Hard luck tag drawing stories

[quarterhorse]

What's your hard luck story of missing on an easy to get tag?

I was unsuccessful in a deer unit with 120 tags. 122 applicants. Glad it doesn't always happen like that!

 

[Wild Bill]

oooof. Been there.

I attempted to burn 4 Wyoming pronghorn points in 2017. The unit I applied in drew I think 98% at greater than or equal to 4 pts and I didn't draw. The subsequent years included a couple cross country moves, a couple kids, and a bunch of other hunts which lead to strictly building points up to 11 pts. I used those 11 pts to draw a good tag and had a great time with my dad and brother. The caveat is the tag I drew at 11 pts drew in 2018 at 5 pts. So I basically waited 7 years to draw an equal tag, but I paid a bunch more $$ in points to draw it. Gotta love point creep.

That one always sticks out.

I've missed out on a couple easy deer tags too being in the very slim minority <3-5% that didn't draw with the necessary points.

 

[SC Living Outdoors]

I had a 99%+ chance of drawing a Montana combo tag 4-5 years back and did not draw.