min pts to draw desert A or the swakane unit?

[poulsbo]

what do you guys think it takes for min. pts to draw swakane or the desrt A tag i missed with 9 pts this year.

[3boys]

You may never get drawn. I drew the desert unit several years ago with no pts. I now have several again  with no luck. Now you can max out and some lucky duck will get drawn with 1 pt.

[poulsbo]

thanks for the words of encouragement... you could have lied and told me i was due next year for sure...lol ,did you shoot a large buck?

[Rocky Mtn Fever]

doesnt Washington square your points ie, if you have 7 points they are suppose to put your name in 49 times...the few guys i've talked to who drew the late mule deer hunts had 10+ points or over 100 chances to get the tag....i guess i got 4 more years to wait...i drew the Coweeman B hunt w/ 8 points..kinda a waste of 8 points but its an easy nearly given cow hunt and it give me time to hunt in Montana....

[Antlershed]

Yes, Washington squares your points. I don't know how many it takes, cause I haven't drawn it yet... 

[rackattack]

I'd be willing to bet that most of those tags go to people without max points.   That's one reason Washington draws suck, but on the other side if you just drew and are starting over there's always a shot to hit the jackpot again.

[andrew_12gauge]

i drew the desert a with only 2 points 4 years ago, at the time my dad had 9 now he has 13 and still hasnt drawn even with a lotta points you still have to get lucky, but i think my dad is happy with his sheep tag this year.

[Wea300mag]

I talked to a hunter last year in the desert unit during the permit season who had drawn for the second time in five years. The good news is he did not want to walk too much and was happy with a standard 20" buck.

[Bigshooter]

I had a friend last year draw the entiat with 2 points.  I have 7 and still have not drawn.

[257 Wby Mag]

If the stars are lined up right, 1...

[Jackjr]

I would guess somewhere between 1 and 12 points .  unless the point system has been around longer???

[kirkl]

i have 12 deer points and desert is always my first choice.  I also put down 4 gmu's for choices.

[KDume]

I'm not to sure about those units. I got lucky and got Entiat archery with 0 pt's. Got drawn last year and saw alot of buck's. they were either to small or to far. Took a big doe without a fawn for good table fare!

[Ridgerunner]

Too many variables, the guys with the most points will pull most of the tags but there will always be someone with very few who gets very lucky.  It helps your draw odds if you put 4 choices down, but don't put down any units you don't want to hunt.  I've drawn 3 what I would consider premium tags, but never drawn higher than my 3rd choice. Had I only put one or two choices down its possible I wouldn;'t have ever drawn anything.

[BlackTail]

"I drew the desert unit several years ago with no pts." - 3boys

"I got lucky and got Entiat archery with 0 pt's." - KDume

I might be wrong, but don't you get 1 point the first time you put in for these draws?  You couldn't draw these tags with zero points (assuming WDFW doesn't royally screw something up, which is a big assumption).