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Originally Posted by dmcbride
Why would the 85% have to give up a piece of the pie when as it is right now most archery seasons are 2 months and general is 1 month? Maybe the archery season should be only 18% of the 3 months to make it fair?????
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It is not percentage of the season length, it is a percentage of the harvest rate. Once a zone exceeds 15% success rate on archery hunts then it goes on draw. So if zone XXX set the healthy harvest at 100 mule deer, then they expect 85-90 of those mule deer will be taken by rifle and 10-15 will be taken by bow. Once they determine that more than 15 will be taken by bow, then it goes on draw. Add crossbows into the equation and more than likely some zone will go to draw for archery.