Curious when do the odds start catching up? Haha since I’m a decade deep plus into multiple states and like I have previously mentioned only drawn one random tag in my life thus far which was a tule cow elk hunt so not that exciting. Hoping to stay the course and one day be like the many on here that have drawn some amazing tags.
Brad - hopefully soon they start catching up soon. In Colorado - you need to have the 3 weighted points to be in the hunt for sheep/goat/moose. Just make sure you get in the pool for these tags and then decide if you want to buy the additional points.
Of my group of around 10 applicants for these tags (basically 5 fathers and there children). The "kids" (they are all 25+ in age now) and each should have at 8-15 weighted points.
Collectively this group has received the following including this years draw:
3 bull moose tags and 1 cow tag.
The 1st bull tag drawn was around 12 years ago and he killed a stunning bull slightly over 50". The 2nd bull tag was a turned in tag that was awarded and was an absolute bust the year following the Troublesome Fire - He hunted the whole rifle season and never found a bull over 40". My son got impatient and put in for a cow tag that year and had short successful hunt. He will be back in the weighted pool after 1 more year and I am sure he will hold out for bull tag at his age now.
Hopefully I will shoot a big old bull this year.
The adults had been putting in since they started this stuff, and kids as soon as they became 12years old. I am sure this group has 100+ weighted points in each draw year, now that I am out.
Mountain Goat-
None of us have ever drawn a goat tag - At least 150 weighted points are going into every draw year now. I think one guy might not be putting in.
Sheep-
This group has at least 140 weighted points. We have had 3 ram tags including my tag this year. Both of the other rams my buddy and killed were studs - mid 170's heavy horned.
Not sure what I am really saying other than I would continue to put into a weighted point system or apply in hunts that have a true lottery format - which I know are not that many.
About 10 years ago I left a bunch of points on the board and dropped out of the Utah draws and quit applying in Wyo for Sheep/Moose and then quit on Arizona Sheep as I was sure I was going to get one the coveted early rifle elk tags. Now 10 years later in Arizona I am still yet to draw the tag with 27 NR points and am trapped and have to continue to buy a General Hunting tag to get a point in the draw. I will draw the tag in the next couple of years, but if factor in the amount of money I have already spent trying to get this tag that it will be bittersweet when I finally draw the tag.
I personally never thought I would draw a bull moose tag, let alone another Ram tag and there is no way I would have if it wasn't for the weighted tag lottery system that so many of us hate or my case maybe ,I love it now!