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Quote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?
I think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though.
Quote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?They never have leftovers. SOme of the people that draw drop out before the hunting season, and those tags go to the "alternates" (after the draw, they publish an "alternate" list. If your number is high enough on the list, you may get a call in June or July saying that you got drawn as a alternate, and to come pay for your tag). Generally, the deer/elk combo had about a 45-50% draw rate. Deer combo only was sitting around 20%.
Quote from: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2011, 08:39:39 AMQuote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. doe tags maybe. Nothing else..Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?They never have leftovers. SOme of the people that draw drop out before the hunting season, and those tags go to the "alternates" (after the draw, they publish an "alternate" list. If your number is high enough on the list, you may get a call in June or July saying that you got drawn as a alternate, and to come pay for your tag). Generally, the deer/elk combo had about a 45-50% draw rate. Deer combo only was sitting around 20%.Last year I heard from a couple people they had tags for sale to the general public last year starting in sept?
Quote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. doe tags maybe. Nothing else..Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?They never have leftovers. SOme of the people that draw drop out before the hunting season, and those tags go to the "alternates" (after the draw, they publish an "alternate" list. If your number is high enough on the list, you may get a call in June or July saying that you got drawn as a alternate, and to come pay for your tag). Generally, the deer/elk combo had about a 45-50% draw rate. Deer combo only was sitting around 20%.
Quote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. doe tags maybe. Nothing else..Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?
Quote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:45:18 AMQuote from: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2011, 08:39:39 AMQuote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. doe tags maybe. Nothing else..Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?They never have leftovers. SOme of the people that draw drop out before the hunting season, and those tags go to the "alternates" (after the draw, they publish an "alternate" list. If your number is high enough on the list, you may get a call in June or July saying that you got drawn as a alternate, and to come pay for your tag). Generally, the deer/elk combo had about a 45-50% draw rate. Deer combo only was sitting around 20%.Last year I heard from a couple people they had tags for sale to the general public last year starting in sept?
Quote from: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2011, 08:47:06 AMQuote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:45:18 AMQuote from: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2011, 08:39:39 AMQuote from: alwinearcher on March 16, 2011, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Ridgerunner on March 16, 2011, 08:06:22 AMI think the odds are going to be a little tougher than most folks think, probably around 75-80% on the combo and 40% on the deer, just my opinion though. doe tags maybe. Nothing else..Didnt they have left overs left year? you think more people will apply this year then last?They never have leftovers. SOme of the people that draw drop out before the hunting season, and those tags go to the "alternates" (after the draw, they publish an "alternate" list. If your number is high enough on the list, you may get a call in June or July saying that you got drawn as a alternate, and to come pay for your tag). Generally, the deer/elk combo had about a 45-50% draw rate. Deer combo only was sitting around 20%.Last year I heard from a couple people they had tags for sale to the general public last year starting in sept?Yes, they have in fact had leftovers in the past, but these were from the Outfitter Sponsored pool of licenses. These have now been put in with the rest of the NR combos for the drawing, so the odds are slim and none that there will be leftover tags. When the OSL wouldn't sell out, they would offer them first come first served to the people who did not draw a NR combo that year. These would typically go on sale in late August to mid September. The only other leftover licenses would be doe/fawn tags that don't sell out in the special drawings.
There were also leftover tags in the "Family come home to hunt" tag pool last year. Think there was not a lot of people who knew about that option and it's hard to go with that option if you are taking someone to montana who is not actually from there, then the former resident goes in one pool and the other NR goes in another with low odds. I will be surprised if the odds get much better for generally drawing tags in Montana. When I used to be a resident and there was 17,000 tags with no "Outfitter sponsored licenses" they still always sold them all.