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) to each elk hunter, to be completed
and returned to the department after the hunt.Other options include using a
link or scanning a QR code, which are located on the back of the questionnaire.
A questionnaire and link also can be found on the reverse side of the hunt
permit-tag.
Meanwhile, hunters who are successful harvesting a bull elk in Game Management
Units 1, 9, 10 or 23 are being asked to submit a tooth from the animal. These
units are managed under alternative management guidelines to provide higher
hunt success and more abundant, older, age-class elk.
In order to manage herds in accordance with these guidelines, it’s important to
collect additional data on the age of harvested elk. All successful applicants
who received hunt permit-tags in these units will receive a mailing that
includes a return envelope in which to send back a tooth.
For more information, email AZGFD’s big game management supervisor, Amber
Munig, at amunig@azgfd.gov.
