They were able to determine lifetime license holders who were successful in the past (many with social media success photos), those who have licenses in other states as well (both R & NR), and a few who hunted with outfitters.
Word on the street is the AO tag will be a draw for NR’s next year. We’ll see. If it does, they’ll be better odds, as most NR’s won’t burn their points for that tag.
Still not completely accurate, but I may have confused you. Sorry. There is no archery 12AE tag. The drawn archery tag is for the entire 12A unit (both West and East). The Forrest service simply did not allow access to the east side (which is only about 25% of traditional summer range for...