ABA Fights for Arizona Bowhunters!

Arizona bowhunters can thank the Arizona Bowhunting Association for going to bat for them with the Arizona Game & Fish Department. The ABA has been lobbying the G&F Dept. for two years to drop the archery deer draw in all units except the Kaibab and the strip. When the Department implemented the draw in Units 1, 3a, 3c, 7, and 12a we lost 10% of the archery deer hunters in the state. That was 2,411 fewer Bowhunters and the harvest increased by 9 deer the first year the draw was implemented. It was very clear that the draw for archery deer did not achieve the goals of the department. Because of the ABA's lobbying effort, everything south of the Colorado River will again be over the counter for archery deer in 2010. The Kaibab and the strip is a special unit with need for closer management, therefore it will remain a draw. If you are a bowhunter in AZ, you should be a member of the ABA. Visit http://www.arizonabowhunters.org/ to join now...