Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
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Finally, for those who asked us to address their concern that the 1000 youth
applicants may have affected their drawing a permit odds in the various
hunts, we will add an additional 363 permits back into each of these deer,
elk and antelope hunts. A draw for those from the age 11 (who will be 12 at
the time of their hunt) and older hunters in the existing applicant pool
will take place for these added in tags to address their understandable
concern.
So, they're playing to both sides.
The number of kids who drew, 363, is far less than what we've been told
before. The way I read it, about 1000 is the number of new kids who applied, not the number who drew which isn't what I've read.
They're letting them keep them to satisfy that side of the issue. They're also
issuing additional tags and redrawing which will satisfy the other side. I'd thought about that as probably the best solution but I didn't mention it as I never thought they'd do it as they're usually pretty rigid on numbers that way. Considering that they're talking only 363 tags scattered out over hundreds of deer, elk, and antelope hunts, it will make little real difference in the harvest in
any one area.


Yep, well surmised...an obvious area of concern as well is the resource--to me the most important facet.
As you alluded, it isn't likely to affect much.