This is a complicated one for sure. First, it sounds like ~60% of hunters filled their tags, and frankly I don't care if there are some who "settled" for a cow on their either sex tag---it isn't a bull only tag, and they took a legal animal. That is about the same success rate as the late season cow bison hunt on the Henry's, and a number of OIAL units for sheep, moose, or goats regularly have success rates at or below 60%.
Yeah, the hazing has a weird twist, but is it that much different than the aerial surveys and transplants of mountain goats or sheep that have occurred during and prior to other OIAL hunts (the +40 goats coming off the Beavers the week before my dad's hunt in 2013 comes to mind)? And did the Tribe herd EVERY single bison in the unit off or just the main concentration in the area of concern? With 45 tags, and ~27 of them filled, that leaves 18 tag holders with soup pots. Were there not even 18 bison left on the unit after the hazing? How far into the season did the hazing occur?
What if the main herd never migrated off the reservation this year? Success could have been much lower than 60% but that is hunting. The application guide warned that this was a migratory hunt and that the animals are not always in the unit. Additionally, ever since the complaints from 2013 beaver goat hunters the DWR has included a disclaimer and acknowledgment on the application that aerial surveys, transplants, and relocations may occur during a hunt.
My only real issue with the handling of this by the DWR was that they didn't call every tag holder or make some broad general announcement instead of calling select hunters in the order they were drawn. But even then, I don't think this justifies a second bite at the apple for the unsuccessful tag holders.
Utah's management of OIAL and some LE tags to have 100% success rate is flawed IMO. It is hunting, and success shouldn't be presumed. Utah could drastically reduce point creep by increasing the pressure on many of these tags, and allowing success rates to drop to the 30-50% range. The animals will become harder to hunt, you wouldn't have to wait 400 yrs to be guaranteed a tag. And hey, maybe with the extra funds generated from additional tag sales the DWR could send out a participation trophy to stir the pots of soup for the unsuccessful hunters.