From: http://www.azgfd.gov/eservices/draw.shtml

Fall 2008 Draw Information

The next deadline day for the submission of hunt permit-tag applications for fall 2008 hunts for deer, turkey, javelina bighorn sheep, buffalo is Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Remember, postmarks don’t count. The online application process will not be available. Regulations containing season dates, hunt numbers, permit levels and application information should be available for download from this web site on April 30, 2008. Printed copies of the regulations should be available at all license dealers statewide beginning May 19, 2008. Check back to this web site for updated information.

From: http://www.azgfd.gov/artman/publish/article_802.shtml

Game and Fish Commission sets remaining 2008 fall hunts

Initiating the first-ever over-the-counter turkey tags for youth in designated units and approving the first-ever permitted archery deer hunts in specific units based on a harvest apportioning formula were two of the changes approved by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission during its April 19 meeting at the new Game and Fish headquarters building on Carefree Highway.

This is the first year the Game and Fish Commission is implementing the new hunt guidelines it adopted last August. Those hunt guidelines will be in place for two years and constitute evolutionary steps to improve the Arizona hunt scene. These guidelines reflect an over-arching desire to increase the hunting prospects for everyone while also standardizing hunts where feasible.

“The department’s overriding goal is to ensure wildlife populations and hunting are sustainable way into the future,” said Game Chief Leonard Ordway. “Another major thrust is to standardize and simplify the regulations – we still have a ways to go, it’s an evolving process.”

As usual at its April meeting, the commission approved the various commission orders setting hunting seasons for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo, bear and mountain lions, and established season dates, bag and possession limits, permit numbers and open areas for the remaining 2008-09 seasons not previously addressed (elk and antelope have already been drawn).

These newly-adopted fall regulations are expected to be posted online on April 30 at www.azgfd.gov. The printed regulation booklets should be available at license dealers around the third week of May.

The deadline to apply for the remaining permitted hunts (elk and antelope were already drawn) is June 10 (the second Tuesday in June) at 7 p.m. MST – postmarks do not count. Also keep in mind that there is no online application process available right now – it is a manual paper-permit process.

Be sure to write down this date – May 29 – which is the end of the application grace period. During the grace period, if you apply for one of the remaining fall hunts and make a mistake on the application, we will attempt to call you three times in a 24-hour period and allow you the opportunity to correct the mistake. After that date, mistakes can cause your application to be rejected.

Those who are interested in the hunt guidelines or the packet the commission considered can view them online. Please keep in mind that the commission did make some changes to the hunt recommendation packet as submitted, so you cannot use that proposed packet to apply. However, it will give you an excellent idea of what hunts are when, and what the level of permits will be.


2008 Hunt recommendations can be viewed at: http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/hunt_guidelines.shtml

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Links to download the 2008-09 Hunting & Trapping Regulations, the Hunt Permit/Tag Application Form, etc. are now posted and available at: http://www.azgfd.gov/eservices/draw.shtml

The draw results for sheep have been posted.

You may look up your results at: https://secure.itinio.com/azgfd_info/index.cfm