Thinking of trying to draw this tag for the 2019 season.
As anyone been out there recently? Trophy quality, numbers, public land?
Thank you.
As anyone been out there recently? Trophy quality, numbers, public land?
Thank you.
Antelope unit 96
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LCH
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Was it 9 in the regular? I'm on my phone and can't see the draw odds easily.
I noticed that this year with the price increase, a lot of units had a large difference in the amount of points required to draw in the regular vs. special draw. My unit this year took 3 in the regular, but could be drawn 3rd choice in the special.
I expect the gap to narrow back up in the next couple of years, once people see what they can get with the extra $$ for the special tag.
Good luck if you go for it, I can't imagine having a bad Wyoming pronghorn hunt in a unit with that much public land!
I noticed that this year with the price increase, a lot of units had a large difference in the amount of points required to draw in the regular vs. special draw. My unit this year took 3 in the regular, but could be drawn 3rd choice in the special.
I expect the gap to narrow back up in the next couple of years, once people see what they can get with the extra $$ for the special tag.
Good luck if you go for it, I can't imagine having a bad Wyoming pronghorn hunt in a unit with that much public land!
I was looking at 2017 stats. Those may have changed from 2017 to 2018.
https://www.toprut.com/hunt/wyoming-antelope-unit-96/?v=22
https://www.toprut.com/hunt/wyoming-antelope-unit-96/?v=22
HighPlainsHunter
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in the 2017 NR special draw there were two people who put in with a combined 11 preference points (5.5 each) 100% draw.
There were 2 more who had 3 preference points, and only 1 of them drew. Thus the 3 preference point draw was only 50%.
And 1 more applicant who had less than 3 PP's and did not draw.
Total of only 5 applicants in the NR special draw
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/content/PDF/Hunting/Drawing Odds/DRAW_ANT_PP_NONRESSP_2017.pdf
This year was a much different story. Total of 51 applicants, up from 5 last year.
3 applicants with between 6-7 PP's, 100% draw.
48 applicants with less than 6 PP's 0% draw
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/content/PDF/Hunting/Drawing Odds/DRAW_ANT_PP_NONRESSP_2018.pdf
It would appear that one of the publications must have promoted this unit to cause a huge jump in apps like that.
HighPlainsHunter
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I'd focus on the actual Wyoming stats as those do not tell the real story. 3 PP was only 50% draw in 2017 for example.
I think price increases have contributed to the application bump. Fear of prices rising higher put a lot of people in a position to evaluate how long they wanted to play the game. Points only people cashing in.