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Originally Posted by sheephunter
Yup it sure does. Is the data 100% accurate? Likely not. Is it the information that we've relied on and set management through for decades...yup. It's the best we have right now. I can't see the point of totally discounting it. I doubt it's as inaccurate as some are portraying.
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Have you seen the harvest data broken down to Resident Archery/ Resident Draw/ Outfitter/ Landowner Harvest?
Lets back up a bit. Your continued use of the number 15.85% is irrellevant since the 15% Harvest ratio is supposed to be based on Harvest, not the number of hunters. Right?
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Originally Posted by sheephunter
if bow hunters represent 15% of the number of hunters, they get 15% of the harvest.
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Originally Posted by Scales
That would assume that archery hunters are as successful as rifle hunters.
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Originally Posted by sheephunter
No it wouldn't. The number has nothing to do with success rates and everything to with harvest numbers. Archer numbers aren't limited by draw to 15% of tags they are on general unlike rifle hunters.
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We need the Harvest statistics for this discussion.