Archery Mule Deer Draw for 2013 Season?

[rustynailz]

Any new news about this coming into place next year?

Do we know whether archers are going in with the rifle guys like they did for moose, or whether they'll be separate like it is for antelope?

Any preliminary list of WMUs to be impacted yet?

Are does staying on general tags?

The ABA has a list of potential WMUs in their latest newsletter.

[mulecrazy]

can you post a link sheep?

[steve]

As many of you have probably heard, SRD are proposing for 2013 that bowhunters will need an antlered mule deer special license (the draw) in order to hunt antlered mule deer in the archery season. These 47 WMUs are 358, 357, 360, 347, 348, 337, 328, 326, 3244, 322, 318, 314, 304, 305, 306, 302, 300, 504, 505, 506, 507, 510, 260, 248, 226, 224, 222, 220, 216, 214, 212, 210, 208, 400, 402, 404, 110, 119, 132, 134, 138, 140, 150, 152. As a further management strategy the affected WMUs would likely be expanded to include the neighboring WMUs that are almost at the 15% harvest level bowhunters are allowed. These 24 WMUs would be 527, 526, 523, 508, 406, 359, 336, 332, 320, 312, 310, 308, 250, 256, 242, 203, 160, 148, 136, 130, 112, 108, 104. This would alleviate the immediate shift in pressure that would occur and quickly bump these over the 15% anyway.
This proposal was first brought to us a year ago at the Alberta Game Management Advisory Group meeting for discussion and recently confirmed as a definite possibility for the 2013 season at the last AGMAG meeting May 30, 2012.
SRDs Proposal at May 30/2012 AGMAG Meeting




Is this still on track?

[hunted]

I think they should also alternate years on who gets to hunt first. This year the bow guys, next year the rifle guys. I don't see why I will never get a velvet mulie just because I use a rifle.
But this is definitely a good start.

[addicted]

Now will non residents fit into the draw system and have to apply for there draws in order to come up here and hunt?

[muledeerking]

Originally Posted by steve

As many of you have probably heard, SRD are proposing for 2013 that bowhunters will need an antlered mule deer special license (the draw) in order to hunt antlered mule deer in the archery season. These 47 WMUs are 358, 357, 360, 347, 348, 337, 328, 326, 3244, 322, 318, 314, 304, 305, 306, 302, 300, 504, 505, 506, 507, 510, 260, 248, 226, 224, 222, 220, 216, 214, 212, 210, 208, 400, 402, 404, 110, 119, 132, 134, 138, 140, 150, 152. As a further management strategy the affected WMUs would likely be expanded to include the neighboring WMUs that are almost at the 15% harvest level bowhunters are allowed. These 24 WMUs would be 527, 526, 523, 508, 406, 359, 336, 332, 320, 312, 310, 308, 250, 256, 242, 203, 160, 148, 136, 130, 112, 108, 104. This would alleviate the immediate shift in pressure that would occur and quickly bump these over the 15% anyway.
This proposal was first brought to us a year ago at the Alberta Game Management Advisory Group meeting for discussion and recently confirmed as a definite possibility for the 2013 season at the last AGMAG meeting May 30, 2012.
SRDs Proposal at May 30/2012 AGMAG Meeting




Is this still on track?

I find this so funny. Some of these zones have the best muledeer numbers in the province. So why are we going to a draw? I am sorry I totally disagree with this whole draw thing. Like I have said before the number one killer of our animals are nonresidents.They are putting these numbers over. After talking to a few outfitters I know they are all tagging out. So just like sheep there sucsess rates are through the roof. I bet only a small percent of archery hunters can actually kill a mule deer if it was bigger than a fork horn. The real problem has nothing to do with bow hunters here. It has all to do with srd giving out way to many rifle tags for way to long. Also NOTHING in the 3 archery zones should be on a draw other than sheep in 410. and there should be NO non resident tags for that either. Srd better start controlling NR and quit worring about the residents. I still think SASK has got it figured out and we should start paying a little closer attention to what they are doing.

[Dan Boone]

Out of curiosity, how long is the now only season in most of sask?

Originally Posted by muledeerking

I find this so funny. Some of these zones have the best muledeer numbers in the province. So why are we going to a draw? I am sorry I totally disagree with this whole draw thing. Like I have said before the number one killer of our animals are nonresidents.They are putting these numbers over. After talking to a few outfitters I know they are all tagging out. So just like sheep there sucsess rates are through the roof. I bet only a small percent of archery hunters can actually kill a mule deer if it was bigger than a fork horn. The real problem has nothing to do with bow hunters here. It has all to do with srd giving out way to many rifle tags for way to long. Also NOTHING in the 3 archery zones should be on a draw other than sheep in 410. and there should be NO non resident tags for that either. Srd better start controlling NR and quit worring about the residents. I still think SASK has got it figured out and we should start paying a little closer attention to what they are doing.