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Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
There draw system puts them behind us. A lottery draw for all moose that aren't way north where you have no clue whether you will get a tag or not.
Their bighorn opportunities aren't even remotely close to what we have
They don't have antelope
Their Whitetail and Mule deer opportunities are about 10-15% of what we have here
They definitely have a few species we don't, but for availability we have the best system there is. And our priority draw is the envy of everybody, we know almost exactly when we are going to hunt and can plan out multiple years in advance
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You have mentioned pronghorn rwice as a species that you can't hunt in other locations, but with tags as limited as they are, and the number of people applying, a person that has not been entering, and that has no priority, may never draw a tag in their lifetime. If you started from scratch now, and the herd remained stable, a 20 year wait is likely a reasonable expectation, but one or two bad years like we had several years ago, could easily extend that to 40 or 50 years. The reality is, that with no priority now, you will likely never draw a pronghorn tag in Alberta. We have already lost the grizzly hunt, and other than a few lucky lottery winners, the goat hunt, and pronghorn will likely soon be another species that most people will never have the opportunity to hunt in Alberta. And as more and more opportunity is lost, the government should be making sure that the resident hunters at least get to enjoy the opportunities that remain. In that regard, Saskatchewan is doing a far better job than Alberta is.