Nevada elk odds

[17remhunter]

There have been several draw odds questions for various states lately. I have a little time on my hands and worked the odds out for Nevada Muzzleloader hunt in unit 76, 77, 79 and 81. This is one of the units I have tried to draw.

this is what I can up with according to the NDOW stats looking at all 5 choices:
Points. Draw Odds
0 = .02%
1 = .02%
2 = .07%
3 = .16%
4 = .28%
5 = .44%
6 = .63%
7 = .87%
8 = 1.1%
9 = 1.4%
10 = 1.7%
11 = 2.1%
12 = 2.5%
13 = 3%
14 = 3.5%
15 = 4%
16 = 4.5%
17 = 5.1%
18 = 5.7%

Eye opening for me. Almost a decade of applying for a 1% chance.

Good luck to everybody in the draws. Looks like we all might need it.

Your best bet is Land owner tags. No more waiting for draw results year after year and you can usually hunt every year.

 

[Gr8bawana]

I dont like the way Nevada does things. Ive gone to game commission meetings in the past suggesting a better way that would be more ethical and fair and it always went on deaf ears. There was a group in Reno that was totally convinced that the way the draw system was set up was so they could favor individuals in drawing a tag, there evidence was very compelling. If im an Attorney General they could insure me that I would draw. In Nevada i could have 23 preferential points and not draw where someone with 0 Points would. When guys are willing to pay over $100,000 for a Governor's tag dont tell me the system isn’t riddled with corruption

Whatever you want to call the points is irrelevant. The system is screwed up. Nevada has a habit of doing things half assed backwards. Like their Bobcat sealing. There the only state that does it that way. Steel shot usage for water fowl?? Steel shot should be used for any bird hunting when your close to water but if your hunting upland birds you can scatter lead shot all over waterways. Thats Government half assed backward. No common sense. Elections are irrelevant regardless of who gets elected corruption is how the whole system functions

 

[17remhunter]

Thats the reality of whats going on I guess living in a fantasy world works for you, if thats the case I have some ocean front property for you in Kansas

 

[17remhunter]

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So how long has your head been in the sand

 

[Gr8bawana]

I've been hunting here in NV since before they went to a bonus point system. Before then we would just go to the local bait shop and buy deer tags.
I will tell you the hunting was pretty crappy back them.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I dont like the way Nevada does things. Ive gone to game commission meetings in the past suggesting a better way that would be more ethical and fair and it always went on deaf ears. There was a group in Reno that was totally convinced that the way the draw system was set up was so they could favor individuals in drawing a tag, there evidence was very compelling. If im an Attorney General they could insure me that I would draw. In Nevada i could have 23 preferential points and not draw where someone with 0 Points would. When guys are willing to pay over $100,000 for a Governor's tag dont tell me the system isn’t riddled with corruption

Whatever you want to call the points is irrelevant. The system is screwed up. Nevada has a habit of doing things half assed backwards. Like their Bobcat sealing. There the only state that does it that way. Steel shot usage for water fowl?? Steel shot should be used for any bird hunting when your close to water but if your hunting upland birds you can scatter lead shot all over waterways. Thats Government half assed backward. No common sense. Elections are irrelevant regardless of who gets elected corruption is how the whole system functions

I'm sorry man, i think your takes in regard to this suck. How i gather it:

-Newer or younger hunters without points having 1/529th of the odds to draw a tag as a guy with 23 points is corruption. Those hosers should wait 15+ years (with point creep) before they sniff a chance at a tag.
-We should make overly complex laws for upland birds based upon how near water is. Eff all you guys who are happily hunting with lead because waterfowlers did something different.

 

[2rocky]

The point squaring makes everyone's odd's "Bad"....Lower point holders are just more bad. Kinda like a fair divorce; both parties feel equally screwed.

There are still more opportunities for folks to hunt Elk in Nevada than there were 30 years ago. Sorry that it isn't a secret about how good it is anymore.

You can call coyotes there every year, or hunt Chukar, or chase mountain lions...