[Sharp Stick]

I think a few items need to be cleared up about the draws and archery.

If crossbows are introduced there will be an increased harvest (Im not even going to get into the argument about the effectivness of crossbows vs bows beacuse it doesnt matter), not sure how much but there will be an increase due to more people in the field. In a few zones it is close to going onto draw for archery right now, this will tip the scales and put it on draw. The thing alot of you guys arn't seeing is that archers are given approx 10% of the alllotment right now and general season is 90%. thsi is because archers make up about 10% of the hunters....sooooo.....

If Archery and crossbow are combined that will increase the numbers of "archery" allocations. So now as a rifle hunter you will have to wait longer for a rifle tag!


For arguments sake lets use a number of 30%. If there is an influx of crossbow hunters and now "Archery" tags make up 30% of the total hunters then it will be draw and instead of the rifle guys getting a 90% allotment they will now get 70% of the tags!