forepaw Report post Posted April 4 Deer, elk, antelope - long odds, but premium hunts - now on AZGFD website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted April 4 Yup. G&F sent out a memo yesterday morning letting everyone know. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DUG Report post Posted April 4 Anybody know anyone who drew from this last year? Or is it the 1st year of this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forepaw Report post Posted April 4 59 minutes ago, DUG said: Anybody know anyone who drew from this last year? Or is it the 1st year of this? This is new this year. Testing the waters. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted April 4 12 minutes ago, forepaw said: This is new this year. Testing the waters. They’ve done this for atleast one year, may even be two years now. I think twice a year they do it. They’ve changed up the dates and the units a bit but the idea has been around a couple years 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneaker Report post Posted April 4 I think they are planning to do a spring and a fall round now. Last two years has been in August application with winter hunts, I think with 12 tags? These are 6 new hunts and tags. A friend drew a coues tag last year. They went guided and had a bad experience. Makes you wonder how far this can go, how many tags can they auction each year down the road 20? 50? 100? I do have a problem with them saying these hunts have no population impact. It’s low, but not zero. If 1 tag has zero impact then 150 tags has zero impact, see how that math works? They haven’t done a strip tag yet but I’m sure they will eventually or at least they are tempted to, but maybe will stay away from that because of the lower tags offered there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie2012 Report post Posted April 4 These are not new. They were first offered in December 2021. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted April 4 17 minutes ago, Sneaker said: I think they are planning to do a spring and a fall round now. Last two years has been in August application with winter hunts, I think with 12 tags? These are 6 new hunts and tags. A friend drew a coues tag last year. They went guided and had a bad experience. Makes you wonder how far this can go, how many tags can they auction each year down the road 20? 50? 100? I do have a problem with them saying these hunts have no population impact. It’s low, but not zero. If 1 tag has zero impact then 150 tags has zero impact, see how that math works? They haven’t done a strip tag yet but I’m sure they will eventually or at least they are tempted to, but maybe will stay away from that because of the lower tags offered there. Strip tags will come after they get rid of auction tags. These will replace the auction tags at the expense of more animals killed, but a remote chance for everyone that buys them vs a single high dollar buyer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forepaw Report post Posted April 4 29 minutes ago, Newbie2012 said: These are not new. They were first offered in December 2021. Thanks for the corrections, Based on the way the subject was presented at the commission meeting in Dec.? it sounded like a new program. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted April 4 50 minutes ago, Sneaker said: I think they are planning to do a spring and a fall round now. Last two years has been in August application with winter hunts, I think with 12 tags? These are 6 new hunts and tags. A friend drew a coues tag last year. They went guided and had a bad experience. Makes you wonder how far this can go, how many tags can they auction each year down the road 20? 50? 100? I do have a problem with them saying these hunts have no population impact. It’s low, but not zero. If 1 tag has zero impact then 150 tags has zero impact, see how that math works? They haven’t done a strip tag yet but I’m sure they will eventually or at least they are tempted to, but maybe will stay away from that because of the lower tags offered there. Who said there was no population impact? I didn't read that in the G&F release..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSR Report post Posted April 4 51 minutes ago, Sneaker said: I think they are planning to do a spring and a fall round now. Last two years has been in August application with winter hunts, I think with 12 tags? These are 6 new hunts and tags. A friend drew a coues tag last year. They went guided and had a bad experience. Makes you wonder how far this can go, how many tags can they auction each year down the road 20? 50? 100? I do have a problem with them saying these hunts have no population impact. It’s low, but not zero. If 1 tag has zero impact then 150 tags has zero impact, see how that math works? They haven’t done a strip tag yet but I’m sure they will eventually or at least they are tempted to, but maybe will stay away from that because of the lower tags offered there. Take a look at how many tags Utah raffles off and there's your answer. 200+ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneaker Report post Posted April 4 It’s in their second bullet point on all their stuff. It actually reads “insignificant impact”, so I should tone it down with that wording criticism lol. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOHNTR Report post Posted April 4 5 hours ago, DUG said: Anybody know anyone who drew from this last year? Or is it the 1st year of this? I know the guy who drew the antelope tag last year……so I guess it’s real. 😁 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted April 4 One of the bigger outfitters here, one of the guide's wife drew the bull tag last yr. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DUG Report post Posted April 4 1 hour ago, BOHNTR said: I know the guy who drew the antelope tag last year……so I guess it’s real. 😁 Any details of his hunt you could share? Was he successful? He get a good buck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
