NR Antelope Draw
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LAST EDITED ON May-30-15 AT 10:43AM (MST)[p]First question---Yes, you don't lose your PPs on any animal unless you draw your first choice in Wyoming the way it's set up right now.
Second question---Unless you want to hunt one of the top few units that are always being talked about, which will take many moons before you would ever have enough PPs in the Regular Draw or maybe even in the Special Draw, I would offer this suggestion. Take a look in the odds section on the G&F site and look at good units that can be drawn with your 3PPs right now in the Special Draw. That way you could get in a good hunt this year or next without waiting for years and you could put the money into that special fee that would be used to build up PPs each year and maybe still never get to the PPs you would need. Also, one or two bad winters could put you way behind if the animals get hurt by that or continued drought in some areas that used to be real good. There are a number of decent units that can be drawn as second choice to save your PPs, but it's late in the game with only a couple days until the application deadline to figure it out. Good luck!
Second question---Unless you want to hunt one of the top few units that are always being talked about, which will take many moons before you would ever have enough PPs in the Regular Draw or maybe even in the Special Draw, I would offer this suggestion. Take a look in the odds section on the G&F site and look at good units that can be drawn with your 3PPs right now in the Special Draw. That way you could get in a good hunt this year or next without waiting for years and you could put the money into that special fee that would be used to build up PPs each year and maybe still never get to the PPs you would need. Also, one or two bad winters could put you way behind if the animals get hurt by that or continued drought in some areas that used to be real good. There are a number of decent units that can be drawn as second choice to save your PPs, but it's late in the game with only a couple days until the application deadline to figure it out. Good luck!
BuzzH
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LAST EDITED ON May-30-15 AT 12:35PM (MST)[p]Moisture hasn't been a problem the last 2 years...may be worth keeping your points for another year or two to capitalize on that.
If we get a mild winter this coming year and some fall moisture....I would expect better hunting in 2016.
The bucks are looking pretty good this year as well.
If we get a mild winter this coming year and some fall moisture....I would expect better hunting in 2016.
The bucks are looking pretty good this year as well.
Like Topgun said, use your points now. There are good hunts that can be drawn with three points, and even more so if you apply for the "special" tag. You don't gain much by waiting. Better to use the points now and begin building them up again for another future hunt. (Just my opinion)
I think that right now is the best time in recent years to get a B&C buck out of a lot of units. Mild winter, great moisture so far this year. I've been working on the road off and on the last 6 weeks and the bucks look really nice across all the areas in the state I've been.
huntfishall1
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I agree with the others above, don't chase units that take many more points, you likely will never catch up. Find a unit you can draw and hunt, many units offer great hunting.
RoadlessHunter
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My guess is they kept it open longer due to the low application numbers for Region G deer tags up to this point.
LAST EDITED ON Jun-03-15 AT 09:16AM (MST)[p]I've had no emails from the G&F or seen anything on the G&F website to say it was being extended and people on other websites have all been surprised to see it still open past the June 1 midnight time it was supposed to close.
RoadlessHunter---Where would you have information to say that the applications for Region G were slow or was that just said as a joke?
RoadlessHunter---Where would you have information to say that the applications for Region G were slow or was that just said as a joke?
>They extended it because site crashed
>at 11:30pm on the 1st.
>Can't believe so many wait
>until then to apply!
That us unreal that anyone would wait that long, especially with the NRs having so much longer to apply this year than in the past. Thanks for the clarification on why it was open until last night Jeff!
>at 11:30pm on the 1st.
>Can't believe so many wait
>until then to apply!
That us unreal that anyone would wait that long, especially with the NRs having so much longer to apply this year than in the past. Thanks for the clarification on why it was open until last night Jeff!
RoadlessHunter
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The Region G thing was a joke. It sounds like most people put in for that area this year to burn their points.
RoadlessHunter
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The crash may have been from people making last minute modification to their hunt area choice.
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