In BC, all big game animals except grizzly and bison have an open season in various parts of the province.
Grizzly and Bison are the only ones that you HAVE to enter a LEH to get a tag for.
There is also special LEH tags, that permit you to hunt under special circumstances, for instance you can hunt 3/4 curl bighorns and everyone else has to hold out for a full curl, etc...
Posts: 3082 | Location: Pemberton BC Canada | Registered: 08 March 2001
We have a lotterie for bears in Wis takes on the avg of 4 years to get a tag. You get a point every year you apply most of the time you get a tag in 4 years.
Posts: 20084 | Location: wis | Registered: 21 April 2001
Alberta sells over the counter rifle tags for all species except for Grizzly, Mountain Goat and Pronghorn (from memory). But you're limited in the areas where these tags are valid. If you want a certain species in a certain area, you may end up in a drawing process.
Thanks to all that replied. I was in a bit of a rush when I penned the topic, so let me clarify.
I know that just about every state has a draw for big game animals in short supply, such as the Kansas elk tags and "any deer" (needed for mulies) tags. I also understand that most western states will have some units where residents need to draw.
What I really want to know is which states require residents to enter a lottery for even common big game animals like white tail deer, or have draw requirements through MOST of their game management units.
Posts: 2206 | Location: USA | Registered: 31 August 2002
Don't know that it's a lottery, indeed I must say it isn't, but all big game and deer tags are by drawing here in NV. I may be mistaken, but I believe CO is all by draw now, although some are near gaurantees. The only state that I personally know of that actually has a lottery for tags is Maine for moose, but there may be others.
Posts: 747 | Location: Nevada, USA | Registered: 22 May 2003
quote:Originally posted by Arts: Don't know that it's a lottery, indeed I must say it isn't, but all big game and deer tags are by drawing here in NV. I may be mistaken, but I believe CO is all by draw now, although some are near gaurantees. The only state that I personally know of that actually has a lottery for tags is Maine for moose, but there may be others.
A drawing and a lottery are the same thing. You send in an application and money, and you may or may not get the tag (you get your money back if you don't draw).
In Kansas, pronghorn, elk, and mule deer are by lottery. Everything else, you pay the money and get the tag over the counter.
Posts: 2206 | Location: USA | Registered: 31 August 2002
A few parts of NM are still over the counter for deer. Everything else is lottery/drawing, unless you got the cash to buy a landowner tag. That's another scam they got going here in NM. Too bad it's not like CO where at least the landowners have to demonstrate they are improving the land to get the tags. Here they just dole 'em out.
Posts: 3312 | Location: Southern NM USA | Registered: 01 October 2002
Colorado now has a drawing for all antelope and mule deer tags. Many bull elk tags are available over the counter. Went yesterday and bought a cow elk tag over the counter for a specific area. First time for that!
Posts: 3490 | Location: Colorado Springs, CO | Registered: 04 April 2003
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, California, South Dakota, North Dakota, permits are all on draw. Idaho, New Mexico, have numerous units that are by draw only. I believe Washington and Oregon have a tight draw also, I am unaware of any Over the Counter tags.
So Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming are about the only states that offer good numbers of tags to Resident hunters without having to draw. Nonresidents still have to draw in WY and MT.
Posts: 99 | Location: USA | Registered: 27 April 2001
Not a big deal, Orion1, but I always considered a lottery to be a situation where one purchases chance for a drawing, such as the Maine moose lottery. Webster seems to think along the same lines.
Posts: 747 | Location: Nevada, USA | Registered: 22 May 2003
