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

Poll: How many OIL tags have you Drawn in the Last 10 years of Applying

  • 0

    Votes: 52 43.7%
  • 1

    Votes: 33 27.7%
  • 2

    Votes: 19 16.0%
  • 3

    Votes: 5 4.2%
  • 4

    Votes: 10 8.4%

  • Total voters
    119
TX NWR Exotic/Nilgai
4000 applicants with cubed bonus points

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Honorable mention: NM non-resident unguided archery elk tag at 3.5%
 
I've drawn some good tags, but never a true OIL tag. One day maybe, maybe not, the math doesn't really care how I feel about it, haha. I've drawn 2 or 3 where my odds were very low.
 
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Wyoming bighorn and Shiras moose, still have some moose PPs so technically not OIL quite yet.
 
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.

In all honesty I have enjoyed the experience of accompanying friends and family on their hunts at least as much as when I held the tags.
 
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
Kill a big barbary on Mc Gregor?
 
Applying in NM. As far as OIL or OIL type tags 0 on bighorn, 0 on oryx, 0 on goulds, 0 on ibex, 0 on barbary, 1 on valle vidal bear drew it 3rd year i starting putting in for the valle. IMG-20230512-WA0041.jpgIMG-20230513-WA0016.jpg
 
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