i've talked to a couple of different G&F office clerks and get a different answer everytime. this past season my party drew nonresident tags. that made 3 in 4 years for one guy in my party. i understand the draw odds for the deer/combo license are better.(11,500 tags available). i've heard that something like 10,000 people put in for the general deer license. is this true? if so, we were extremely lucky last year. are the land owner sponsored tags also drawn from the same 10,000 or is there another 10,000 people putting in for that as well? on one occasion i was told by the G&F that 10,000 people put in last year for the general deer license. another one told me something like 4,400. i wander if the 4,400 were parties since i would guess most of the 10,000 people applying are in 2-3 man parties. can anyone shed any light? this is like beating a dead horse!
montana license question, again?
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sjhgraysage
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I'm not an expert on MT. but I believe that there are around 11,500 NR ELK/DEER combo licenses and you should have about a 50% chance (plus or minus up to 10%) of getting one without any bonus points. DEER combos, from my understanding and reading, are fewer in number and harder to draw because of the numbers and "landowner sponsored - private land only" applicants that get some of the licenses from a pool for them which is part of the total #. Sorry, you might be more confused than before, and I may have mis-understood your question anyway. Does any of this help?
Scott
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don't worry, you can't confuse me anymore than i already am. i'm just going to fill out my paperwork and send it in. i talked to my buddy that has been drawn the last couple of years. he told me that every year that he or someone else he knows hasn't gotten drawn they received a notice about left over tags. some of these were supposedly from the big game license in which people wanted just the elk tag. some were based on surveys with higher than expected deer numbers which allowed for more tags to be issued. min all cases, they got a tag from the left over system. also, my buddy worked for an outfitter up there this year and last week the outfitter told him that there had basically been no winter up there and he expected a large number of deer for this spring and fall. if this is true, i would think more tags would be issued. more tags=more money for MGF and isn't that what it's all about anyway? i'm sorry to be such a pain. just like i said, i'm just going to quit asking questions and send in my paper work.
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no winter up
>there and he expected a
>large number of deer for
>this spring and fall. if
>this is true, i would
>think more tags would be
>issued. more tags=more money for
>MGF and isn't that what
>it's all about anyway?
They won't give up more buck tags for either NR or Residents but would most likely up the doe tags avaiable. There is a hard cap of tags available for NR and Residents are limited(usually) to one buck tag per year. So the more deer=more tags idea doesn't translate into more buck tags just more does tags.
Nemont
>there and he expected a
>large number of deer for
>this spring and fall. if
>this is true, i would
>think more tags would be
>issued. more tags=more money for
>MGF and isn't that what
>it's all about anyway?
They won't give up more buck tags for either NR or Residents but would most likely up the doe tags avaiable. There is a hard cap of tags available for NR and Residents are limited(usually) to one buck tag per year. So the more deer=more tags idea doesn't translate into more buck tags just more does tags.
Nemont
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The outfitter tags are set aside out of different quota than the big game combo (deer/elk) and the deer combo. If you want better odds this year pay the 660.00 for deer and elk tag, about 60% with no points or take the 12% chance with no points for the deer combo.
