Should all hunts be draw/quota tags?

[OneGunTex]

Something similar was proposed elsewhere regarding Alaska - the opinion that all NR tags should be a lottery.

What would be the downside to all big game tags being draw tags (or a certain number of "quota" tags available for purchase right up until the season starts)? Would that bring more accountability to both hunters and natural resources departments, by forcing DNR to publish what the harvest goal is for any given species/area and providing more data on the number of hunters hunting a given species/area?

I could see where it doesn't make a lot of sense for something like whitetail in Texas (5 tags automatically with every license) compared to something like a caribou in Alaska where they are monitoring the population of a specific herd.

What would you like to see as a "draw" or "quota" tag, even if there are only 500 people for 10000 tags?

 

[Fetty Wapiti]

Can we ban outfitted hunts on public land while we are at it?

 

[Rich M]

Folks are done hunting for the year.

Where i live most deer hog and turkey hunting is quota only. Pita for the guy who just wants to hunt some every fall.

 

[displacedtexan]

You should have let us vote no, in addition to pointing out the stupidity of the question.

If you think Georgia whitetails need the same management approach as Oklahoma elk or Montana Bighorns...

 

[MTtrout]

Would that bring more accountability to both hunters and natural resources departments, by forcing DNR to publish what the harvest goal is for any given species/area and providing more data on the number of hunters hunting a given species/area?

Have you ever been on a Fish and Game website to look up those quotas or statistics, listen to wildlife board meeting where they set quotas, read the published reports, call/email the biologists,… Are you aware this data already exists and it’s not terribly hard to get? Hell there’s even paid services that try and spoon feed you this info.

Hard to take your question seriously when it’s clear you don’t even know your question.

 

[AnotherAussie]

A tag should not have a season or time limit attached. (Within reason)
All to be drawn and valid until antler drop in the new year.
Sell tags, based in the needs of particular areas, and publish the tag quantities sold and success rates for each area/zone permitted.
If the game is a resource, then manage it and publish outcomes.

 

[kwackkillncrew]

All non res should be draw. If you don't like it, move to the state. Hell, pretty sure in one of the Dakotas you have to draw to hunt ducks if your a non res.

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[AnotherAussie]

All non res should be draw. If you don't like it, move to the state. Hell, pretty sure in one of the Dakotas you have to draw to hunt ducks if your a non res.

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Typical internet response without thinking about what was said before responding.

 

[The Guide]

All non res should be draw. If you don't like it, move to the state. Hell, pretty sure in one of the Dakotas you have to draw to hunt ducks if your a non res.

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Please show us proof of where federally regulated migratory birds are done as a drawing for nonresident hunters. I'll accept a link or a screenshot.

Jay

 

[matchu865]

Please show us proof of where federally regulated migratory birds are done as a drawing for nonresident hunters. I'll accept a link or a screenshot.

Jay

 

[jmez]

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True story!


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[The Guide]

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Thanks for sharing that. Interesting dichotomy to read up on. Sounds like it has been like that for 20 years or so.

Jay

 

[dieselchessy]

Game departments control harvest, opportunity, and experience. They use many tools to perform this balancing act and they aim for different outcomes in different areas.
Some folks prefer opportunity over quality of hunt. Some folks prefer quality over quantity. Some hunt for meat. Some hunt for horns. Some hunt for camaraderie.

Why strip all that away and force game departments into a “draw only” management structure?
What exactly is the end goal?
How exactly would one expect hunting to be improved for all types of hunters and game management to be improved by pushing “draw tag” only?

 

[3Esski]

All fishing licenses should only be alloted after the commercial fisherman get their fill...the system will always be flawed or skewed or whatever you want to call it, it's a feature not a bug.

 

[SchwarzStock]

Thanks for sharing that. Interesting dichotomy to read up on. Sounds like it has been like that for 20 years or so.

Jay

That sounded like a "gotcha", is there an apology to go with it?

 

[Sccritterkiller]

No...just no. Hunting in a management tool...Why would you want to handcuff management?

 

[Wrench]

I'm sure the prime whitetail states would love to go draw only and our wolf population would certainly appreciate it if the guys that have finally figured out how to kill them would sit on the couch because they didn't draw a tag......or they could just hunt wolves and the poor guy from the Midwest can listen to the caller howl during his elk hunt.

Sounds super reasonable.

 

[KurtR]

Thanks for sharing that. Interesting dichotomy to read up on. Sounds like it has been like that for 20 years or so.

Jay

I think it’s been longer my Grandpa was one of the original people on the board to get this started after an outfitter leased land out from under him. I believer that was early 60’s . I found all the old news are rifles and papers on it when my grandma died and we cleaned out the gym cabinet. Thank you Grandpa for looking out for us younger generations is all I can say.

It should be state by state but after my brother sending me pics from Idaho and people camping out yesterday already they need to just go to all draw for NR it’s a shit show.

 

[Rotnguns]

I think it’s been longer my Grandpa was one of the original people on the board to get this started after an outfitter leased land out from under him. I believer that was early 60’s . I found all the old news are rifles and papers on it when my grandma died and we cleaned out the gym cabinet. Thank you Grandpa for looking out for us younger generations is all I can say.

It should be state by state but after my brother sending me pics from Idaho and people camping out yesterday already they need to just go to all draw for NR it’s a shit show.

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That's Idaho F&G on Walnut street in Boise. I wonder if they got there a few hours earlier or actually spent the night?

 

[KurtR]

That's Idaho F&G on Walnut street in Boise. I wonder if they got there a few hours earlier or actually spent the night?

That’s was yesterday at noon