Draw Odds for Arizona's 1993 Season! My how things have Changed!

[Iddogguy]

Antelope 662 archery tags!!!!!

 

[Iddogguy]

Elk

 

[Iddogguy]

Deer

 

[Bluehair]

That’s a little after I left AZ because it was getting too hard to draw ?

 

[huntazido]

In 1993 AZ population was 3.9 million and today it is 7.4 million and expected to grow another 1 million by 2030. This and the loss of habitat due to development has really hurt hunting opportunities statewide. I would also say the trapping ban in early 90's and drought starting in 2001 has also had a huge impact as well. In 1993 I drew a 4th choice unit 27 early archery cow tag.

I enjoy looking at these numbers from the past. thanks for sharing.

 

[BGbasbhat]

Uuuuugghhhh, that's depressing.

 

[OutdoorWriter]

The drought actually started right around the time those stats were produced, which was just the opposite of the early 80s when we had a couple of "flood stage" water years, with 100K deer permits available. We will never see that again.

 

[Zim]

I don’t even want to look at those numbers. Just a dream gone by.