Timing is everything. I couldn’t hunt last year and had a full hunt schedule by May last year. Bought points to stay ahead of the creep and hunt when it worked best for me and my family
Well, it would appear the general west tag in the regular did not creep past a 6.75 average. Sounds like it did end up north of 5.5 though?
Never thought I would be burning that many points on a general tag, but I’m happy to be going elk hunting!
Looking at the resident draw odds for some New Mexico elk hunts makes me salivate at the thought of having that good of odds for really strong opportunity hunts. There are a lot of other states where the residents don’t have it even close to that good
I agree with some of what you said, but this part doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. The people that were signing “state minimum” guide contracts are mostly DIY hunters that just wanted the better odds in NM. I think it’s much more likely they will happily just rejoin the combined NR pool rather...
Good to hear. Tag numbers have been too high in those places if they really want them to be trophy quality units.
Don’t know much about the oryx, but I would hope they are basing objectives off of whatever their biologists think is best
To add additional context, the general tag has been creeping at an average of 0.5 points per year. Meaning it should take 6 points to guarantee the tag this year, with about 40-60% odds at 5.5 points
I can’t complain, I have hunted a number of good tags the past 5 years. It’s all about planning, patience, and a little sprinkle of luck.
Hope you get lucky in the draw.