Input sought from elk hunters to help guide management of state’s herds
Harvest a bull in Game Management Units 1, 9, 10 or 23? Send a tooth The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is asking all elk hunters to submit data from their upcoming hunts to assist the department in managing the state’s herds. AZGFD’s goal is to receive a completed questionnaire from each hunter who was issued a hunt permit-tag, whether or not that hunter harvested an elk or participated in a hunt. AZGFD will use that data to estimate harvest and hunter participation, along with population surveys, to set hunt permit-tag numbers. A questionnaire will be mailed (or emailed)…