HC - This is not the current ruling. In the Feb release the 50% tag reduction was tied to a antlerless rule, but due to all the noise it was refined when the rules fo the 2 herds were defined seperatly. This was also not present in the 18 MAR 11 ruling for 2011-2012.
We also have the summer inventory coming up - I can tell you if the numbers looks good for Leaf River - the season for 2011-2012 will be normal. They only have a view into the Georges herd because of the wintering area and have not assessed numbers in the western herd.