Idaho General Season Going to Draw for Nonresidents

[huntnnw]

I dont see a surge as you have to buy a non refundable hunting license.

[blackpowderhunter]

here are the numbers i want to see after the first year of it.
how many overall applicants for say elk were there?  was it above or below the number of non res tags?
My guess is it will be higher, hence more income for Idaho.  The really funny thing to me is that all of the residents wanted this because there were "too many non residents" hunting.
The capped number of non res tags hasnt changed in years right?  It's the influx of people who have MOVED TO IDAHO that are causing the overall increase in hunting pressure.
Non resident hunters fund about 60% of their revenue as it is...
Anyways...we'll see how it all shakes out next year, but definitely has to make you think a little bit before applying...i'll likely continue as I hunt with friends who live over in the panhandle, which isn't the most desirable zone for most non res hunters...but shelling out the extra 185 for just the chance at it (which will also likely increase) does kind of suck.

[pickardjw]

So how will most of you apply? Will you individually or the group option? Made it kind of tough when Utah went that way years ago. Many of the big group camps disappeared when only one or two drew and others that group applied struckout. many ended up drawing 2nd or 3rd choices for areas they just kinda pulled out of the air and often had their buddies draw completely different area tags.

Definitely group for us.

First year will be interesting having no real data on # of applicants for each unit (draw odds). I did track the order in which deer and elk units sold out a couple years ago so that might provide us with a little insight.

[elkchaser54]

After 4 years in a row of being screwed over by poor que placement and or technical issues related to their system.  Im glad to see a real draw system

[Karl Blanchard]

Once again folks, ALL first choices are considered before moving onto any second choice options. The good majority of tags will go as first choices. So choose wisely for your first choice if you truly want a tag because your second, third, fourth, and five choices are mostly gonna be pointless unless a PILE of folks don't participate due to the license purchase requirement. This is essentially just another form of the "que" that enables groups to apply together.

The groups aren't a guarantee either because if there's only a 2 tags left for a unit, 2 members of your group are getting the boot.



https://idfg.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/5-b-non-resident_tag_issuance_temporary_rule_action_2-rules_draft.pdf

[Dhoey07]

here are the numbers i want to see after the first year of it.
how many overall applicants for say elk were there?  was it above or below the number of non res tags?
My guess is it will be higher, hence more income for Idaho.  The really funny thing to me is that all of the residents wanted this because there were "too many non residents" hunting.
The capped number of non res tags hasnt changed in years right?  It's the influx of people who have MOVED TO IDAHO that are causing the overall increase in hunting pressure.
Non resident hunters fund about 60% of their revenue as it is...
Anyways...we'll see how it all shakes out next year, but definitely has to make you think a little bit before applying...i'll likely continue as I hunt with friends who live over in the panhandle, which isn't the most desirable zone for most non res hunters...but shelling out the extra 185 for just the chance at it (which will also likely increase) does kind of suck.

The non-res cap number hasn't changed but I almost guarantee the number of non res hunters has increased.