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Originally Posted by KCL
No, he's actually talked about 15% harvest the whole time, the bowhunters make up 15% of the total hunters, therefore they are allowed 15% of the total harvest, in some WMU's, because rifle hunter tags have been drastically reduced in the draw, archers are exceeding the harvest amount and now need to be put on draw.
For instance, if there are one hundred hunters and 15 are bowhunters they are allowed 15% of the harvest. Now there are 85 rifle hunter who put in for the draw, 10 get drawn. There are now 15 bowhunters and 10 drawn rifle hunters. The rifle hunters kill 8 bucks, 80% success, the bowhunter kill 2 mule deer, much lower success, however they harvest percent for bowhunters is now 20%, they have exceeded their allotment of 15%.
It's important to note it is because mismanagement and rifle hunters being reduced now bowhunting will need to be put on draw, we have a reactive game management program in Alberta. We killed a ton of mule deer does, now we all pay the price.
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The funny thing is, the numbers you grabbed from the air for your calculations is likely the same method and accuracy that our lovely (gods gift to wildlife) Bio's use.
you are 100% bang on in your last paragraph. Just look at the historical tag numbers in some of the south zones for mulies. buck tags consistently around 160 all the way up above 450-500 and then whammy, down to 10. they should be ashamed of themselves.