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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
Have you seen the harvest data broken down to Resident Archery/ Resident Draw/ Outfitter/ Landowner Harvest?
Lets back up a bit. Your continued use of the number 15.85% is irrellevant since the 15% Harvest ratio is supposed to be based on Harvest, not the number of hunters. Right?
We need the Harvest statistics for this discussion.
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The 15.86 is anything but irrelevant...it's the number ESRD should use and did use to set the harvest percentage cap. Bowhunters should get their share. That's why the bow hunting permit was created to ensure that the number of archers could be tracked to ensure they got their share. The number of archers in the province is a known/accurate number. We need that number because it is the basis in determnining what harvest should be allocated to archers.
By defininition, to have a ratio you need two numbers...this is pretty simple math. We know for sure that 15.86% of licenced hunters in Alberta buy bow hunting permits so they should be allocated 15.86% of the harvest. That's the ratio. Once they exceed that harvest, means need to be taken to reduce the harvest.
Of course we need the harvest stats for this discussion...that's the second part of the ratio. We have those harvest stats via the hunter surveys.