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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #150 on: February 02, 2023, 09:06:12 AM »
Me and my buddy are in with our 12 points each.  Im not holding my breath this year or getting my hopes up!
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #151 on: February 02, 2023, 09:16:12 AM »
We are in for the random pass, couldn’t cough up the $1293 for the special this year so in the regular for us

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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #152 on: February 02, 2023, 10:43:33 AM »
Into the regular general with 4 points. Good luck and see you all in May  :tup:
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #153 on: February 02, 2023, 10:46:17 AM »
I’m in with 10 pts.  I hate elk hunting.
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #154 on: February 02, 2023, 07:05:03 PM »
In with 6 points for general. Putting my 9 deer points on hold another year.
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #155 on: February 22, 2023, 05:31:53 PM »
I’m in with 10 pts.  I hate elk hunting.

I'm in with max points and I hate elk hunting more than you do. :chuckle:
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #156 on: February 25, 2023, 09:58:09 AM »
This Florida import to heading to Wyoming this fall! First real Western hunting experience, I've been bumbling around Olympic National Forest getting humbled by blacktails this past season.  :bash: Everything is pretty different from sitting in a box blind over a food plot! Hitching a ride with my stepfather's bull hunt in Unit 23. We are going guided. He's burning his 12 points and I'm going to try and take a cow elk and pronghorn while he's looking for a big bull. Hoping to bring 200+ lbs of meat home to the freezer! I'm stuck at 3 points right now, will be looking to burn on the general elk tag in the coming years. Good luck to those in the draw!
12 points wont guarantee your father a bull tag in 23 this year.  I think he is in the running with those points but no guarantee at all. Last year with his 11 points he would have been successful. This year a lot of things can and will change.  Good luck!  By the way, you will need 7 plus points to get an antelope tag with a 27% chance of getting a dow antelope tag. about 49% chance of drawing your cow elk tag in 23.

All odds I have seen are 100% draw for unit 23 first choice regular with 12 points?  :dunno: We did have to back off unit 7 because the odds weren't as good. Antelope is going to be unit 63-2 (6%) first choice special, 2nd choice unit 23 65% odds. The cow tag is a 23-6.

A couple things for a heads up, not sure if you realize them or I am reading it wrong.
1) Wyoming goes through everyone’s first choice before moving to second choices, the chance of drawing unit 23 antelope second choice is 0%
2) Neither antelope unit 63 or 23 are within the boundaries of Elk unit 23.


Second choice special draw odds are 65% for unit 23 antelope with 1 point. And yes will be doing a bit of travel over the 5 days to get to unit 63 / 23 for antelope.

I appreciate ya'll making me double check my numbers!
Points don’t matter on the second choice, are you looking at 23-2 which is a private land only tag?


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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #157 on: March 03, 2023, 01:41:09 PM »
Looks like the Wyoming legislature is going to pass the increase on A/D/E special NR licenses. Elk will be close to $2000 and deer and antelope will be $1200 each. It just passed its third reading in the Wyoming legislature.  Won’t affect this years prices but it will next year. It wii have an impact on drawing odds this year I do believe.   Doesn’t affect the 60% quota in the regular. Just the 40% of the quota in special.
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #158 on: March 03, 2023, 04:52:05 PM »
Looks like the Wyoming legislature is going to pass the increase on A/D/E special NR licenses. Elk will be close to $2000 and deer and antelope will be $1200 each. It just passed its third reading in the Wyoming legislature.  Won’t affect this years prices but it will next year. It wii have an impact on drawing odds this year I do believe.   Doesn’t affect the 60% quota in the regular. Just the 40% of the quota in special.
That sucks, I agree the deer/ antelope draw will be effected this year and just the rumor probably skewed the elk draw a bit. Anyone’s guess as to how the numbers will swing though. My guess is the reg draw will have better odds than the special in more units than usual this year  :dunno:

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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #159 on: March 03, 2023, 08:48:16 PM »
Looks like the Wyoming legislature is going to pass the increase on A/D/E special NR licenses. Elk will be close to $2000 and deer and antelope will be $1200 each. It just passed its third reading in the Wyoming legislature.  Won’t affect this years prices but it will next year. It wii have an impact on drawing odds this year I do believe.   Doesn’t affect the 60% quota in the regular. Just the 40% of the quota in special.

What are A/D/E special licenses?
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #160 on: March 03, 2023, 08:50:50 PM »
I'd guess he's referring to antelope, deer, elk licenses.

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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #161 on: March 03, 2023, 08:54:06 PM »
Special is the higher priced draw. Licenses are the same, regular draw or special. The higher cost of the special draw just gets you better draw odds (usually).

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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #162 on: March 03, 2023, 09:43:24 PM »
Gotcha.  Now it makes sense.  Thank you.
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #163 on: March 03, 2023, 09:49:55 PM »
Just heard the bill passed and the Governor signed it into law.  Get out your wallets. I guess on the positive side, a special license will go back to increasing your draw Odd’s significantly.
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Re: Wyoming Elk 2023
« Reply #164 on: May 16, 2023, 04:27:15 AM »
Successful for general elk and cow/calf.
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