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That's percentage of median since 1991. Total percentage is currently 33% full.

In everything but sheep and bison it's the 20% per hunt code that goes to bonus pass. Sheep and bison its simply 20% goes to the bonus pass for all tags together. So there's no way of knowing for sure year to year if your choice is going to get snagged in the bonus pass but there's 4-5 units that are pretty much a guarantee every year and need to avoid them if you don't have max.

I guess I don't agree with that point of view that just because you had the ability to apply earlier than someone else you deserve a tag more than them. No matter how you cut it there will never be enough sheep tags for everyone to get one before they die. Even if you did 100% to bonus pass people are gonna die before they get a tag. The only thing I would agree on would to have a rule in place that you need to have a minimum of 5+ points or something before you can draw. Atleast at that point you have some skin in the game and show you are dedicated to applying. You also have to realize game and fish is going to want to get the most money they can. Make it to where the new comer basically has no chance at drawing and no new people will apply. Make it to where no non resident can draw and they lose thousands of dollars of revenue. The way I see it is don't plan on hunting sheep in your lifetime. Play the odds game and hope for the best. If you draw, consider yourself lucky and enjoy it.

Yeah except if you weren't born 40-50 years ago you'd basically not have a chance at drawing a tag in your lifetime. That would be the "solution" for those that were lucky enough to be alive and in a position to buy points from the start. Certainly wouldn't be the "solution" for the other 90% of people wanting a sheep tag.

Would you rather get a chance to hunt sheep (regardless of size) or die before getting the chance?

You are correct

His poaching didn't even slow him down. Never lost his license and kept trucking so yes he is still guiding for A3.

Might find a few guys here with knowledge on the unit but monster muleys nm forum will probably produce better results. Maybe try direct messaging the guys that posted on this thread and ask them.

I assume you drew the tag and want some assistance?

People. . . This happens every 6-7 years due to the calendar. Hunts are set based on week of the year. Example certain deer hunts start on the 41st Friday of the year. Every year that 41st day bumps up a day or two until it gets bumped back again. Has happened since the beginning of time and will continue to happen for the rest of time. Noone is taking youth or Thanksgiving hunts away.

I'm out. .

$7.50!

I'll start the bidding at $5

"I'd really like to go this year" doesn't mean "I'm going this year. I wasn't asking". If I were someone that knew anything about wyoming antelope advice you'd be the last person I offered to help. Don't come asking for advice and when people give it to you you don't like it. Figure it out yourself. PS- I hope the "lowest density" wyoming unit you draw doesn't have any antelope left to kill when you get there because "you weren't asking". Pss- 21 points in az is as good as having 2 points and there's a chance you never draw a rifle az antelope tag in your life.

Hmm. . Well thats good to know. Makes things way more confusing but atleast there's an explanation.

Not saying you're wrong but are you sure on the apps vs applications? I've never seen that in past reports.

Yeah thats definitely all screwed up. I've said it for years, our draw system needs audited because this is quite common. Looking further down it looks like it's messed up all through the report. The missing tags are the ones they save for their YouTube crew.

So you didn't "collect" sheds, you didn't cross onto private land, you didn't do anything wrong but you did enough that they took it easy on you and didn't take your license for 5 years. Somethings not adding up. How about the full story instead of all the cryptic stuff?

Not knocking you but didnt you know shed hunting was closed? Seems like all northern states are closed up right now but that sucks. So if you had one more shed they could have hit you with another 5 points and taken your license for 5 years? I'd avoid Colorado for a while because just one more infraction even a small one could end your hunting for 5 years.

Give us the deets. . .might help someone else avoid the same problem.

Sooo . .. whatcha do?

Not looking like today. Would have been posted by now. Maybe tomorrow since deadline was extended a day? If not, next Wednesday is the posted deadline for results but I'm sure they can change that if they feel like it.

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How much $$$$ you got? Because mule deer down there is expensive AF

IF there's 2 tags and IF they go in the bonus pass then obviously odds of going in the random are 0. But just because in the past both tags have gone in the bonus pass doesn't make it certain that it will go in the bonus pass in the future. (See example above). The odds are extremely high that they do go in the bonus pass but not a 100% guarantee. Especially now that there are 114 people in the next group below the 2 max point holders. Most of those guys are getting old and applying for other tags not wanting to compete for the 2 tags in 22. They'd rather hunt somewhere than die trying for 22. ( Don't get me wrong I'm on your side that the odds are it never happens but it's not 0. Simply showing that odds of one of these limited entry tags is also about 0.)