit NRs to 5% of available tags, or do they remove the cap? For example if a hunt has 100 tags but only 50 resident applicants, are there still only 5 tags available for NRs or are the remaining 50 tags fair game?

 

[Beendare]

Does

 

[Ozarkansas]

Does that ever happen?

I think you are inventing a scenario that just doesnt happen, at least in any hunt unit in the west.

The demand for these hunts is off the chart that’s why there is so much point creep and it’s so hard to draw a tag.

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Unless I’m reading the draw reports wrong it definitely happens for a specific subset of hunts that are limited to traditional gear, which is what got me thinking about it. I’m an active military nonresident so I qualify for resident prices on tags but still end up in the nonresident draw (which is a fair way to do things, imho), so I’m curious if I’d be fighting for one of the 2 nonresident tags available by the 5% rule or if the odds are slightly better than that.

 

[DRUSS]

So are you thinking about the second choice percentages then?

 

[Ozarkansas]

So are you thinking about the second choice percentages then?

I don’t think so, I’m thinking about the total cap on tags available to nonresidents, and if Undrawn tags become available to nonresidents or if that 5% cap is in place regardless of how few residents put in for a hunt

 

[wapitibob]

The cap is in place for all.

Mixed parties (res/nr) must pass the 5% test before tags will be issued and at that point, resident tags come from the res pool, nr tags come from the nr pool.

In addition, outfitters can draw half of the previous years quota for use with nr customers.

 

[Ozarkansas]

Thanks @wapitibob , that makes sense to me. Sound alike my odds aren’t great, but I’ll still be interested to see what next year’s draw data looks like