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Originally Posted by pottymouth
How many years have you been bowhunting? How many mule deer have you arrowed?
Population has grown, but the hunting population has been roughly the same in numbers, in recent years.
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Mule deer applicants
48780 in 2006
50973 in 2007
53600 in 2008
58934 in 2009
61218 in 2010
64519 in 2011
64780 in 2012
They have added zones to the draw over the years so it has increased applicants numbers but those zones added don't give these kind of increases. The point here is srd is managing based on mule numbers, zones added and demand for tags. Bow pressure has grown as well as rifle, get used to it, they'll manage it as best they can with the resources they have no matter how much you covet bow hunting.