Comments/Input on hunt guidelines

[cmc]

There seems to always be a lot of discussion when the hunt recommendations come out when there is a substantial changes in the amount of tags or hunts that either come or go. Most of the complaints that I have read about over the years are items that need to be changed in the hunt guidelines that are use to set the hunt recommendations.

 

This is your opportunity to express those changes and mind you it only comes up every two years.

 

cmc

 

 

 

From the AZGFD....

 

PHOENIX - The Arizona Game and Fish Department is accepting comments on improving the hunt guidelines to continue the sustainable management of the state’s game animals, while providing as much hunting recreation as possible.

Comments on the existing hunt guidelines may be submitted through Feb. 15 at azgamebranch@azgfd.gov, or by mail to Hunt Guidelines, Arizona Game and Fish Department, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086.

“This is the public’s opportunity to get involved in the nuts and bolts of this bi-annual process,” said Big Game Management Supervisor Amber Munig. “We are seeking your ideas, comments, concerns, or observations on how to meet the many demands by our varied hunting public, as well as fostering new opportunities for continuing our hunting heritage for future generations.”

The hunt guidelines provide the biological and social parameters that make up the “recipes” used by wildlife managers to formulate the annual hunt recommendations (season structures, season lengths, season dates, permits allocated, etc.) and results in the hunts in which sportsmen, women and children participate in.

However, wildlife biologists note that while wildlife is held in the public’s trust, and hunting opportunity is important, using science-based principles in shaping the guideline process remains paramount to assure healthy, sustainable, and diverse wildlife populations in perpetuity.

After all the comments are received, reviewed and processed, the department will host public meetings across the state to present the proposed revisions, answer questions, and collect any further public input. A final draft will then be prepared and posted at the department’s website prior to being presented to the Game and Fish Commission in September.

 

For a copy of the current hunt guidelines and details about the guideline review process, visit www.azgfd.gov/huntguidelines.

[Jcubed]

Thanks cmc