Bullshot
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Idaho website says "Statewide quotas for nonresident deer tags (15,500) and elk tags (12,815) have remained the same for nearly 30 years." Indeed, those are still the numbers listed on the tag quota page, in the summary header. But the same website also says "The zone limits on nonresident elk tags will not only ensure more even distribution of nonresident elk hunters, it will also result in a reduction of over 600 elk tags sold to nonresidents in general elk hunts based on current participation rates”
So if I add up all the unit-specific quota for deer (14,066) and for elk (11,724) it appears that overall general tag numbers were not just re-distributed but were in fact cut quite more substantially, 1434 / 9.2% for deer and 1091 / 8.5% for elk. Did I do this correctly? If so, the Idaho residents will be happy. And perhaps the tag buying mania is rational and justified after all.
So if I add up all the unit-specific quota for deer (14,066) and for elk (11,724) it appears that overall general tag numbers were not just re-distributed but were in fact cut quite more substantially, 1434 / 9.2% for deer and 1091 / 8.5% for elk. Did I do this correctly? If so, the Idaho residents will be happy. And perhaps the tag buying mania is rational and justified after all.