New Mexico Outfitter Draw Set-Aside is Toast -Finally !

[npaden]

This isn't a done deal. It's a request by some legislators.

In all likelihood the lumping of bighorn codes is going to be the only change as a result of this, just like the rounding change forced through. The outfitter set aside has been challenged before and wasn't knocked out.

Basically this is just going to end the chance of any nonresident drawing a bighorn sheep tag in New Mexico guided or unguided.

 

[cgasner1]

This isn't a done deal. It's a request by some legislators.

In all likelihood the lumping of bighorn codes is going to be the only change as a result of this, just like the rounding change forced through. The outfitter set aside has been challenged before and wasn't knocked out.

Basically this is just going to end the chance of any nonresident drawing a bighorn sheep tag in New Mexico guided or unguided.

It seems like the state is trying to increase residents draw odds but not willing to do what it would take to increase residents draw odds. But in these types of situations any small win is a giant victory

 

[npaden]

It seems like the state is trying to increase residents draw odds but not willing to do what it would take to increase residents draw odds. But in these types of situations any small win is a giant victory

Based on last year and doing a rough calculation because they have the 1st and 2nd choice that both really gets a chance it means that the 4 nonresident bighorn tags given last year (1 to nonguided and 3 to guided) will go to zero. The odds for those were .04% and .09%. 1 in 2,669 and 3 in 3,417.

Moving those to the residents will increase their odds from .29% (already 3 times better than the outfitter pool and 7 times better than the nonguided pool) to a whopping .33%! 24 in 8,387 to 28 in 8,387.

For desert is was pretty similar except somehow they gave 2 tags to unguided and 2 tags to the outfitter pool. Odds were .08% and .06%. 2 in 2,550 and 2 in 3,379. Residents would go from .28% to .34%. 21 in 7,444 to 25 in 7,444.

We are all really kidding ourselves to think we are ever going to draw one of these tags but I guess someone has too!