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I posted the following message at the end of Hawkeye's thread entitled "Request to MDF on behalf of SFW". As that thread has become quite long, I though I would share this information with everyone.
Bill
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I recieved an e-mail today from Ryan Foutz of SFW. It read, in part:
"I appreciate your email & concern and wanted to let you know that Byron Bateman (SFW) & Miles Moretti (MDF) have agreed to place the Expo drawing odds for the past 5 years on the WHCE website. These should be on the Expo website within the next 2 weeks if not sooner at www.huntexpo.com (the new 2012 website is being put together and should be done with updated schedule, floor layout, entertainment, seminars etc.)
The drawing odds will be by hunt unit & by species."
Thank you Ryan and Miles for coming to this decision. Thank YOU Hawkeye for bird dogging this issue to a successful conclusion. I'm sure there will be some with trust issues until the data is released. To a certain degree, I am included in this group. I have faith the groups will do what they say on this issue. I am hopeful they won't try to obfuscate the odds by lumping archery with general rifle, premium, etc., but instead give us complete odds by hunt choice as broken down on the hunt application form. As I recall, there were approximately 92 different hunt choices on the application form (92 x $5 = $460. May not be exact, but I think this is close.). I am expecting to see the odds for each of these $5 hunt choices.
When SFW and MDF publishes these odds, my opinion of the organizations will rise, and I will consciously consider renewing memberships in these groups. Thanks again to Hawkeye and everyone who helped put the pressure on to get this data released.
Bill
Bill
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I recieved an e-mail today from Ryan Foutz of SFW. It read, in part:
"I appreciate your email & concern and wanted to let you know that Byron Bateman (SFW) & Miles Moretti (MDF) have agreed to place the Expo drawing odds for the past 5 years on the WHCE website. These should be on the Expo website within the next 2 weeks if not sooner at www.huntexpo.com (the new 2012 website is being put together and should be done with updated schedule, floor layout, entertainment, seminars etc.)
The drawing odds will be by hunt unit & by species."
Thank you Ryan and Miles for coming to this decision. Thank YOU Hawkeye for bird dogging this issue to a successful conclusion. I'm sure there will be some with trust issues until the data is released. To a certain degree, I am included in this group. I have faith the groups will do what they say on this issue. I am hopeful they won't try to obfuscate the odds by lumping archery with general rifle, premium, etc., but instead give us complete odds by hunt choice as broken down on the hunt application form. As I recall, there were approximately 92 different hunt choices on the application form (92 x $5 = $460. May not be exact, but I think this is close.). I am expecting to see the odds for each of these $5 hunt choices.
When SFW and MDF publishes these odds, my opinion of the organizations will rise, and I will consciously consider renewing memberships in these groups. Thanks again to Hawkeye and everyone who helped put the pressure on to get this data released.
Bill