My buddy drew for Bethel. We've been hunting there for many years. He may have a good chance this year too. The season starts a week later this year. In '05 I drew, & got very lucky that there was some heavy snow. Without snow up high there are actually very few elk there during the season.
I hope you're right. I think setting the season back a week has good potential for hunters to see more deer activity.. Hope so!
My youngest son drew a late-season doe tag, so that will be his "just in case" tag if he doesn't manage to connect during the regular season. Tells me he wants to put bigger antlers on the wall than the mule deer I took last year... :grin: That's great!
Same here Lefty - I plan on hunting bear, deer and elk with over-the-counter tags, nothing special needed, although it would be nice to draw one of those late season buck tags... :grin: