bassinix

There's no tag mob, and if there was, I'm certainly not one of them. People continue to say TAG GRAB when that's never been a valid option being pursued by the Commission on the table anyhow.

They voted to move forward with the next step of further research and dialing in of the enhanced bonus point system. The final version won't take long, nor will it change much. It will probably go for final approval as early as January. The end result will hopefully be: hunters will be able to add an additional bonus point for a fee with every application, completely voluntary. Not required to apply for a hunt. If you draw then great. If you don't, sorry sad news but you lose the super point and can buy it again next year. Commissioner Davis' issue with it is that if you don't buy the point at time of application, you don't have as good a chance at drawing a tag. Therefore, everyone will feel they HAVE TO buy the additional point, therefore it will essentially not be discretionary or optional, it will essentially be mandatory. Of course an extra point theoretically increases draw odds, but we all know the stories of guys drawing sheep and premium elk tags with zero points. heck I had a buddy draw a bull buffalo tag this year with only 2 points. So Davis' reservations cast doubt among the commission and ALMOST caused the proposal to not move forward. Zeiler reigned in control, Commissioner Brake made the motion to move forward with the next step of the enhanced bonus point, it was seconded, and approved 4 to 1 with the no vote coming from Davis.

1st of all, the raffle tag vs. auction tag had nothing to do with funding an education program. 2nd of all, Commissioner Davis didn't squash anything, he brought up the discussion. And thirdly, it wasn't a brief discussion, it went on for 30 minutes. If you're going to chime in about what happened at least be accurate. It's 2pm, and they're just now getting to the agenda item regarding public awareness/education funding.