Just checking to make sure I am understanding draw dates right.
I am someone who lives and hunts on the east coast and have gotten fairly interested in WY antelope hunting. I am also interested in elk hunting but never been.
based on what I see on draw dates I can:
Apply for Wyoming elk tag in Jan and find out if I drew in Feb
If no draw, put in for New Mexico elk tags next. NM is nice because there are good units with highly varied dates and with my job some years I just can’t hunt a certain 4-6 week period and it will vary but I should know it by February. For instance this year I couldn’t hunt Nov 1 - nov 28. So I could apply to units and seasons that were October and December muzzleloader for instance.
Find out in March. By May 31 if no drawn tags yet, put in for Wyoming antelope tags.
in July buy points for antelope Mule deer and elk in WY.
Every year I can put in for decent (25 percent odds) units with 20-30 percent elk succes rates and high draw odds antelope but never end up with two tags worth of cash outlay at the same time. I’ll spend some money on fees.
Am I missing anything?
I am someone who lives and hunts on the east coast and have gotten fairly interested in WY antelope hunting. I am also interested in elk hunting but never been.
based on what I see on draw dates I can:
Apply for Wyoming elk tag in Jan and find out if I drew in Feb
If no draw, put in for New Mexico elk tags next. NM is nice because there are good units with highly varied dates and with my job some years I just can’t hunt a certain 4-6 week period and it will vary but I should know it by February. For instance this year I couldn’t hunt Nov 1 - nov 28. So I could apply to units and seasons that were October and December muzzleloader for instance.
Find out in March. By May 31 if no drawn tags yet, put in for Wyoming antelope tags.
in July buy points for antelope Mule deer and elk in WY.
Every year I can put in for decent (25 percent odds) units with 20-30 percent elk succes rates and high draw odds antelope but never end up with two tags worth of cash outlay at the same time. I’ll spend some money on fees.
Am I missing anything?