Again, some choose to hunt the same places year after year. I hunted area 10 ML in 2010 and we saw very few deer. I probably won't put in for that hunt again. This year, I needed to only put in for the later hunts as we're heading to WY in mid-October. I really didn't expect to be drawn for any of the later seasons that we applied for. As mentioned, there is luck involved. Did I, as a NR, take somebody elses tag? Who knows? It took me 7 years before I drew my first NV deer tag. Do I look at it as all of those years somebody was drawing MY tag? Nope...its the luck of the draw.
Theres nothing wrong with putting in for an area that you are unfamiliar with. I think it's funny how some think that it is. If me drawing the 192 tag over someone who knows the area is wrong...then I don't wanna be right. LOL. I will say that I will know the area prior to my hunt via maps, GoogleEarth, and the guys on MM that are willing to help a fellow hunter and his son have a better hunting experience.
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