RAC backs Division’s elk mid‑plan recommendations, debates season structure and permit caps
The Southeastern RAC approved the division’s elk mid‑plan recommendations, including restoring multi‑season tags and retaining separate early/late rifle hunts in the short term; members debated removing permit caps and how House Bill 202 landowner incentives affect quotas.
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Mike Wardle presented the elk mid‑plan review and explained the committee recommendations, including reinstating multi‑season tags and consideration of removing the 15,000/4,500 permit caps. Members asked whether combining early and late rifle hunts into one long hunt would change permit structure; Wardle said the committee had not fully deliberated that point and left the current recommendation to retain separate early and late hunts unless the RAC and board decide otherwise.
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