I believe that a harvest amount is a sensible way to get around this issue. I suggested a few years back to the Nebraska Game Commission that they look at harvest instead of permit levels. If they issue 500 permits in a particular area they expect a 80% success rate which means expect to harvest 400 animals. If they issue 500 permits and only harvest 300 animals then go into a second drawing for people who did not get permits in the first drawing to issue another permits to harvest the remaining 100 animals. It only makes sense to harvest what you expect since the counts are based on what the area will support with out disease running rampant. That keep the harvest steady, the population at its acceptable number, keeps the anti hunting group from interfering and actually puts a little more money in the coffers for management.