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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: actionshooter on March 09, 2008, 09:58:48 PM

Title: Which OIL tag would you put in for?
Post by: actionshooter on March 09, 2008, 09:58:48 PM: With the discussion going on over in the Moose thread about Idaho tag restrictions and Washingtons, It really got me thinking. If I could only put in for 1 once in a lifetime tag a year, which would it be?
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Post by: M_ray on March 09, 2008, 10:04:23 PM: It would be sheep for me and then if I were lucky enough to draw I'd start putting in for Moose! Sorry Bone just my preference ... but look at it this way I'm one less in the moose draw! ;)
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Post by: jackelope on March 09, 2008, 10:05:39 PM: i say moose. at this point i'd love to kill a big bull moose.
my next choice would be a sheep.
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Post by: actionshooter on March 09, 2008, 10:07:41 PM: I picked sheep also, Unfourtuantely it was a financial choice, If I really wanted to I could afford moose and goat guided hunts in Canada, not sheep.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on March 09, 2008, 10:15:52 PM: Sheep, moose, goat in that order.
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Post by: Head-shot on March 09, 2008, 10:16:19 PM: Anyone have a three sided coin? :dunno:
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Post by: bobcat on March 09, 2008, 10:18:52 PM: Not even close for me...moose would be my choice.
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Post by: bowhuntin on March 09, 2008, 11:12:08 PM: Moose, Sheep and then goat for me, but seeing that nobody has voted for goat I might have to switch my top choice to that since your odds would be really good for being drawn
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Post by: MountainWalk on March 09, 2008, 11:14:11 PM: so a once in a lifetime tag every year?... at first i wanted to say sheep,, but to me at least,, i think that after 4 or 5 years of smoking sheep,, it would seem like sheep would lose their "magic".. same for goat... so i say moose... its a helluva lot of meat,, the horns are huge and you could prolly get some buddies to help you pack out. but i would rather kill a nice ram.
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Post by: archery288 on March 10, 2008, 06:34:14 AM: I would pick goat... My dad and his hunting partner have drawn 13 goat tags over 40 years of hunting here in WA and the pictures of the hunts are priceless - not to mention the challenge crawling around in the rocks! I just want to be able to re-live one of my dad's favorite hunts!!
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Post by: boneaddict on March 10, 2008, 06:42:40 AM: Thats OK, I chose sheep because I've already got my moose tag. :)
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Post by: boneaddict on March 10, 2008, 06:44:34 AM: Dang, I would see a change in the goat odds if they changed the rules.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 10, 2008, 06:47:37 AM: yearn for the good ol days when it used to be alot easier to draw a goat permit!!!
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Post by: GoldTip on March 10, 2008, 07:43:55 AM: Sheep without doubt.
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on March 10, 2008, 07:47:41 AM: 1.Sheep 2.goat 3.moose.
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Post by: saylean on March 10, 2008, 08:56:20 AM: Moose fo sheezy.
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Post by: BlackTail on March 10, 2008, 10:19:00 AM: I would love to shoot a big sheep!
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Post by: 280ackley on March 10, 2008, 09:07:43 PM: Goat for me. Now I have rethink my opinion on the OIL draw system.
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Post by: 257 Wby Mag on March 10, 2008, 09:39:58 PM: Sheep for me as well, if I really wanted a moose or goat, I'd go to BC as well.
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Post by: PolarBear on March 11, 2008, 04:53:37 PM: Sheep. I can get an otc moose tag in several places and I have a tribal issued goat tag (for turning in poachers/vandals on rez land) that I am saving but sheep seems to be getting harder to come by.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on March 11, 2008, 05:04:29 PM: ---Goat for me.
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Post by: Hunting Cowboy on March 11, 2008, 05:09:54 PM: Sheep, goat, moose!
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Post by: Slider on March 11, 2008, 07:03:51 PM: Sheep. Moose then Goat. ;)
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Post by: Wea300mag on March 11, 2008, 07:06:25 PM: Definitely moose for me, way more meals.
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Post by: actionshooter on March 11, 2008, 07:23:53 PM: Quote from: PolarBear on March 11, 2008, 04:53:37 PM
Sheep. I can get an otc moose tag in several places and I have a tribal issued goat tag (for turning in poachers/vandals on rez land) that I am saving but sheep seems to be getting harder to come by.
Saving!? for what? Use that thing before they take it back :chuckle:
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Post by: PolarBear on March 12, 2008, 05:44:10 PM: I was saving it for my daughter but she wont be ready for a couple more years. You are right, I should use it this year before they change their mind if it is even still valid.
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Post by: shanevg on March 12, 2008, 06:01:28 PM: I would have to do sheep but I sure don't want to make that choice. Sheep hunting just holds a close place in my heart since my dad shot one of the top 10 archery sheep in Washington and I'd love to beat his. The mount has been in my living room my whole life.

