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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: ljsommer on April 30, 2019, 12:15:57 PM

Title: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: ljsommer on April 30, 2019, 12:15:57 PM: When I look at submitting an elk special hunt (let's say "Antlerless") it presents a ton of four digit numbers I am not familiar with and haven't ever seen on any sort of GMU maps. How do I look these up to figure out what I am looking at?
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: 92xj on April 30, 2019, 12:18:10 PM: Hunt numbers in the special permit section of said animal in the published/online regs.
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: jackelope on April 30, 2019, 12:18:20 PM: The GMU is also there and they go mostly go in numeric order.
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Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: dreadi on April 30, 2019, 01:01:02 PM: Quote from: ljsommer on April 30, 2019, 12:15:57 PM
When I look at submitting an elk special hunt (let's say "Antlerless") it presents a ton of four digit numbers I am not familiar with and haven't ever seen on any sort of GMU maps. How do I look these up to figure out what I am looking at?

You will need either a hard copy or virtual copy of the regs to cross reference those 4 digit codes. You may notice that some areas have multiple hunts. It took me a minute but, I finally realized that there are different codes for the same areas, different dates with different methods. So if you're hunting eastern modern for elk, that hunt will have "EF" in the row for that hunt.
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: jackelope on April 30, 2019, 01:41:12 PM: The reg's used to have a cool worksheet you could use to write everything down and then you have it all there in front of you when you go to submit. I do it with 2 windows open on my computer...one with the reg's showing the hunt #'s and all that and the other window open and logged in to where you go to submit your applications. You can bounce back and forth.
That or just write them all down on paper and then go to submit.
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: bobcat on April 30, 2019, 01:45:19 PM: Quote
So if you're hunting eastern modern for elk, that hunt will have "EM" in the row for that hunt.

EM stands for Eastern Muzzleloader. EF is Eastern Firearm
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: dreadi on April 30, 2019, 02:51:11 PM: Quote from: bobcat on April 30, 2019, 01:45:19 PM
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So if you're hunting eastern modern for elk, that hunt will have "EM" in the row for that hunt.

EM stands for Eastern Muzzleloader. EF is Eastern Firearm

Thanks for that correction.
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: Bob33 on April 30, 2019, 03:20:28 PM: Quote from: jackelope on April 30, 2019, 01:41:12 PM
The reg's used to have a cool worksheet you could use to write everything down and then you have it all there in front of you when you go to submit. I do it with 2 windows open on my computer...one with the reg's showing the hunt #'s and all that and the other window open and logged in to where you go to submit your applications. You can bounce back and forth.
That or just write them all down on paper and then go to submit.
This is 2016 version. I can try to create an Excel equivalent.
Title: Re: Correlating elk special hunt choices with GMUs
Post by: Bob33 on April 30, 2019, 04:53:06 PM: Here's a homegrown version of the permit choices worksheet offered in previous years' regulations. Modify as necessary. Good luck to all applicants.