SDBugler
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I have two questions related to the elk draw that I'm hoping somebody here can help answer.
1.) I understand that the landowner tags come off the available quota before the draw process. Does the WG&F post the actual number of non-res landowner tags actually issued each year for each unit and license type?
2.) I understand Chapter 44 and how the percentages are established (16% of available tags to NR's; those tags are split 40%/60% between special and regular; then "not less than" 75% are allocated in the preference point draw and "up to" 25% in the random draw. My question specifically is how do they round up and round down decimal places? I have noticed some discrepancies in some units and haven't been able to figure out how they get to their numbers. Below is an example from last year for unit 55 which is almost all wilderness and so likely no NR landowner tags issued:
50 total type 1 tags.
16% to NR's = 8 (last years total quota was 8)
40% to NR special = 3.2
60% to NR regular = 4.8
"at least" 75% of 3.2 = 2.4 (last years quota was actually 3 - so they rounded up?)
"up to" 25% of 3.2 = 0.8 (last years quota was actually 1)
"at least" 75% of 4.8 = 3.6 (last years quota was actually 3 - so they rounded down?)
"up to" 25% of 4.8 = 1.2 (last years quota was 1 so they rounded down)
The above numbers show inconsistent rounding of fractions.
The only way to get the 3/1 special and 3/1 regular quota allocations to work is they rounded UP the 3.2 special tags to 4 and rounded DOWN the 4.8 regular tags to 4?
If they say "up to" then wouldn't 0.8 have to round down to the next lower whole number?
If they say "at least" then wouldn't they round 0.6 up and not down?
Am I misunderstanding something?
1.) I understand that the landowner tags come off the available quota before the draw process. Does the WG&F post the actual number of non-res landowner tags actually issued each year for each unit and license type?
2.) I understand Chapter 44 and how the percentages are established (16% of available tags to NR's; those tags are split 40%/60% between special and regular; then "not less than" 75% are allocated in the preference point draw and "up to" 25% in the random draw. My question specifically is how do they round up and round down decimal places? I have noticed some discrepancies in some units and haven't been able to figure out how they get to their numbers. Below is an example from last year for unit 55 which is almost all wilderness and so likely no NR landowner tags issued:
50 total type 1 tags.
16% to NR's = 8 (last years total quota was 8)
40% to NR special = 3.2
60% to NR regular = 4.8
"at least" 75% of 3.2 = 2.4 (last years quota was actually 3 - so they rounded up?)
"up to" 25% of 3.2 = 0.8 (last years quota was actually 1)
"at least" 75% of 4.8 = 3.6 (last years quota was actually 3 - so they rounded down?)
"up to" 25% of 4.8 = 1.2 (last years quota was 1 so they rounded down)
The above numbers show inconsistent rounding of fractions.
The only way to get the 3/1 special and 3/1 regular quota allocations to work is they rounded UP the 3.2 special tags to 4 and rounded DOWN the 4.8 regular tags to 4?
If they say "up to" then wouldn't 0.8 have to round down to the next lower whole number?
If they say "at least" then wouldn't they round 0.6 up and not down?
Am I misunderstanding something?