Bowtruck, all I can tell ya is that the smaller your herd gets, the less tags it takes to continue reducing the herd.

Only way you will ever have a higher sustainable harvest and a higher allocation that wouldnt still cause reduction would be for pgc to cut tags now for short-term to allow the herd to grow enough to increase recruitment, so that the harvest no longer overcomes recruitment. When the herd grows enough, you could then have the number of tags you have now, and NOT decrease the herd, but hold it stable.