M-8

muleyjunkie · Sep 5, 2021

I have a M8 tag for this year. Any advice on whether or not I should turn it in due to fires up there?
Thanks

DeerHunter53 · Sep 7, 2021

You can't turn in deer tags we are both screwed as I have the X5-b tag. Most of the zone is on BLM so I am going period.

Fires are not in the X5-b area they are several hundreds of miles away from this zone

Colfax_Hunter · Sep 7, 2021

Just to clarify - you can now turn tags back in. This is new to CA this year, you can surrender your tag and request preference points to be reinstated & get one point for this year. However, they are not doing refunds. It does look like they are considering refunds due to fires, but that's not until 2022 if approved.

I have an X6b tag that is going back now that the Dixie fire has burned to the Sugar fire.

Here is a look at the section and they have a returned tags link here: Returned Tags

newguy · Sep 7, 2021

Colfax_Hunter said:
Just to clarify - you can now turn tags back in. This is new to CA this year, you can surrender your tag and request preference points to be reinstated & get one point for this year. However, they are not doing refunds. It does look like they are considering refunds due to fires, but that's not until 2022 if approved.

I have an X6b tag that is going back now that the Dixie fire has burned to the Sugar fire.

Here is a look at the section and they have a returned tags link here: Returned Tags

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I did not realize that they made this change, thanks for posting. I think it is a good rule for situations like the fires. The only concern is the fact that CA allows points averaging so hopefully people aren’t able to take advantage of this rule by turning back the higher point holders tags and allowing the lower one to keep theirs. This can really turn into a very slippery slope, and I can promise if it is allowed people will do it. If they allow tags to be turned in the hole group should have to turn them in.

Mark