I have heard this all is around the IBM RELM system and the expense required to add a separate draw code.
And without a separate draw code,
there may be no resident bowhunters hunting that year in certain WMU's. Oufitters will still continue to be able to use their bow allocations and this proposal becomes beneficial to them. To me, this is a clear loss of resident opportunity. Must be why Rhino likes it.
I feel we need to get the other users in line with Policy before they beat back residents. Residents are forced to deal with harvest % in WMU's which are easliy outlined. Outfitters use the SMA black box to try to muddy the waters. And their harvest % dont matter and arent described in the proposed AESRD archery mule deer draw study/proposal.
Does anyone know which WMU's make up the SMA's? It is a big secret.