Gratis Tags

[Candiru]

There are units where the number of gratis applicants exceeds the number of gratis tags and regular hunters have no chance to get a tag. These units are on the eastern side of the state. Any solutions? Does this cause more competition elsewhere?

What’s Going On With Gratis Deer Tags?

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson In a few deer hunting units this summer, hunters were audibly befuddled by the fact that they had once again been snubbed for their firearms lottery deer license in N…

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[icepirate]

The solution is more habitat, but good luck with that.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

How much land do you need to get the gratis tags?

 

[icepirate]

How much land do you need to get the gratis tags?

150 acres. 640 would be better, but I don't ever see that getting passed through the legislature.

 

[8andcounting]

Stop shooting does would be a start …. If the populations are that bad why are they still selling doe tags. Also maybe it’s time to talk more about a 1 tag system .

 

[icepirate]

Stop shooting does would be a start …. If the populations are that bad why are they still selling doe tags. Also maybe it’s time to talk more about a 1 tag system .

How they still have leftover doe tags anywhere is beyond me. There's a unit by me that has terrible deer numbers (like most of the state), but had a few hundred leftover doe tags available.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

How they still have leftover doe tags anywhere is beyond me. There's a unit by me that has terrible deer numbers (like most of the state), but had a few hundred leftover doe tags available.

Maybe shifting baseline perspectives? I’ve never hunted NoDak but have been putting in for several years. Everyone says it’s deer paradise compared to Montana. But then guys still driving all over nation to hunt Montana. It’s hard to convince people things can be better if they haven’t seen/experienced what better is.

 

[brockel]

Maybe shifting baseline perspectives? I’ve never hunted NoDak but have been putting in for several years. Everyone says it’s deer paradise compared to Montana. But then guys still driving all over nation to hunt Montana. It’s hard to convince people things can be better if they haven’t seen/experienced what better is.

Have a buddy with an elk tag for ND that I’ve been going over on the weekends to help with. Have seen 4 different bucks that would go over 180”. It’s been years in Montana that I’ve seen 4 bucks push 180”.

 

[BlakeA]

Have a buddy with an elk tag for ND that I’ve been going over on the weekends to help with. Have seen 4 different bucks that would go over 180”. It’s been years in Montana that I’ve seen 4 bucks push 180”.

Are these all on public?

 

[brockel]

Are these all on public?

Yes

 

[Big Sky Guy]

In Montana it’s only a percentage or certain number of tags. Example of a special elk unit: 120 tags available and like 25 are set aside for landowner and those are drawn from a separate applicant pool. Would this be a solution?

 

[icepirate]

In Montana it’s only a percentage or certain number of tags. Example of a special elk unit: 120 tags available and like 25 are set aside for landowner and those are drawn from a separate applicant pool. Would this be a solution?

The issue in ND is that its 93% private land. It's a fine line for the game and fish and legislature to have opportunity for non- land owners to draw tags, while not pissing off land owners and reducing gratis tags. even though the animals don't belong to the land owners, they're mostly on private land. We rely very heavily on being able to get permission to hunt private. That's why i think the only real solution is more habitat, then more animals/tags will follow.

 

[seeth07]

The issue in ND is that its 93% private land. It's a fine line for the game and fish and legislature to have opportunity for non- land owners to draw tags, while not pissing off land owners and reducing gratis tags. even though the animals don't belong to the land owners, they're mostly on private land. We rely very heavily on being able to get permission to hunt private. That's why i think the only real solution is more habitat, then more animals/tags will follow.

93% private but there is a lot of private land you can hunt so it is a little deceiving. However, I would venture to guess that a lot of the prime deer bottom land ground is private that is posted. Seemed that way in the SW corner where I just was. Did see some really nice bucks on public though just across the border in SD.

 

[8andcounting]

If they try to limit the % of gratis tags that will turn ugly look how mad one dude got over his antelope gratis . If they do it for deer it’ll be ugly .

Updated lottery process for pronghorn tags has some landowners, hunters butting heads

Under the new law, the allocation of pronghorn licenses is a 50/50 split between gratis and general lottery applicants.

www.kfyrtv.com

 

[Mallardsx2]

The gratis tags in North Dakota are 100% bull$hit.

Landowners don’t own the animals, the state does. The landowners should feel lucky they have been allowed to rape the system for tags as long as they have….