Gunnison Basin update

[Oak]

Here’s a CPW Gunnison Basin update and explanation for 2021 license quotas.

 

[SO7mm]

Thanks for posting. I thought that was well presented. I'm surprised they're still going for a 35-40 bucks per 100 does from the 2013 objective. I had assumed they were trying to lower that with the new late dates but maybe not.

 

[Oak]

Thanks for posting. I thought that was well presented. I'm surprised they're still going for a 35-40 bucks per 100 does from the 2013 objective. I had assumed they were trying to lower that with the new late dates but maybe not.

The late dates were set by appointed wildlife commissioners, not wildlife managers.

 

[Paisano]

Thanks for sharing the info!

 

[SO7mm]

The late dates were set by appointed wildlife commissioners, not wildlife managers.

Got it. I thought I read an explanation of it being to get the buck to doe ratio down which didn't seem like the case in the video.

 

[elkduds]

Oak, thanks so much for posting this. It is in essence a short course in how herds are managed through fluctuating mild and bad winters, not specific to just the Gunnison basin. I wonder what is limiting the elk recruitment south of Hwy 50, where deer herds are booming. CWD has not been found in deer herds in the Gunnison basin, so evidently increased buck tag allocation is not being used as a tool against CWD there. There will be lots of yearling deer this fall.

 

[Oak]

Got it. I thought I read an explanation of it being to get the buck to doe ratio down which didn't seem like the case in the video.

The reason given by the commission was that a hunter survey concluded that hunters valued longer breaks between seasons more than they did longer seasons.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Well. I hope this is a good year to hunt deer there.

 

[Oak]

Sounds like a hell of a crop of forkhorns.

 

[Muley_Stalker]

It would have been nice to have this info before we put in for tags.

 

[nontyp]

I’d be a little surprised if the commission actually raises the number of buck tags. They’ll hear plenty of feedback on that.

 

[Bluffgruff]

I’d be a little surprised if the commission actually raises the number of buck tags. They’ll hear plenty of feedback on that.

They did raise them. Said so in the presentation.

 

[marksjeep]

Nice to see the herds doing well. Kids should draw doe tags down that way, will be a pile of fun.

 

[Oak]

They did raise them. Said so in the presentation.

The commission won’t approve them until this week. But they will approve them.

 

[Oak]

The commission won’t approve them until this week. But they will approve them.

Approved as proposed.

 

[Mtnhunter1]

Real wildlife management is nice to see. (3) resident points to draw a doe tag...wow!

 

[MTGomer]

Sell 5 otc doe tags per person. Pussies.

 

[dennis47]

Here’s a CPW Gunnison Basin update and explanation for 2021 license quotas.

Thanks for the heads up

 

[nontyp]

License Objective report

Very comprehensive report. Pretty impressive work.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Who cares about the deer?