Poll: How many OIL tags have you Drawn in the Last 20 years of Applying

[PoleX]

The questionable math equations on the Montana MSG thread got me thinking, I'd be interested in knowing some real numbers. As Buzz likes to say, excel sheets lie...

POLL: How many OIL tags have you drawn in the last 10 years of applying.

Really simple rules:

1. I'd be nice if you have applied for at least 3 difficult tags/year for at least 8 of the last 10 years to participate, raffle tags count too. 2015ish-This year to keep it relevant, you can move the range a couple years but preferably a 10 year stretch post 2000.
2. Successful on a 2% or less draw odds for the tag (any species). Basically any tag you had no business drawing. If you don't know how to calculate this properly just make an educated guess.
3. Post up a picture of the animal, year you drew if you'd like.


Good luck in the draws, still some time left to pull a tag!

 

[rmyoung1]

2021 in Colorado’s S66

 

[Irrelevant]

Been applying for 15 years. OIL tags in WA are 0.1% or 0.01%. I know people who've drawn multiple while I'm still rocking a goose egg.

 

[HSi-ESi]

2017 Montana Moose tag for me. Sheep and Goat are max points.

 

[DFS]

2015 breaks sheep. 2019 Montana moose and Idaho elk tag.

 

[PoleX]

2015 breaks sheep. 2019 Montana moose and Idaho elk tag.

That's quite a run there!

 

[DFS]

That's quite a run there!

I bet if you were to look odds have gotten a lot worse in that short time frame since then.

 

[huntin24/7]

I drew MT mountain goat in 2010 and MT moose in 2026. My wife drew bighorn sheep in 2016 as well, so we have been very fortunate.

 

[PoleX]

I bet if you were to look odds have gotten a lot worse in that short time frame since then.

My anecdotal observation is about a tag every 10-15 years...I have 4 good buddies I hunt with. We've pulled maybe 6 tags across 4 guys over 10 years of applying every year across a few states for a lot of tough tags.

 

[Point Creep]

2019 AZ rifle antelope
2021 MT Bighorn Sheep
2023 UT archery elk
2025 AZ archery elk

Going back past 10 years:
1997 AZ muzzleloader antelope
2000 WY moose
2005 AZ strip rifle mule deer
2007 MT moose
2012 MT mountain goat

 

[brymoore]

You don’t want to know.

 

[5yearcoueshunter]

Past 10 years:

1. Every year NM Oryx, less than 2% odds. Drew 1, 1 for 10
2. Every year NM Bighorn, 0 for 10
3. Every year NM OIL Ibex, 0 for 10
4. 3 years for McGregor Barbary, drew 1 (.6% odds), 1 for 3
5. 4 years of NM Goulds, 0 for 4
5. AZ Bighorn for 8 years, 0 for 8
6. AZ Gould's for 8 years, 0 for 8
7. AZ Rifle Rut Elk for 8 years, 0 for 8
8. AZ Rifle Pronghorn for 8 years, 0 for 8
6. CO Desert Bighorn 3 years, 0 for 3
7. I'll say probably 6 to 10 raffles, 0 there

So overall in the last 10 years, 2 tags with less than 2% odds out of ~80 apps. Which crazy enough, works out to about 2% success odds. lol

 

[Big Fin]

2018 - Utah archery bison
2021 - Montana moose and mountain goat

 

[BuzzH]

Drawn 4 since 2015 (last 10 years).

Wyoming moose in 2015 drew with preference points:

Wyoming sheep 2019 drew with preference points:

Wyoming moose, 2021 random tag:

Montana sheep 2024, one less than max points:

Prior to that:

Montana moose in 1995.
Montana mountain goat 1998.
AK Muskox, can't remember what year, but last year they gave trophy tags out of Shishmaref
Arizona desert sheep in 2012
NM Oryx can't remember but 2010ish?

I don't count any elk, deer, or pronghorn tags.

 

[5yearcoueshunter]

Drawn 4 since 2015 (last 10 years).

Wyoming moose in 2015 drew with preference points:

Wyoming sheep 2019 drew with preference points:

Wyoming moose, 2021 random tag:

Montana sheep 2024, one less than max points:

Don't count if you the draw odds were more than 2%. Preference draws are 100%. LOL

 

[Steve O]

Going back 10 years as originally asked;

2018 AK




2018 Utah



2021 AZ



2021 AZ Goulds




2023 I used my 23 Utah elk points to help a buddy draw a 20 point unit.


2025 Raffle Nunavut




2026 TBD

Lots of years, lots of points, and lots of raffle tickets.

Going back 20 years I can add 2006 late November Kaibab rifle, 2007 Colorado archery bighorn and a premium AZ archery elk tag after using my points on a late rifle hunt the year prior.

 

[cgasner1]

Mt 652 buck tag will be oil I’ll never apply for that again got it around 2018 before they added the tags I think around 4%

Utah deer 2020 around 4%

New Mexico 2022 audad around 3%

Idaho LE last year around 5%

As far as the big 3 game I’ll apply for moose in 4 states this year with less that a percent of drawing. I’d wager I have a about a 90% chance of killing one in the 5th state I’ll just buy the license in

 

[bigsky2]

2018 MT Moose
2020 NM Off-range Oryx (may have been slightly over 2% odds)
2025 NV archery deer tag in a primo unit

 

[huntin24/7]

Mt 652 buck tag will be oil I’ll never apply for that again got it around 2018 before they added the tags I think around 4%

Utah deer 2020 around 4%

New Mexico 2022 audad around 3%

Idaho LE last year around 5%

As far as the big 3 game I’ll apply for moose in 4 states this year with less that a percent of drawing. I’d wager I have a about a 90% chance of killing one in the 5th state I’ll just buy the license in

I wasn’t the only one who got suckered into applying for 652. . Cool place to hunt but a major letdown for quality. Too many tags. I also drew in 2018.

 

[Fatrack]

Last 10 Years: 3 For Me & 1 for my wife. Putting in for tags all across the west for the past ~15 years. With that said, the majority have come from NM on random/no point draws.
2026: NM Antelope
2020: NM Ibex


2016: MT Bighorn (Me & Wife)
Mine:

Wife's:


Prior to 2016:
2012 NM Desert Sheep

2008: MT Moose