Someone pointed that out already I read it wrong.No . Wrong . You don’t have to apply the year you buy it but you do the next year . And pp are good for all 3 Nr combo tags not just the bg
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Someone pointed that out already I read it wrong.No . Wrong . You don’t have to apply the year you buy it but you do the next year . And pp are good for all 3 Nr combo tags not just the bg
ok - that happens ! It’s MondaySomeone pointed that out already I read it wrong.
You actually have 2 years to burn your preference points in MT. Case in point, I bought a pp fall 2017 and used that point spring 2019.
I get your frustration as I’m guessing you have had your eyes on those top-tier Colo units that seem to stay 2, 4 or 6 years ahead of you. That’s the way I’m feeling with UT right now.To each his own...best of luck to you and your future elk hunts.
You should be able to, as long as they don't change anything. As far as whether you should, between your dad and you 2 points each will add $200 to the trip, I guess it depends if you want the draw to be a near lock or if your OK with gambling a bit.Just for my clarification, this means that we could buy a PP this year and use it in the 2021 draw? If so, would you recommend that we buy the PP this year?
You should be able to, as long as they don't change anything. As far as whether you should, between your dad and you 2 points each will add $200 to the trip, I guess it depends if you want the draw to be a near lock or if your OK with gambling a bit.
For Utah...you can apply for the LE hunts for $60-$70 a year if you plan right. Utah is hard for NR but the hunts can be great. I will only apply for CO cow hunts once I am done. Point creep has been horrible and not getting any better.
I apply for quality bull tags every year and supplement my elk hunting addiction with cheap and easy draw cow tags on off years.
Again, good luck in the draws and have fun.
I always feel like it takes me 3-4 years and more than a dozen hikes to really get to know an area. When you really know an area your success will go way up. First 1-2 hunts you are just paying your dues. So with a plan like this it will take 10+ years to really get to know a single area if you are jumping around each year.
You might much better off to choose one state and one region to focus on. Get cow, buck, doe, etc tags on years you don't draw your bull tag. Hunt the same area every year.
A really good option is to stagger applications in Montana so every year you have 1 application with one PP. That would likely put you hunting deer/elk every year along with flexibility of a general tag that is good for 3 months.
I always feel like it takes me 3-4 years and more than a dozen hikes to really get to know an area. When you really know an area your success will go way up. First 1-2 hunts you are just paying your dues. So with a plan like this it will take 10+ years to really get to know a single area if you are jumping around each year.
You might much better off to choose one state and one region to focus on. Get cow, buck, doe, etc tags on years you don't draw your bull tag. Hunt the same area every year.
A really good option is to stagger applications in Montana so every year you have 1 application with one PP. That would likely put you hunting deer/elk every year along with flexibility of a general tag that is good for 3 months.
I always feel like it takes me 3-4 years and more than a dozen hikes to really get to know an area. When you really know an area your success will go way up. First 1-2 hunts you are just paying your dues. So with a plan like this it will take 10+ years to really get to know a single area if you are jumping around each year.
You might much better off to choose one state and one region to focus on. Get cow, buck, doe, etc tags on years you don't draw your bull tag. Hunt the same area every year.
A really good option is to stagger applications in Montana so every year you have 1 application with one PP. That would likely put you hunting deer/elk every year along with flexibility of a general tag that is good for 3 months.
That's more hunting in Wyoming than I do as a resident but I do get to occasionally take a hike in the off season. I only have 2 places I am focusing on for deer and elk even though I could draw a different unit every year if I wanted to, many of the units that will take years of preference points to draw as a NR. I have one primary area where I have hunted quite a bit for overnight hunting and another that is closer to home for day hunts. Both are general units for deer/elk and antelope tags are easy to draw.I understand what you're saying. Part of the reason for planning it the way we are is to experience hunting in different areas and eventually narrow down where we'd like to hunt more. I figured the next five years will help us decide where we want to focus for the foreseeable future with the occasional trek somewhere else.
The tough thing about where we live is that we're likely only to make one trip out west each year, and for no more than 2 weeks (4-5 days of which will be spent driving). Either way we're going to have a hard time learning an area.
That's more hunting in Wyoming than I do as a resident but I do get to occasionally take a hike in the off season. I only have 2 places I am focusing on for deer and elk even though I could draw a different unit every year if I wanted to, many of the units that will take years of preference points to draw as a NR. I have one primary area where I have hunted quite a bit for overnight hunting and another that is closer to home for day hunts. Both are general units for deer/elk and antelope tags are easy to draw.
After nearly 10 years of hunting in Nebraska I only have one primary region where I hunt and another place I have been a handfull of times. I usually get to hunt one weekend in Nebraska.
There are certainly other ways to go about this but I think you will find that every day you hunt an area you increase the likelihood of success. Do that 20 times over a few years in one spot and you are going to have drastically different success rates than areas where you have only as few days of hunting experience. I didn't figure this out on my own, I simply watched older successful hunters who often have hunted the same places for decades. Hunt smarter, not harder, especially when time is limited.
I really only struggle to learn an area on the first year. It gets much better even on year 2 and 3.
I do the same thing when I head East for my wife to see her family. I have one spot in Kansas and another in Oklahoma. This will be year 2 for my spot in Oklahoma, I am making adjustments and will likely have a better hunt than last year where I was not an effective hunter. Just learning the lay of the land.