Hunting & Fishing Draw Watch

Why this is recommended

A missed application window is a lost season and a lost preference point; a nonresident quota change or a fee increase is hundreds of dollars. The Tab watches fifty agencies so a member watches none.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 55 million Americans who hunt or fish, and especially the ones who apply for draws in more than one state.

When it runs

State wildlife agencies open draws and post regulation changes on weekdays and most applications close at midnight on a weekday

Scope

All 50 state wildlife agencies plus USFWS, BLM and the Forest Service, named by state and species; draw and lottery windows within 30 days, results and leftover tags; license, tag and permit fees; season dates, bag limits and regulations; preference and bonus points and nonresident quotas; fishing regulations, stocking and free fishing days; public land access and closures; chronic wasting disease and avian influenza rules

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Big-game tag lottery application windows and results, license and permit fee changes, season dates and regulation changes, point systems and nonresident quota changes, fishing regulation and stocking updates, free fishing days and public land access changes across all fifty states, with the state and species first.

Track US hunting and fishing regulations. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: big-game draw and lottery application windows opening or closing within 30 days, results release dates and leftover tag sales; license, tag and permit fee changes; season dates, bag limits and regulation changes by state and species; preference and bonus point rule changes and nonresident quota changes; fishing regulation changes, stocking schedules and free fishing days; public land access, walk-in area and closure changes; and disease rules such as chronic wasting disease and avian influenza restrictions. Prefer state wildlife agencies, USFWS, BLM, the Forest Service and established outdoor reporting; ignore outfitter marketing. Put the state and species first in the title with the deadline. Use high severity for a draw deadline within 10 days, a nonresident quota cut, or a fee increase over 15 percent. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it applies to, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.