My vote is to leave it as is and set tag numbers appropriately based on success rates for appropriate unit quotas UNTIL we can make data driven decisions.
Then after the division can present meaningful data to justify these changes along with a plan, then we can talk about remedies in specifics and formulate committees instead of supposition and opinion based legislation. I appreciate the passion but this is laughable how subjective the purpose of this committee is.
The Draft Charter reads: "Address and outline ISSUES"
What are the issues that the data can support?
"We need to fix it now!" Well, what is the problem that the data can prove is directly tied to the proposed solution?
This whole premise is flawed from inception and has elements of a strawman argument.
Not being personally critical because I appreciate the discussion and the volunteering spirit of those trying to take a stance but I don't believe this is the hill we should try to capture.
Also the timing of this from the division on the heels of the trail camera decision makes me skeptical that the majority is being heard on this or will be heard. It feels like they are going through their paces to show the appearance that due diligence was conducted only to justify an inevitable outcome.
We might be taking the wrong actions in a fight for a seemingly noble cause but one that wont move the needle for the majority of hunters satisfaction and wont improve our hunting quality of life but instead will satisfy the minority beef and further regulate all of us.
Not proposing we do nothing ever or that no further regulations are needed ever because they obviously need to be looked at, but we need to make measured decisions, ones that are not driven by emotion.
Clearly define the problem at hand, generate possible causes/solutions, collect the data points, study the data, carefully cater a proposed solution to solve the identified problem, test the proposed solution in a controlled environment, study the data points, THEN we can have a discussion about implementation.
The knee-jerk reactions are as exhausting as reading my post!