Non res question

[Aaron1984]

I'm looking into putting in for Nevada next year. I was thinking unit 115 or 231, 242. My question is how many points am I going to have to build before drawing?

 

[Wiszard]

My son and I drew 192 this year with 2 points combined (I had 2, he had 0). You can draw ANY unit with ANY amount of points. It's the luck of the draw.

Too many tags= unhappy wife

 

[hubba_3]

deer or elk??

 

[huntn30inchers]

I drew a 231 bull tag with 0 points this year and I know guys with 15+ points... you just never know.

 

[magnum12]

NV probably has one of the fairest draw systems around. There is no issues with points creep and everyone has an equal chance at drawing a tag. The advantages with the points is that when the wildlife service gets ready to do the draw, everyone is given a computer generated number. This number is what goes into the draw and if successful, a tag will be awarded. The more points you have, the more random numbers are generated for you and entered into the draw. Now their formula for getting these numbers is different if you put in solo or as a group. If you are solo it is whatever points you have multiplied by itself equals how many draw numbers you are granted;
Example
Points: 5
5 X 5 = 25 draw numbers

But if you put in as a group, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, is that pointed are still multiplied but then divided by the number of people in your group. But again, don't quote me on this as I only know about the solo side of it.

But the moral of the story is you can draw a tag anywhere with no points.

 

[huntnrich]

I here this every year that Nevada has the best draw system. Bull&hit!!!! The guy that is saying this statement has zero to three points. Say that when you have 14 deer points that you've spent $2240 getting, and then see how far you think the system is. Before you put in and start collecting points. Look at it that you might draw with zero or you might spend thousand of dollars to get a single deer tag.

 

[nvhunter]

Alot of how many points it takes before you draw has to do with what areas you are applying for. Yes you can draw with 0 points, not likely but it does happen.
Apply for top areas with few tags and yes your going to be waiting for a while usually. Apply for areas with more tags chances go up.
Even a resident usually can figure on a wait of 10+ years for a elk tag. I have waited up to 5 years for a deer tag as a resident simply because i was applying for areas that had few tags. I could draw a deer tag almost every year if i wanted.
As a non-res you should be looking at the draw odds, success rate etc. Do good research and i would bet you could draw easily even as a non-res. Remember one thing, almost every area in NV has good deer in it, just depends on how/when you hunt them. So even the areas with alot of tags shouldn't be over looked.
It is luck of the draw and some get it, some don't.

 

[magnum12]

Sure, I have 0-3 points now but that is because I pulled a tag last year and prior when I hit the 7 point mark I decided trying to hold out for those low tag ares was not really worth it. As NV mentioned, look at the draw odds, read over the info sheets up on the website and make your decision then get out there and walk. You will be surprised what you will find when you get away from the roads.

 

[Aaron1984]

>deer or elk??


Deer and pronghorn