SE Idaho Deer

JHas

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I just read in the new proc that Idaho has done away with the SE deer tag. Anyone have more info on this decision?

John
 
The commissioners also dropped the southeast Idaho deer quota. A separate quota on nonresident deer tags was set for several units in the southeast region following the decline in herds there after severe winter weather in the early 1990s. Recovering numbers in the region and a slowdown in demand for nonresident tags there made the separate quota unnecessary.

I think it is government talk for yes they did but who's to say.

Ransom
 
Yes, the SE tag was dropped. It doesn't make sense to limit the SE tag numbers when the tags are not selling out like they use to. There is still a nonresident quota for tags statewide.

Don't call the "regs", "proc" unless you want to sound like you are from Utah;) Unless the person is a transplant, I haven't heard any from Idaho say "proc" or "proclamation".

I thought the below part of the news release was a stretch.

"The commission increased the regular deer quota to 14,000, and added 1,500 white-tailed deer tags. The changes restore the number of nonresident deer tags to the 1996 level of 15,500. The nonresident deer quota was trimmed after winter losses in the 1990s hit deer numbers in several areas of Idaho. Herds in many areas of the state have come back."

Are the F&G claiming there are as many mule deer in Southern Idaho as there were before the 92/93 winter? Or does the F&G just want the $$$ the extra thousand regular tags and 1,500 whitetail tags will give them?
 

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