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.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Four of my own tags in the past 24years in MT.

2003 Moose
2007 MtnGoat
2022 Mtn Goat
2022 Bighorn Ram

Wife drew a Bighorn Ram in 2006.
Wife drew moose in 2018.

We’ve held four good LE bull elk rifle tags in the family and two good LE mule deer permits in that time frame.

Great thing for me is I’ve got a pretty good pool of friends who have let me join when they’ve been lucky enough to draw.

To date I’ve been on at least ten mountain goat hunts , six bighorn ram hunts and three moose hunts.

I get to tag along on at least one more mountain goat hunt and a great rifle elk permit hunt this fall.

 

[mtmuley]

You guys suck. I need to quit reading this. Yeah, over the edge @DFS mtmuley

 

[HappyCamper]

The lowest odd tag I’ve drawn was a NM Deer in 2024 (.5%). I ate the tag and definitely wouldn’t consider it OIL.

 

[ashersdad]

2025 Unimak Island brown bear - Raffle


2021 Wyoming bighorn sheep - drawn with points


Before that

2008 WY moose - drawn with points

2007 UT moose - drawn with points