LEH Curtesy

[Hunt-4-Life]

LEH's are fast approaching and we're all getting pretty stoked to try our luck again this year with the odds gods. I just want to touch on a point of curtesy to those who may not know. It's really important that any draw you apply for, you have some knowlede of the geography. If there is only a few draws to be had for a certain species and the odds look good in the paper, it could be due to difficult access. It drives me nuts to hear guys say that they didn't make their trip because they found out after they got their draw that they couldn't access the area they applied for. I'm all for exploring new area, but please, if you apply for a draw at the end of a big lake, make sure you have a boat. If on top of a mountian, make sure you can access it on foot/on horse/by ATV. Do the guys that are prepared and equipped a curtesy and RESEARCH your intended area to make sure you're not taking away someone else's opportunity. And really, you win a draw for an area where you can't access you haven't done yourself any favors.

Cheers and Best of luck everyone.

[coach]

So you're in favour of having less draws available in each zone?

[OutWest]

Nice to see the LEH police are out. What's a curtesy?

[Hunt-4-Life]

How do you figure? I'm just saying it doesn't make sense that people put in for draws they cannot physically access without having first researched the area, thus lowering the odds for other people that can. I'm not sure how that correlates to less draws available...

[Hunt-4-Life]

*courtesy, sorry.

[coach]

Because success is factored in to the number of authorizations given out. If allowed harvest is (for example) 2 animals and hunter success is 30% there will be 6 authorizations. Maybe 2 people fill their tags, 2 hunt unsuccessfully and 2 don't go.

If hunter success was predictably 100% then only 2 authorizations would be given out.

[pg83]

The odds won't change drastically because of someone applying and not hunting their tag. The odds you see in the LEH are from the previous year(s). The allotted tags for a given hunt are based on previous years success, changes in access to area etc.

I understand what you are trying to get at, but it's not a battle you will win by posting a thread.

[Hunt-4-Life]

I know you're right pg83. And I do realize that future LEH alottments are based on previous success vs target harvest, it just burns to see wasted opportunity. But like Coach said, if they've built in a margin in LEH allotments that allows for a few no shows, I suppose it equals out.

All the same, best of luck to everyone with your LEH attempts.

[coach]

best of luck to everyone with your LEH attempts.

Well said!

[leadpillproductions]

What gets me is get a draw and don't even go for the hunt. Takes away from people that will actually use leh.