AGFD Commission Meeting Saturday Live Online

[CouesWhitetail]

Just wanted to let you all know that the AGFD commission is meeting today to discuss the department's hunt guideline recommendations. The hunt guidelines are sets of policies that dictate how the game species will be managed.

 

Some of the changes that are being proposed are to go back to a year round mountain lion season as well as institute minimal occurrance zones where the dept manages for low or no lions. I believe the commission just approved this change at the meeting.

 

Also the dept is recommending adding a new alternate management unit for mule deer in Unit 3A/3C. The alternate mgmt units allow for higher buck:doe ratios and lower hunter densities than regular units. The dept is also proposing adding late season mule deer hunts in 10 new units.

 

This is a good time to start listening to the discussion as they started talking about the deer guidelines.

 

http://www.azgfd.gov/inside_azgfd/CommissionCam.shtml

[Coues79]

Does anyone know which units they are considering implementing the late mule deer hunts for?

 

Those would be some primo hunts to draw!

[bonuspointjohn]

Does anyone know which units they are considering implementing the late mule deer hunts for?

 

Those would be some primo hunts to draw!

[bonuspointjohn]

There were no units determined for a late hunt. The Commission did agree to change their buck to doe ratios from 10-20 bucks/100 does to 20-30 bucks /100 does. Unit 3A/3C has been changed to an alternate unit where the philosophy will be to manage as an older class deer with fewer hunts. I would suspect that units 1 and 27 will be in line at some point in the future as they will have the same rebounding affect after the fire for mule deer. The Rodeo Chedeski fire helped a ton in bringing back mule deer, and the same should hold true for the Wallow fire...BPJ