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

[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.

I was painting a rosier picture than reality.

WA is down to 7 total Mountain Goats tags statewide. With 14 bonus points (I must have missed a year), my odds at a tag are ~5/100,000 (true odds require more effort but aren't appreciably different).

 

[Mattff200]

The first time it wasn't OIL, was OIL if successful. The second time it was a pure OIL tag.

2020 Wyoming Bison (unsuccessful Hunt)
2025 Wyoming Bison (Sucessful Hunt)

 

[cgasner1]

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

I can’t remember if it was 2018 but I found out it was the year after they caught the guys from Washington that had killed like 56 bucks out of the unit. I shot a busted up ugly deer it was a let down

 

[marksjeep]

A few. Stories have all been posted on HT in years past.

 

[MTLabrador]

Exactly 0 here.

 

[JCS]

2010. Mt moose

 

[Pucky Freak]

Sorry, voted 0 and I cannot un-score it. 0 attempts excluding conservation org raffles. Otherwise I’m any tag is a good tag applicant.

 

[DFS]

I know people this thread might push over the edge!

 

[RunNGunSC]

Maine Moose…typically apply for 10 to 15 OIL type tags a year

 

[TheTone]

Just looked, the lowest draw odds I’ve ever beaten were 22% and it was the first and only year I ever tried for that tag. Doing amazing…

 

[DFS]

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.

IMHO that is way too high, you have bucked the odds I’ve seen too many people on the other end of it.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

not quite o i l but might as well be,,non res nevada cal bhs 2018,,utah book cliffs muzz deer 2021,,nevada non res elk 2022.

 

[Nick87]

New mexico elk around 3% iirc.

 

[PoleX]

IMHO that is way too high, you have bucked the odds I’ve seen too many people on the other end of it.

You’re probably right just based off the reaction I get from my wife when I tell her “but it’s a once in a lifetime Tag“

 

[hank4elk]

Drawn lots of tags over the years, filled most.
Several 5% odds elk in NM. Now way less.
Never a OIL...I'm such a loser...LOL

 

[Hem]

You’re probably right just based off the reaction I get from my wife when I tell her “but it’s a once in a lifetime Tag“

Sounds familiar. I better come up with an explanation if I strike gold again.