Youth Bull Elk

[HuntinFool]

Anyone know the odds of drawing this. This was my fifth year putting in and I still haven't drawn it. I heard somewhere that the odds were 1 in 16 but I'm not sure how reliable that is. I am just hoping that I draw it before I turn 18. Does anyone know why they don't do points for this?

 

[huntmor2]

Huntinfool, What hunt are you referring to? State and specific hunt?

 

[HuntinFool]

Sorry, utahs early youth hunt.

 

[BowCephus]

Odds on the early youth hunt are around 1 in 92 chance at drawing. Last year only 15 tags issued, 13 res and 2 non resident. The late hunt was 270 resident and 30 non res. Those odds were closer to 1 in 16.

 

[sled_guy]

Anyone know the permit numbers for the youth hunts this year?

My boy drew the early one.

sled_guy

 

[BillyBoB]

LAST EDITED ON Jun-01-12 AT 11:15AM (MST)[p]I had the numbers printed off awhile ago but can't find them now. But if I recall, the early hunt had a three year average of about 4500 applications but last year and this year they were giving about 270 res tags. Which averages to be about 1 and 16 kids drew. I noticed the late youth hunt had worse odds but can't remember what they were due to only being interested in the early hunt.

If I remember correctly, the late hunt had odds of 1 in 20 kids in 2011. I don't remember the tag numbers and applications numbers. But I was surprised that the late hunt had worse odds due to the early hunt being during the rut.

 

[BowCephus]

You've got it backwards. Better odds on the late hunt.

http://wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/biggame/pdf/2011_biggame_odds.pdf

 

[calihuntr16]

My 12 year old daughter drew the early tag! She is so excited and lucky to draw . If anyone has any info regarding this hunt we would be very grateful.

 

[ElkManDan]

Non-resident youth have WAY better odds than a resident Youth.

Resident early is 1 in 92 NR is 1 in 12.5
Resident Late is 1 in 16.3 NR is 1 in 6

Just doesn't seem right. Utah ought to limit NR tags up to 10% not a guaranteed 10%