LAST EDITED ON Nov-07-07 AT 12:51PM (MST)[p]After alot of discussion with many, many hunters in the field and on different forums, I have found that the majority of hunters who take an interest in this part of the Central Region want some type of restrictions that will increase the buck/doe ratios. This proposal will include the following area.
Starting at Santaquin and I-15, south to Nephi, east along Nephi Canyon road to the beginning of the Nebo Loop road, northerly along this road to the Santaquin Canyon Road, westerly on this road to Santaquin & I-15 ( point of beginning)
The hunt could either take place at he same time of the general season hunts ( archery, rifle, muzzleloader ) or they could be put in at dates that correspond with other LE units in the state.My preference right now would be to have the hunts outside of the general season dates. It seems it would be much easier to monitor. The tags would be allocated as follows - Archery -50 Muzzleloader-50, Rifle-50.Any dedicated hunter that would draw out on this unit would be counted in each category. The area is only about 1/10th of the entire 16A mangement unit. Carving out a small area like this still allows for much of this unit within the Central Region to be available for hunting for General Season Deer.
The 16A Mangement Unit is currently at 12 bucks/100 does, and is 1500- 3000 under the population objective of 22,600.
The objective of this proposal would be to promote over the next several years an increase in the buck/doe ratio.Because the area is substantionally under population objective there is ample room for an increase in buck numbers without having to harvest does. As the ratio increases the excess bucks will begin to out migrate into the adjacent areas within the unit and thereby providing better opportunity for general season hunters to harvest more bucks.We believe also that recruiting more bucks into the population and thereby having a more comprhensive age class structure will continue to benefit the health of the herd overall. Also, if the DWR's recommendation to open up the Plateau/Thousand Lakes LE Deer unit to general season hunting is approved, the possible loss of available permit numbers statewide would most likely not be negatively impacted by changing this to an LE sub-unit.
Anyone that is interested in this please contact me via this forum or by e-mail- [email protected].
Starting at Santaquin and I-15, south to Nephi, east along Nephi Canyon road to the beginning of the Nebo Loop road, northerly along this road to the Santaquin Canyon Road, westerly on this road to Santaquin & I-15 ( point of beginning)
The hunt could either take place at he same time of the general season hunts ( archery, rifle, muzzleloader ) or they could be put in at dates that correspond with other LE units in the state.My preference right now would be to have the hunts outside of the general season dates. It seems it would be much easier to monitor. The tags would be allocated as follows - Archery -50 Muzzleloader-50, Rifle-50.Any dedicated hunter that would draw out on this unit would be counted in each category. The area is only about 1/10th of the entire 16A mangement unit. Carving out a small area like this still allows for much of this unit within the Central Region to be available for hunting for General Season Deer.
The 16A Mangement Unit is currently at 12 bucks/100 does, and is 1500- 3000 under the population objective of 22,600.
The objective of this proposal would be to promote over the next several years an increase in the buck/doe ratio.Because the area is substantionally under population objective there is ample room for an increase in buck numbers without having to harvest does. As the ratio increases the excess bucks will begin to out migrate into the adjacent areas within the unit and thereby providing better opportunity for general season hunters to harvest more bucks.We believe also that recruiting more bucks into the population and thereby having a more comprhensive age class structure will continue to benefit the health of the herd overall. Also, if the DWR's recommendation to open up the Plateau/Thousand Lakes LE Deer unit to general season hunting is approved, the possible loss of available permit numbers statewide would most likely not be negatively impacted by changing this to an LE sub-unit.
Anyone that is interested in this please contact me via this forum or by e-mail- [email protected].