Hard luck tag drawing stories

[Badlandcat]

I'm the proud owner of 13 Montana elk B points.
My better half has a total of 76 moose points spread out over 3 states.

 

[BuzzH]

I'm the proud owner of 13 Montana elk B points.

I thought I was bad with 11...you have to be one of the top point holders.

 

[El Jason]

I failed to draw an 80% draw pronghorn tag in MT as a resident, with 4 points.

 

[Badlandcat]

I thought I was bad with 11...you have to be one of the top point holders.

Probably, maybe I'll draw this year. Didn't help last year. lol

 

[alecvg]

Years back my dad and I partied together on Wyoming antelope, I don't remember the exact odds, but with the points we had we were north of 90%. My brother had burnt his points the year before, and decided to through in on the random to see if he would get lucky and could tag along. He ended up drawing with low single digit odds, and my dad and I struck out.

 

[buffybr]

After 47 years of unsuccessfully applying for a Montana mountain goat tag, my 26 squared bonus points finally came through and I finally drew a goat tag in the unit just north of where I live.

 

[338win]

A really cool short range weapons moose tag near where I used to live that would extend your season and be relatively easy to fill. I told my two buddies about it. Both of them drew and I didn’t. Lessons were learned.

 

[Moserkr]

Buddy and I drew a 13pt WY elk unit on our first try, zero pts. When we put in I knew we would draw it, the feeling was right.

 

[Pintlar]

2026 was year number 53 of "unsuccessful" for Montana Moose.

 

[Mussgrass]

This is all why I don't even bother applying "out west". It isn't worth it to me and I don't understand the process. I will stick with PA where I get a buck tag with my license and can buy all the doe tags I want OTC until they run out. I do apply for PA elk knowing it will probably never happen for me.