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I forget exactly how many outfitters get, but if they are not used by the end of July the public gets the rest of them.Another thing I forgot to mention, nonresident youth tags are unlimited and not even a part of the non-resident quota, most people do not know that. Additionally, Youth deer tags are also still valid for any general deer unit. If an elk zone or deer unit is sold out you can still buy youth tags for that zone or unit.
More than anything this has caused, I believe poaching will go sky high in Idaho! Idaho is already a poacher friendly state, now by limiting tags, it will cause even more to become trigger happy without a tag. Just because you limit the amount of tags doesn’t mean you won’t limit the amount of animals killed.
Quote from: Limhangerslayer on January 15, 2021, 03:19:57 PMQuote from: luvmystang67 on January 15, 2021, 02:25:45 PMI do have a question on deer tags. Take the panhandle area.Who would voluntarily buy a whitetail tag for the panhandle, when they can shoot either a mule deer or a whitetail with the regular tag, assuming there is quota available for both? Seems a little odd to me.There are even tags in the mountains where both species more readily coexist, where there are still any deer tags available, but still some people have selected the whitetail tags. Am I missing something or are people just dumb? you’re not missing anything, people that buy a whitetail tag first in the panhandle are making a dumb move. But not as dumb as the people that bought regular deer tags in units like 14 and 18. They handicapped themselves to only hunting till the 3rd of November. My guess is that they are new to the Idaho game and didn’t know any better.Sometimes you wonder how many people who bought those 14 and 18 tags realize they cannot hunt mule deer with that tag? Or maybe it's the people who hunt the private property buying those tags.
Quote from: luvmystang67 on January 15, 2021, 02:25:45 PMI do have a question on deer tags. Take the panhandle area.Who would voluntarily buy a whitetail tag for the panhandle, when they can shoot either a mule deer or a whitetail with the regular tag, assuming there is quota available for both? Seems a little odd to me.There are even tags in the mountains where both species more readily coexist, where there are still any deer tags available, but still some people have selected the whitetail tags. Am I missing something or are people just dumb? you’re not missing anything, people that buy a whitetail tag first in the panhandle are making a dumb move. But not as dumb as the people that bought regular deer tags in units like 14 and 18. They handicapped themselves to only hunting till the 3rd of November. My guess is that they are new to the Idaho game and didn’t know any better.
I do have a question on deer tags. Take the panhandle area.Who would voluntarily buy a whitetail tag for the panhandle, when they can shoot either a mule deer or a whitetail with the regular tag, assuming there is quota available for both? Seems a little odd to me.There are even tags in the mountains where both species more readily coexist, where there are still any deer tags available, but still some people have selected the whitetail tags. Am I missing something or are people just dumb?
Quote from: bearpaw on January 16, 2021, 12:07:25 AMI forget exactly how many outfitters get, but if they are not used by the end of July the public gets the rest of them.Another thing I forgot to mention, nonresident youth tags are unlimited and not even a part of the non-resident quota, most people do not know that. Additionally, Youth deer tags are also still valid for any general deer unit. If an elk zone or deer unit is sold out you can still buy youth tags for that zone or unit.Thanks for the youth info. Did not know that.
Idaho Non Resident Tag Quota page is saying its sold out totals include Guide tags. With 4000 + tags available as leftover maybe you coukd get a second tag in a different area but they probably won’t knowingly allow that