Wondering if the hive mind here on the forum has an answer for this question. I religiously pour over all of the harvest statistics over prior years to better educate myself on success rates, number of permits, applicants, etc. What I have yet to fully understand is some of the columns and what they actually mean. Let's take the Conflict Goat as a prime example:
6014 - East Olympic Mountains C (6-1)a - Mountain Goat Unit 6-1
Total Applicants Quota Permits Issued Reports Returned Total Harvest Males Killed Females Killed Hunters Hunter Days Days/Kill Hunter Success
2,312 10 10 4 0 0 0 4 24 0 0%
6009 - Goat Rocks East (5-5) - Mountain Goat Unit 5-5
Total Applicants Quota Permits Issued Reports Returned Total Harvest Males Killed Females Killed Hunters Hunter Days Days/Kill Hunter Success
4,644 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Total Applicants is straightforward.
Quota is the number of permits.
Here are the questions:
Permits issued means only the number of folks who actually purchased the special permit? In the cases above, did really no one actually purchase the two Goat Rocks East permits? If those 2 drew but didn't purchase the tag, do they keep their points or are they burned in the draw?
Reports Returned. The Conflict goat had 6 permitees not submit their hunting activity? Why would someone not report? (6 out of 10 seems really high)
Everything else is self explanatory.
These are the statistical points that keep me up at night...

Thanks for any insight gang...