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gsambray

how long does it take to be successful for an adult tag if you miss a draw. this is my 5th year applying since i missed a draw and havent received a tag. last year i was in pool 1 and was unsuccessful for wmu 13

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Here’s how the Pool standing works in the Ontario Moose Lottery system.

Year Pool

2010 1 Forgot to apply in the draw. Calf tag only for 2010

2011 2 Applied in the draw-unsuccessful because of Pool 2 status

2012 1 applied in the draw

Because you forgot to apply in the draw in 2010, you go to Pool 2 status the following year. In 2011 if you apply in the draw, you are unlikely to get an adult tag because of your Pool 2 status. In 2012 you would be back in Pool 1. Your odds of receiving a tag in the draw depends on which Wildlife Management Unit you apply in, whether you apply for bull or cow and whether you applied in a group or not.

You need to read the section “Understanding the Moose Validation Tag Draw” in this years’ Summary of Hunting Regulatons”. You can guarantee yourself a tag by applying in a group application or you can take your chances in the lottery applying alone.

www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@fw/documents/document/239848.pdf

Each year is a new lottery.

It is to each hunter’s advantage to understand how moose

validation tags are allocated.

Though the process is often referred to as a draw, there are four steps in the draw process:

• The Guaranteed Group Allocation

• The Large Group Allocation

• The Random Draw Allocation

• The Northern Resident Draw.

Some WMUs have both a gun season quota and a bow season quota. In these units, separate draws are run for bull gun, bull bow, cow gun, and cow bow validation tags.

These WMUs are: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7B, 8, 9A, 9B, 11A, 12A,

12B, 13, 14, 15A, 15B, 18A, 19, 21A, 21B, 22, 23, 24, 29 and 38. When hunters apply to the draw in these WMUs, they must select the corresponding Hunt Code if applying by telephone. If applying by paper application, they must check the Special Bow Season Preference box on the application if they want a bow season validation tag. WMUs 7A and 18B each have a combined bow/muzzle-loading gun quota.

Other WMUs have both a bow season and a gun season for moose, but only one tag quota for bulls and one tag quota for cows. In this group of WMUs are: 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, and 42. When hunters apply to the draw in these WMUs, they must select the corresponding Hunt Code if applying by telephone. If applying by paper application, they must check the Special Bow Season Preference box on the application if they want a bow season validation tag. Like other bow season validation tags, these tags are only valid during the bows-only season.

Step One: Guaranteed Group Allocation

In step one, each group meeting the Guaranteed Group Size

requirement (valid applications from a group with enough Pool 1 hunters to meet or exceed the Pool 1, Choice 1 Guaranteed Group Size, see page 47) and who makes this their first choice, is allocated one tag for the unit, type of moose (bull, cow, calf) and type of firearm selected by the group. The validation tag is assigned to a Pool 1 member of the group who has consistently applied and gone the longest number of years without receiving a validation tag. Another Pool 1 hunter is designated as the alternate (this will be the hunter who has been in Pool 1 the next longest without receiving a tag). All the members of these “guaranteed groups” are then removed from the draw.

Step Two: Large Group Allocation

Next, the Large Group Allocation of validation tags is

performed.

At this step, the computer calculates the number of applicants left in the draw after step one and compares it to the number of validation tags still available. The ratio is called the Hunter:Tag Ratio. Each group whose number of Pool 1 applicants is equal to or greater than the Hunter:Tag Ratio is issued one validation tag. (Example: If at the Large Group Allocation stage there are 600 hunters left, and 104 tags available, the Hunter:Tag Ratio is 5.7. All groups with six or more Pool 1 hunters will be issued a tag.) The tag is assigned to a Pool 1 member of the group who has consistently applied and gone the longest number of years without receiving a validation tag. Another Pool 1 hunter is designated as the alternate (this will be the hunter who has been in Pool 1 the next longest without receiving a tag).

All members of these successful “large groups” are then removed from the draw.

Step Three: Random Draw Allocation

Next, the draw proceeds to the Random Draw Allocation.

At this step, all remaining Pool 1 applicants (all individuals and every member of the remaining groups) who have this WMU and type of moose (bull, cow, calf) as their first choice, are eligible to receive one of the remaining tags in a random draw. If a validation tag is allocated to a member of a group at this stage, the rest of the group members are removed from the draw. If there are still validation tags available, the Large Group Allocation and the Random Draw Allocation are repeated for Pool 1, Choice 2 hunters, then Pool 2, Choice 1 and Pool 2, Choice 2.

In most WMUs, only hunters in Pool 1, Choice 1 will have a

chance to receive a validation tag. The Guaranteed Group

Allocation is performed only for Pool 1, Choice 1 applicants.

Step Four: Northern Resident Draw

In northern Ontario WMUs (1-42), there is an additional draw in the distribution of validation tags called the Northern Resident Moose Validation Tag Draw. Five per cent of the adult validation tag quota is held back from the regular draw quota for Northern residents who were unsuccessful (or who were a member of a group that was unsuccessful) in the current year’s draw and the previous two draws.

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