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Please see below for the current status on license distribution topics and updates.
In response to the Commission’s request during the March Commission meeting, staff brought back final regulations for approval implementing staff’s recommendation of a 75/25 (Resident (R)/Nonresident (NR)) single allocation for deer, elk, pronghorn, and bear in time for the 2024 seasons.
The Commission directed staff to retain the 80/20 (R/NR) allocation split for high demand hunt codes and adopt the proposed 75/25 (R/NR) allocation split for all other hunt codes. Staff will move forward with implementing these regulations for the 2024 seasons.
During the March 2023 Commission Meeting, the Commission requested staff bring back preference point banking alternatives for deer, elk, bear, and pronghorn limited licenses. On April 21, staff sent a memo to the Commission, which recommended that CPW maintain the status quo (in which no preference point banking system would be implemented) and outlined the benefits and drawbacks of preference point banking. Staff also outlined two potential preference point banking alternatives for the Commission to consider.
During the May 3 Commission meeting, CPW staff presented their recommendation and alternatives on preference point banking to the Commission. The Commission directed staff to maintain the status quo and not implement preference point banking. The Commission also directed staff to form a Draw Working Group to analyze CPW’s current draw rules and processes. The group will identify ways to reduce complexities and find new solutions or alternatives to address some of the perceived preference point issues, as well as biological and sociological concerns.
See the full recordings of the May Commission meeting here. *Please note that allocation topics were discussed and decided on during Day 1 (starting at 7:43:00 on 5/3), while preference point banking topics were discussed and decided on during Day 1 (starting at 8:16:00 on 5/3) and the morning of Day 2 (5/4).
During the July 21 Commission meeting, staff brought back a detailed plan to the Commission, which consists of four steps: 1) the lean process analysis, 2) the formation of the draw working group (consisting of ~18 members) and work sessions, 3) Commission workshops, 4) and the regulatory process.
Step 1 is scheduled to be completed by the end of the calendar year, with work sessions beginning in the fall of 2023. CPW will use all feedback received from the Draw Working Group and public, as well as established objectives from the Commission workshops, to inform the regulatory recommendations.
Please see below for the current status on license distribution topics and updates.
In response to the Commission’s request during the March Commission meeting, staff brought back final regulations for approval implementing staff’s recommendation of a 75/25 (Resident (R)/Nonresident (NR)) single allocation for deer, elk, pronghorn, and bear in time for the 2024 seasons.
The Commission directed staff to retain the 80/20 (R/NR) allocation split for high demand hunt codes and adopt the proposed 75/25 (R/NR) allocation split for all other hunt codes. Staff will move forward with implementing these regulations for the 2024 seasons.
During the March 2023 Commission Meeting, the Commission requested staff bring back preference point banking alternatives for deer, elk, bear, and pronghorn limited licenses. On April 21, staff sent a memo to the Commission, which recommended that CPW maintain the status quo (in which no preference point banking system would be implemented) and outlined the benefits and drawbacks of preference point banking. Staff also outlined two potential preference point banking alternatives for the Commission to consider.
During the May 3 Commission meeting, CPW staff presented their recommendation and alternatives on preference point banking to the Commission. The Commission directed staff to maintain the status quo and not implement preference point banking. The Commission also directed staff to form a Draw Working Group to analyze CPW’s current draw rules and processes. The group will identify ways to reduce complexities and find new solutions or alternatives to address some of the perceived preference point issues, as well as biological and sociological concerns.
See the full recordings of the May Commission meeting here. *Please note that allocation topics were discussed and decided on during Day 1 (starting at 7:43:00 on 5/3), while preference point banking topics were discussed and decided on during Day 1 (starting at 8:16:00 on 5/3) and the morning of Day 2 (5/4).
During the July 21 Commission meeting, staff brought back a detailed plan to the Commission, which consists of four steps: 1) the lean process analysis, 2) the formation of the draw working group (consisting of ~18 members) and work sessions, 3) Commission workshops, 4) and the regulatory process.
Step 1 is scheduled to be completed by the end of the calendar year, with work sessions beginning in the fall of 2023. CPW will use all feedback received from the Draw Working Group and public, as well as established objectives from the Commission workshops, to inform the regulatory recommendations.
