Youth Tag Donation?

[wildwoody]

Thats exactly what Hoghntr was, very short notice and do it yourself. I have a friend that im going to try to get into the program, he has a military disability, but can get it done himself.

[knothead]

1 hour ago, Flatlander said:

Well it’s a bit of a black box that does not have a great deal of transparency, which should be addressed. Again, accountability is good.

But, the way I have experienced this, is that the charity keeps a file of eligible program participants and their preferences (elk, mule deer, etc) and endorsements (crossbow, CHAMP, etc) abilities, along with a list of tags they have received.

Once they have a tag they compare it to their list of participants and start making calls. Most of the tags I have seen distributed were on very short notice, often less than a week. So the charity is trying to balance the needs of participants with their capabilities, their availability and their past hunts.

So this means those who have the means to hire help, the availability availability to go at a moments notice and / or the ability to hunt on their own may receive more tags than those who are less available or less capable.

It’s certainly not perfect, nor precise. But if you see a single person receive more tags than another it could be for one of many reasons. 

I have volunteered to help with these hunts donated to ex military.  I would say the above is what I experienced.  The two hunters in camp said they were offered multiple tags every year.  They hunted more than most because they had the time and were available to go at short notice.  One guy hunted a donated archery hunt in Sept. with crossbow but did not kill and then was offered a donated Nov. Muzzy elk tag.  Definitely not a perfect system.

[Flatlander]

2 minutes ago, knothead said:

I have volunteered to help with these hunts donated to ex military.  I would say the above is what I experienced.  The two hunters in camp said they were offered multiple tags every year.  They hunted more than most because they had the time and were available to go at short notice.  One guy hunted a donated archery hunt in Sept. with crossbow but did not kill and then was offered a donated Nov. Muzzy elk tag.  Definitely not a perfect system.

Not sure when this happened but AZGFD changed the policy probably 5 years ago and no longer allows anyone to receive more than one tag per species / year.

[wildwoody]

Hoghntr only got one tag a year.

[knothead]

9 hours ago, Flatlander said:

Not sure when this happened but AZGFD changed the policy probably 5 years ago and no longer allows anyone to receive more than one tag per species / year.

I wasn't aware of the change in rules.  From my experience, that is probably a good rule change.  That's about how long it has been since last time I volunteered. 

[Flatlander]

4 hours ago, knothead said:

I wasn't aware of the change in rules.  From my experience, that is probably a good rule change.  That's about how long it has been since last time I volunteered. 

Come to think of it, I can’t recall a time I am aware of when someone received more than one tag at all, regardless of species in a given year since that policy change.

[knothead]

19 hours ago, Flatlander said:

Come to think of it, I can’t recall a time I am aware of when someone received more than one tag at all, regardless of species in a given year since that policy change.

All I know is what he told me.

[wildwoody]

Question, the ones questioning the rules on veterans tags, were you in the military ??