So what are you in for?

[Bookhead]

Yea you asked about a post season survey i thought you meant a population estimate

 

[BuzzH]

The game and fish puts their revenue above anything else.

If that were true, would they have to sell more or less licenses this year to increase revenue over last year? To issue more licenses, would they have to increase or decrease the state-wide quotas?

Asking for a friend...

 

[Bookhead]

If that were true, would they have to sell more or less licenses this year to increase revenue over last year? To issue more licenses, would they have to increase or decrease the state-wide quotas?

Asking for a friend...

Of course they can't increase licences every year or they wouldnt have anything to sell. They sure don't push that super tag raffle very hard do they?

 

[Bookhead]

Let me ask you this buzz do you agree with how they manage everything?

 

[BuzzH]

Let me ask you this buzz do you agree with how they manage everything?

Everything? No. Most things, yes. Pretty good job over-all providing reasonable opportunity while maintaining pretty good quality as well. Good mix of management practices for higher buck to doe ratio's in special elk, deer, and pronghorn management as well as managing some units more for recreation. Its not lop-sided management favoring either full on opportunity or full on LQ and quality/trophy management.

I'm fine with people picking fly chit out of the pepper over some specific management disagreements with the GF. But, to make stuff up that they put herds at risk to increase quota's based on revenue generation...that's just not true or fair to the Department. The numbers show that...and they've already been provided.

IMO/E, the GF is pretty conservative on pronghorn quotas and that's reflected in quality experiences/hunts I've had over the last 20+ years.

 

[Bookhead]

I do not think they are putting that herd in danger what so ever. Ive hunted that area myself or with friends for the last 4 or so years. Its managed for trophy quality. I do think they could possibly be putting the trophy quality in danger but even that would only effect the herd for a year tops as we know buck antelope can reach book status at only 2+ years of age

 

[Bookhead]

Some deer herds however i have large disagreements with managemnt but as you said thats another thread

 

[BuzzH]

Long weekend in a unit that's under recreation management:

And another from the same unit a couple weeks later.

All upper 70's, low 80's type bucks...

Saw only a few hunters while out hunting, I knew about half of the handful I ran into.

Bad management?

 

[Bookhead]

Theres big antelope in most units thats no secret

 

[Bookhead]

one of my favorites.

 

[arwaterfowler]

89 deer and 67 antelope. I've drawn this year in other states so I hope I don't draw WY. That's the first time I've ever said that.

Correction...Deer Unit 87

 

[jm77]

They often times do the post season surveys before the majority of winter kill takes place too

This is true, but they don't always use those counts to set tag numbers, especially when there is winter kill.

 

[Joe2Kool]

General R

 

[SS!]

View attachment 7951 one of my favorites.

Even your pictures reek of alcohol

 

[ByeByeObamas]

Even your pictures reek of alcohol

Why get mean?

 

[SS!]

Why get mean?

Did Obama take your sense of humor? Thanks a lot obama

 

[ByeByeObamas]

Kidding.

 

[DoubleDropMuley]

Well in just 10 short days and few hours we will know how things shake out!!

 

[nfh]

Long weekend in a unit that's under recreation management:

And another from the same unit a couple weeks later.

All upper 70's, low 80's type bucks...

Saw only a few hunters while out hunting, I knew about half of the handful I ran into.

Bad management?

Nice goats!!!!!