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dh9815
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I was just looking at the link from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources that tracks the number of Dedicated Hunters that have chosen there guaranteed unit choice for this upcoming year. Currently 167 hunters have already chosen Thousand Lake. The Lifetime people haven't even chosen yet. This is a unit that typically gives out a total of about 35 tags per year across archery, muzzle and rifle. We now will have 167 Dedicated and very likely as least that many Lifetime on a unit with below buck to doe ratios already with 35 tags. Look for 300 hunters on a unit that currently cannot support 35. That does not sound like wise wildlife management to me. Am I missing something here or will there not be wholesale slaughter on that unit that will not allow it to rebound for many, many years? This appears to be a monumental blunder in assuming that the tags would naturally spread themselves out across 30 units. Your thoughts are appreciated.