But I'd also love to shoot a big goat because I know the Avalanche Gorge and Chowder Ridge area like the back of my hand. I have no doubt that I could shoot a big billy in either of those units and I would love to give it a try. I choose sheep over goat because I you can get drawn for an out of state goat tag in Colorado or Idaho with relatively high probabilities of getting drawn over a 10 year span. Only bummer is, there aren't a lot of big goats shot down there and I don't know the areas.

I'd also love to get drawn for a moose tag. I really want to shoot a moose at some point in my lifetime and I don't think I could ever get myself to pay the ridiculous guided costs to get one. It seems relatively hard to get drawn out of state, although with enough time you could probably get drawn in Idaho. But it's just so expensive to hunt them out of state. I just have no experience hunting moose or even hunting in moose country since I'm from the west side and I would just rather focus on the stuff I know.

So overall a really hard choice, I want to draw all three. I sure hope this option is never implemented in Washington. Personally, I'd love to see Washington do a mixed Preference Point/Bonus point system. E.g. half the tags go to a drawing between the people with the most points, and half the tags to into a drawing as it is now. If there is only one tag for a unit, than alternate years. I don't think this would make much difference in the OIL tags, but it would be really nice in those high end deer and elk hunts by not making everything reliant on chance! What do you guys think?
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Post by: Bigshooter on March 12, 2008, 09:16:00 PM: I chose sheep. And here is why: I could save some money for a few years and go on a moose hunt. But if I wanted to kill a desert, rocky, or stone sheep I would have to save for 15 or 20 years before I could afford it.
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on March 12, 2008, 09:23:45 PM: Quote from: Bigshooter on March 12, 2008, 09:16:00 PM
I chose sheep. And here is why: I could save some money for a few years and go on a moose hunt. But if I wanted to kill a desert, rocky, or stone sheep I would have to save for 15 or 20 years before I could afford it.

That's my thinking too. Lots of good moose hunts out there for $5-10K, but good luck finding a sheep hunt for anywhere close to that. And if you're only looking to draw a DIY tag and not spend the $$, there are moose and goat draws in other states that have much better odds than sheep.
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Post by: Intruder on March 13, 2008, 08:23:33 AM: I agree w/ the last 2 posts. From a pure $ standpoint goats/moose are much more affordable hunts. Plus I've already killed a moose.
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Post by: bobcat on March 13, 2008, 08:33:17 AM: I guess I choose moose for the meat and the fact that I couldn't care less if I never hunted sheep. But, being that it is relatively cheap to hunt sheep here in Washington as a resident, I will of course put in for it. I would never pay $15,000 or whatever it is for a guided sheep hunt somewhere. I could go on 3 guided elk hunts for that and I'd much rather do that.
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Post by: Sagedawg on March 13, 2008, 09:56:27 AM: Moose for sure, same as Bobcat. I grew up on a ranch in Texas and had my fill of sheep and goats. But bar-b-q goat is well worth the effort.

Sage
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 13, 2008, 11:33:54 AM: Sheep for me. They have to be the most challenging along with goat. Definately a majestic animal
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on March 13, 2008, 09:46:52 PM: The order I shot them in was sheep, moose, goat - so I'm due for another sheep!
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Post by: bobcat on March 13, 2008, 10:28:04 PM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on March 13, 2008, 11:33:54 AM
Sheep for me. They have to be the most challenging along with goat. Definately a majestic animal

Goats would be challenging, yes. Sheep? No, not in this state, at least not in the units I'm familiar with.
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Post by: ramslam on March 15, 2008, 09:25:50 AM: Moose for me...its the only choice I have.
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Post by: WildBear on March 26, 2008, 08:22:38 PM: Would rather have the Moose meat, but went with the Sheep.

Better mount.
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Post by: cohoho on March 26, 2008, 08:35:58 PM: Goat, Goat, Goat, Goat, Goat, Goat, Goat, Goat, Goat........ I guess you know what I am after...
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Post by: ICEMAN on March 27, 2008, 06:42:21 AM: Goat.
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Post by: provider on March 27, 2008, 07:19:45 AM: Goat.
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Post by: rougheye on March 27, 2008, 07:21:17 AM: Sheep -all the way
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Post by: boneaddict on March 27, 2008, 08:01:51 AM: Cohoho, did you get any goats while you were up in AK?
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Post by: andrew_12gauge on April 18, 2008, 06:37:28 PM: i would choose goats just because of the type of terrain they live in, i figure i still have a few years but i dont wanna be 60 or 70 trying to chase billy goats around the rocks 15 miles into a wilderness area. sheep would be next and then id go moose, just seems like you could kill a moose pretty easily from the logging roads