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03 May 2005, 05:10
Madgoat
Wyoming Sheep, Moose, Mtn. Goat Draw results
Well...once AGAIN I came up empty in the draw. By the time I draw one of these damn things, I'll be over 100 years old. By that time, it will just be my pickled head in a jar over my robot body that goes hunting!!

Anyone else have better luck that I???

MG
03 May 2005, 05:47
kudu56
Nothing here either. bawling Nor my four sons. Next trick, elk, deer, antelope! One of the guys I work with, his wife drew one of 3 moose tags for area 9!
03 May 2005, 08:03
ELKMAN2
Nothing here either
03 May 2005, 21:04
Elkslayer
I DREW! jump ,,, a moose preference point.


NRA Life member, H-D FLHTC, Hunter Ed instructor, And a elk huntin' fool!
03 May 2005, 22:35
Aspen Hill Adventures
I also put in for a moose point. Can any of you predict how many points are needed for a successful drawing? I have 3 points now.

Waiting on the antelope draw now.


~Ann


04 May 2005, 01:23
Chet
Ann,

It depends on the Unit you apply for. Look on the Wyoming game and Fish website under the "Draw Odds" section and it will show you how many points were required to draw a tag in a particular unit for a given year. From there you can guess which units will require more or less points. On a side note, some of the units near Yellowstone and Teton Parks are experiencing a large decline in the moose population and a subsequent reduction in tags. Therefore, it is hard to predict the number of points it will take to draw in one of these units.

Chet
04 May 2005, 04:04
kudu56
25% are set aside for everyone, so only 75% is for max points each year. 3 Points? For a bull, you might be 80 when you draw. On points, but you still stand a chance at the 25%. Slim, but a chance. A cow, you could draw next year as a nonresident.
04 May 2005, 05:42
Aspen Hill Adventures
Thanks guys, but Kudu 56, at 80 I won't be able to chew that bull!

Chet, why are those areas experiencing a decline?


~Ann


04 May 2005, 05:58
kudu56
Ann, G&F, USF&W, say it is loss of habitat and the continuing drought, the outfitters and hunters say it is the wolves and grizzly bears. Some of the people that live in Sunlight Basin, 365 days a year and have lived there for 20+ years think it is the wolves. Maybe all combined! But the fact is the decline started about three years after the first release of wolves in that part of Wy.
04 May 2005, 17:27
Aspen Hill Adventures
Thanks for the update but it probably is a combo of all.


~Ann


04 May 2005, 22:19
cummins cowboy
what happens if you poach a wolf??


in times when one needs a rifle, he tends to need it very badly.....PHC
05 May 2005, 00:02
Northway
It will be/is the wolves. Unfortunately all you hunters in Montana/Wyoming/Idaho will suffer. Wolves will continue to decimate herds. Look at what is happening in Yellowstone. I feel sorry for you because getting some type of wolf control out there will nearly be impossible! Feeling sorry from Alaska.
05 May 2005, 00:07
Northway
cummins cowboy

Nothing will happen unless you get caught.