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

[MThuntr]

2021 MT Moose
2026 MT Mountain Goat

Technically they aren't once in a lifetime because I know several people that have drawn multiple goat and moose tags

 

[DFS]

2021 MT Moose
2026 MT Mountain Goat

Technically they aren't once in a lifetime because I know several people that have drawn multiple goat and moose tags

If you look at the odds and talk to the people that apply they are more than once in a lifetime. You are also bucking the odds.

 

[Montana_Wanderer]

Zero for me in the last 10 years. Got lucky prior to that.

2008 - MT Sheep
2009 - MT Moose

2026 - Nothing nada zilch

 

[Bigjay73]

Ever see No Country for Old Men? Remember when the old lady asks the cab driver how many people she knows in El Paso?

 

[Forkyfinder]

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.

Any bison?

 

[Caseknife]

I will up it to 1 tag in 30+ years of applying every year in Washington as a resident for M/S/G. Finally drew my goat tag in '24 only because the WDFW screwed up the draw and generously allowed those that drew to keep the tag. Would have been an issue since the screw-up didn't come out until I had the tag in hand. I think there were 14 total goat tags in the State that year and this year as @Irrelevant stated above, only 7 tags this year. Yeah, odds suck but can't draw unless you apply.

 

[NDGuy]

ND OIL Elk Tag.

 

[BAKPAKR]

2019 ID sheep:



2018 WY moose:

 

[Gerald Martin]

Any bison?

Not yet. Dibs on next year. Apparently, I didnt call it early enough this year because FWP didn’t give me a tag.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Not yet. Dibs on next year. Apparently, I didnt call it early enough this year because FWP didn’t give me a tag.

I was counting on Montana bison this year. I bought a new rifle just for that hunt. Was I ever disappointed (draw results, not rifle).

 

[Gerald Martin]

I was counting on Montana bison this year. I bought a new rifle just for that hunt. Was I ever disappointed (draw results, not rifle).

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That makes two of us. Be better FWP.

Your rifle is nicer than the muzzloader I bought when I finally figured out being bitter about the Heritage season isn’t going to make it go away and I might as well join in.

 

[BAKPAKR]

That makes two of us. Be better FWP.

Your rifle is nicer than the muzzloader I bought when I finally figured out being bitter about the Heritage season isn’t going to make it go away and I might as well join in.

If you want to drool, do a search for the muzzleloader @Hem is building.

 

[Hem]

If you want to drool, do a search for the muzzleloader @Hem is building.

When the time comes I hope it shoots as good as it looks!
That's a dandy sheep @BAKPAKR

 

[Mica Man]

Took me exactly 20 years to draw my Idaho big three. I've had a couple of kids get lucky in the draws with my son and daughter drawing Moose tags the same year I drew my sheep tag. My son got lucky and drew sheep his first time putting in. Our household has not drawn a OIL tag since 2019. Thankfully we have been able to punch every tag we've drawn.

Me, Moose 1999
Me, Sheep 2015
Daughter, Moose 2015
Son, Moose 2015
Son, Sheep 2018
Me, Goat 2019

 

[npaden]

2 for me in the last 10 years. 3 if you go back 12 years. All less than 1% draw odds.

2025 Colorado Bighorn Sheep:

2019 Alaska Bison:

2014 Wyoming Mountain Goat:

 

[bigsky2]

It’s a rare enough occurrence that I look forward to any close friends drawing a moose, sheep, or goat tag about as much as I want to draw myself. Just getting to go along on one of those hunts with people I enjoy hunting with is an opportunity that doesn't come along very often.

 

[BAKPAKR]

It’s a rare enough occurrence that I look forward to any close friends drawing a moose, sheep, or goat tag about as much as I want to draw myself. Just getting to go along on one of those hunts with people I enjoy hunting with is an opportunity that doesn't come along very often.

After my sheep hunt in 2019, I had to make the choice of returning to WV to watch my daughter play middle school volleyball or going with @Mica Man on his goat hunt. I returned to WV. I still regret missing out on a hunt for a goat in a unit that is primarily wilderness. I am sure the pack out would have been grueling, but what an experience I missed.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Last 10 years:
2016 UT muzzleloader buck deer
2018 NV late rifle buck deer
2021 NV late rifle bull elk
2026 CO either sex rifle goat

Add these for last 20:
2006 CO either sex rifle goat
2012 ID bull moose rifle

These are either OIL-type species or under 2% odds when drawn. I have a few others that were in that 3-5% realm (UT antelope, NV antelope, NV desert bighorn ewe). For immediate family, add an ID moose for wife and ID moose and goat for my 15-year-old daughter.

 

[Khunter]

Last 7 years

CO Bighorn


ID Bull Moose


CO Mtn Goat


Further back
CO Bull Moose
CO bighorn (twice ram, once ewe)

Lots of crazy low odds pedestrian species various states for Elk, Lope, Deer and 3 cow moose tags