Idaho's new Deer/Elk License System

[kentrek]

Strategy question for ID non-res elk draw:

The Idaho process makes a difference in how a guy chooses which hunts to apply for. It discourages me from choosing my favorite/best units as choices 1,2,3, etc. because those zones are likely to all be drawn as someone else's first choice. Thus, I think I should rank a mid-range hunt fairly high in my choices, so that when my number is called, I have a better chance of drawing a tag.

Put my first choice as a hard-to-draw hunt with my second choice as a mid-range hunt or put the mid-range as my first choice or choose all great zones for all my choices?

Thoughts, opinions, or comments? Not asking for which zone you'd choose, just asking if anyone is willing to share their basic strategy.

Its up to the hunter with no real wrong way beings its a random...youl never get a high demand tag if its not your 1st choice in this 1st round...dont forget theres 2 rounds.. lot of people are gona try to force a tag and then realise they should put in for wyomimg instead lol im only going to apply for 1 unit in both draws because my #2 choice is a different state

[Craig]

Decided to try the new draw system. Trying to decide if I want to pick a deer unit for better deer hunting . Or pick a deer unit that has more wolfs for the minuscule chance of running into one during deer hunting. I would definitely like to blast a wolf. If I even draw anything.

[JDArms1240]

Decided to try the new draw system. Trying to decide if I want to pick a deer unit for better deer hunting . Or pick a deer unit that has more wolfs for the minuscule chance of running into one during deer hunting. I would definitely like to blast a wolf. If I even draw anything.

This year I bought a wolf tag, just in case.  Didn’t expect to see one, figure the odds gotta be pretty low.  Well I saw 5!  Never got a shot opportunity cause every one I saw was on the move like it had somewhere to be.  From now on I will buy a wolf tag any time I hunt Idaho!