Downeast
Twelve Pointer
I just got back from an early season GL waterfowl draw hunt. I was the only hunter that showed up. Three impoundments all to myself. Something is seriously wrong with the system. There are as many no-shows on a particular day as there are hunters actually hunting. I have one more permit hunt around Thanksgiving. I believe that the NCWRC should draw by date and hunt choice and not by the hunters name. I always look at a calendar while planning my hunts but I know a lot of people who just "shotgun" the dates and hope to get drawn. Then they decide if they can take off work or go on the hunt. For those of us who try to pick days when we know we can go (and therefore not take away a hunt from someone else by not showing up) I think to be fair the state should draw by date and hunt choice. What I mean is take the first hunt day for a particular GL, then pull all of the hunters who picked that day as their first choice and draw from that pool. For those drawn set them aside and then pull the names of all hunters who picked that day as their second choice, then do the same for third, fourth and fifth choice until that day is filled. Then move on to the second hunt day and pick the hunters choosing that day as their first choice, and so on until every hunt day is filled. If there are more slots than hunters applying then these become leftover hunts. And the WRC needs to inform hunters by telling them to pick days that they know they can hunt. Right now it doesn't matter. Your name is either selected or not and if you get picked you get a hunt. I know that some will not like this because they want it to be "fair" and provide as much "opportunity" to the masses as possible. Picking days based on hunters choice and priority means that some will get more hunts while others get few or even none. Awe...po' babies.
Anyway, for those of you who got drawn this morning and decided that life was more important than hunting thank you for not showing up. For those of you who did not get drawn but would have gone if you had, you just got screwed. LOL!
Had a great morning with the dog and some woodies, for those of you that are wondering.
Anyway, for those of you who got drawn this morning and decided that life was more important than hunting thank you for not showing up. For those of you who did not get drawn but would have gone if you had, you just got screwed. LOL!
Had a great morning with the dog and some woodies, for those of you that are wondering.
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