general deer.utah

[backstrap]

cant seem to find this info on line. what is the sequence of draw? do they look at all of your choices before going to next app? are 2nd thru 5th choices random draw? is there info on line to seewho drew on 2nd choices,3rd choices?sorry ,challenged non-res. THANKS

 

[huntinfanatic]

Yes, they look at all your choices before moving to next app. 2nd through 5th choice are not random. No info on who drew with 2nd-5th choice. Hope that helps.

 

[travishunter3006]

No. They do not look at all of your choices. They draw all first choice selected units. Then they move on to second choice and so on and so forth until the 5th choice.

For example; if you fail to draw your first choice they then move on to the second round of drawing. In the event any tags are left over from the first round of draws all those Who put in for, let's say unit 2, as their second choice now go into a draw together .


There are some states that will cycle through all of your choices before moving to the next guy but not Utah.

 

[huntinfanatic]

After reading travis' comment I did some research and found this explanation on the dwr website.

How preference points work in the general-season drawing: Starting with the highest point level, the drawing looks at the hunter's first choice. If a permit is available for the hunt, the permit is awarded. (In the case of a group application, permits are awarded if there are enough permits for the people in the group.) If permits are not available, the application is skipped and the first choice of the next person is considered. After all first choices have been considered at that preference point level, the drawing will start looking at the second choices within that point level. This process continues in the same way for third, fourth and fifth choices. When the drawing is done for the highest point level, the process repeats for each point level down.

I was wrong about them looking at all choices before moving on to the next app. When Utah moved to 30 units I called the dwr to get an explanation on how the draw process worked and apparently was given false info.