There really are two types of "depredation" type tags. First is the non-property specific tags that are for a region, these are drawn. Second type are landowner and are specific to that landowners property (literally prints it on the tag). These are given to the landowner as "vouchers" that the landowner signs and distributes to the hunters as he chooses, those who in turn takes it to the DWR, pays the antlerless fee and receives the actual hunting license.How do depredation hunts work? I'm assuming the land owner and the DWR agree that animals are doing damage to the land owners property, and so depredation tags are approved.
Who has control over the tags. Does the division contact individuals within the depredation pool, or does the landowner have control over the tags and can distribute them to whomever they want? Can they sell them, and if so, who keeps the money? I think I know the answers to these questions, but I wanted to make sure I understood how it was really happening.
No sorry, Mitigation tags are different. Mitigation are completely free tags issued directly by the DWR. Depredation tags come from vouchers, issued to the landowner. Those vouchers then allow the holder to purchase the final depredation permit. I'm very certain about this, I even had a mitigation tag this past year.The second which Dallan explains is called a mitigation permit. The landowner can sell them or give them away.
Yes. He's selling the voucher for that amount, but the individual still has to go pay for the physical permit at the DWR office. Wait as we get closer to the end of January, landowner cow tags get cheap on KSL... around $300I started thinking about this when I saw an advertisement on KSL for someone selling a depredation cow elk tag for $600. They said they normally sell it for $1,000. So does the land owner get to pocket that money?
Find a landowner who gets tags, offer to help buck haybales, fix fences or do some other form of work during the summer for a tag.So is there anything that I can do to increase my chances of getting a depredation or a mitigation permit besides putting my name into the pool?
In my opinion the taste/texture are as follows:OK slightly off topic but color me stupid. Does the meat taste any differently on a cow versus a bull versus a spike elk? I am just curious if it makes any difference which one goes in the freezer as far as taste and texture goes.
It is really just splitting hairs and words. The current Mitigation Vouchers still use the word "Depredation" in some areas of the voucher. So 6 of one, half dozen of another. Since the UDWR used the terms in different ways, some of the old timers still call their vouchers depredation and the permits they get mitigation. That is how the UWDR referred to them just a few years ago. So if a landowner tells you he has a depredation voucher to sell then he has a voucher for a permit. They are almost always antlerless.To clarify the confusion between what I've said versus dallans comments if you type "depredation permits" in the search box on the dwr home page and click on R657-44 it explains the difference between depredation and mitigation. Basically for antlerless animals depredation permits are distributed through the depredation permit pool, mitigation permits are given directly to the landowner or lessee and are non tranferable, and mitigation permit vouchers are given to a landowner or lessee to distribute how the please. What MANY people call depredation vouchers are actually mitigation vouchers.
