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Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
So number 1 being at the top of your list I'll ask you a question about that one. So if you took away all the moose, mule deer, elk, antelope from the outfitters what would we do with species that aren't on draw.
Increase Whitetail to 400-500 allocations per zone where 5000 residents currently hunt ?
Elk to a couple hundred allocations where it's currently over the counter
What about sheep, non draw zones bumped up to 30-40 allocations ?
Bears ? Some outfitter areas in Saskatchewan are only 4 townships and have 30 bear allocations. That means almost all of the WMUs in the 300's and 500's should have 500+ allocations per WMU.
Are you good with shifting the pressure onto other animals to reduce the draw times by 6-10% possibly ?
Or do you want everything else to stay the same, just change for your benefit ?
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Obviously if the allocations were increased by the amounts that you suggest, the result would be more draws within a year or two. And for each new draw, there would be less opportunity remaining for outfitting. Within a few years, everything everywhere would be on draw, and there would be no opportunities left in Alberta to outfit.
Given that , I would suggest maintaining allocations at levels that would keep the game populations healthy, while still allowing general seasons.
