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RAC approves DWR changes to sportsman's draw and group applications; retroactivity ruled out

5535501 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

The Southern Region RAC approved DWR recommendations to modify the sportsman's draw and allow specified group applications, with the changes to take effect for 2025 and not applied retroactively.

The Southern Region Advisory Council voted to approve proposed changes to the Division of Wildlife Resources' sportsman's draw and group-application rules and recommended those changes to move forward to the wildlife board. Key changes include shifting some application or season-start dates to avoid July starts, making group applications available for certain hunts (with exceptions), and allowing applicants in the sportsman's draw to purchase points going forward beginning with the 2025 sportsman's cycle. DWR staff told the RAC the change would apply only moving forward and would not be…

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