Montana Deer Tags

[jboy]

Does anyone have an idea as to when they draw for tags in Montana?  I'm aware the deadline was last week, I put in, just wondering when a guy can expect the results...

[Ridgerunner]

APril 15th or so.

[MtnMuley]

I heard a rumor that they didn't even sell enough to have a draw..........

[bass2elk]

I was wondering if that was going to be the case.I figured all of the guides would still get there clients tags but i know that i have hunted there for the past five years until they increased 300 hundred dollars for the Big Game Combo.  I am guessing they will be selling over the counter tags now.

[jboy]

I heard the same rumor.  Hope it's true!

[Ridgerunner]

I have a hard time believing that rumor.

[JLS]

I heard a rumor that they didn't even sell enough to have a draw..........

I heard a rumor that due to lack of public interest, they were cancelling the 2011 hunting season.

[257 Wby Mag]

Three more bills hurt a little more for sure, but its still a bargin methinks.. Lotsa folks around here "Centrailia & Chehalis" that have put in for years, didn't this year. Thre might be left overs, but I wouldn't count on it. Like Ridge said,2nd or 3rd week of April..

[MtnMuley]

I have a hard time believing that rumor.

Quota 17,000 this year.  Still waiting for all the "postmarked by March 15" letters to make it final.  By the way, that rumor came out of the mouth of a MT Fish and Wildlife employee. 

[GoldTip]

I have a hard time believing that rumor.

I agree.  Price for Montana is very insignificantly higher than Idaho NR tags, with lots more public land to spread out on.  I will be shocked if there are truly leftover tags.

[MtnMuley]

Were there not left over tags last year?  After the alternate list guys had the chance to buy, weren't the left over tags available to anybody wanting them?  I realize a lot of these tags were turned in by outfitters and people deciding not to hunt, quite a while after the draw.  Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[Pathfinder101]

Were there not left over tags last year?  After the alternate list guys had the chance to buy, weren't the left over tags available to anybody wanting them?  I realize a lot of these tags were turned in by outfitters and people deciding not to hunt, quite a while after the draw.  Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Not buck tags.  All the left overs go to the guys on the "alternate" list.  I think there were some outfitter tags and some landowner sponsored tags leftover for purchase, but not General NR buck tags.

[Cascade]

The price increase was too steep for me this year.  Hopefully the cost of fuel comes down a bit for you guys that do get drawn!

[rb2506]

i know someone  that last year did not get drawn for the combo tag but was able to get a buck tag when MT open it up to everyone

[buckhorn2]

We did;nt get drawn for the combo license last year but after the drawing they had left over tags and we bought them and still kept our bonus points for this year.