Ibex Muzzleloader hunt tags?

cantgetdrawn · Jan 17, 2013

I was noticing that the G&F lowered the about of tags for the Ibex Muzzleloader hunt from 60 to 25. My understanding is the G&F where trying to reduce the number of Ibex in the Florida's. They now have an OTC hunt for Nannies with a cap of 125 nannies.

Does anyone know why the G&F did this?

hntbambi · Jan 17, 2013

Not too hard to figure out. They want more females removed with fewer billys shot. Get the quality back up and keep them in check.

Trad Bow 1979 · Jan 18, 2013

Ok so that still does not make sense. I see what the original poster is asking. Why are they reducing muzzle loader opportunities to hunt the Floridas? Maybe they could have a hunt for the females that is muzzle loader only. Instead they are reducing the amount of tags on what could be an enjoyable hunt and about to just cut hundreds of people loose on an area that is not big enough for that many hunters. I wish Game and Fish would look on this site and see how people of this state felt.

cantgetdrawn · Jan 19, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Jan-19-13 AT 10:55AM (MST)[p]I know people who have waited over 2 decades to get this tag. Now the G&F decided to reduce the amount of tags by over 50%. At the same time they increase OIL rifle tags slightly and have a OTC hunt on nannies. It may be for quality reasons, but not long ago the world records for muzzleloaders came off the Floridas so things cannot be that bad.

EVILNR · Jan 19, 2013

I WAS going to apply for Ibex this year. Just not worth the odds now.

284NM · Jan 24, 2013

The game commission plan for the ibex is pretty close to what they put in the proclamation. The plan was, and don't quote me on this, to take 20 tags from the muzzleloader hunt and use them for the special draw on the female quota hunt next year, that's what I got from reading the agenda stuff a while back anyway. They reduced the number of youth tags too. As somebody already said, they are hoping to decimate the nannies without increasing the billy harvest too much. we'll see how it works out, most management plans seem to originate from the business end of a crack pipe...