The hunting digest does not show the official numbers. It shows the 2016 tag quotas. As far as I can tell, they did cut the X9 and X12 numbers (same for those archery tags) Unfortunately, it's not all that uncommon for the digest and official tag numbers to be different.
If you are applying for X9a, X9b, X12...I think the Goodale hunt was cut also....you need to look up the official tag quotas. I believe the proposed cuts were all approved, and from what I can see, they were pretty drastic cuts! NOTE: I can't seem to find the "official" numbers, but was told the proposed cuts were all approved. Here are the standouts I saw...
X9a, from 650 to 270 - Archery from 140 to 30
X9b. from 325 to 230 - Archery from 300 to 210
X12, from 680 to 350 - Archery from 100 to 40
G3 (Goodale), from 35 to 25
I think there were a few others...and maybe one of the antelope hunt quotas as well.
