Montana sheep,goat,moose draw results are out. Hopefully someone had done better than myself...Try again next year....


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That's a big "Not Successful" this year too.

A big zero for me and a zero for my wife.... Next year....

3 Zeros (again) here

Thanks for letting us know. No goat for me, again this year. Being a non-resident, am I just urinating up a rope?
Be honest, not the "yeah y'are, get out and improve my odds" response. MT is where I'd live if TX didn't exist.
I buy the bonus points every year, but honestly, is it a 5-7 year thing or 15+?

Since nobody has responded yet; I did some asking around to those who have been playing the game longer than me. The response I got was anywhere from 8-15 years for goats and moose in some locations, better or worse depending on your luck especially with less than 1% draw in a lot of units.

It could take a lot longer with my luck (good deal since I'm horribly out of shape...wait is round a shape?).

So long story short be prepared to wait around 10 years for a tag, but draw systems work in mysterious ways so it could be less.

Thanks for the response. I'll try to keep a positive attitude and keep applying.

I try to stay fit, but have found that I'm a lot
more "inspired" to excercise and eat right when I have a major hunting trip planned. 'Don't really see a reason for it otherwise. I'm happily married, not one of those "I takes after my pappy, and he takes after ev'ry gal he sees"- type of guys, so I don't see a reason to stay "buff" unless there's a risk of being severely embarrassed in front of a guide several years older than me. I hunted elk last November between the Galatin and the Madison with, I found out later, two broken ribs. ('Fell off a horse, prior to my trip.) One day, going back up a high ridge after not finding a bull in any of the "honey holes" in the bottom, I was literally laying down at my guide's feet every twenty or thirty yards. The guide is at least a decade older than me (and drinks quite a bit more than me). Quite the learning experience. 'Killed a medium 6X6 later in the hunt, but that's another tale for another day.

Don't give up on a little excercise - anything is better than nothing. And on a hunt, getting up, going out, and wanting it bad enough counts for a helluva lot.

i have been putting in for moose and sheep since they started the drawing for permits here in montana and still havent drawen one but have been drawen for goats 6 times so there is no way to perdict what will happen its just the luck of the draw. ps have had friends draw moose tags 5 years in a row

I started appling for moose, sheep and goat back in the early 70's. Never got drawn once.

35+ years of bad luck

Have friends who applied for the first time a year ago and one drew a sheep and the other a goat. So much for bonus points.

Three zeros for me once again. Gotta keep trying. Hopefully, now that a successful person can't put in for 7 years, odds will go up over time. I like it when my check comes back!

Second mtn goat tag. Drew the first one in 1995. Also, signed up for the Beartooth Mountains unlimited sheep hunt (kill quota), but have waited 35 years for moose.

This is the second time that Montana has instituted the preference point system. We had it back the 70's and then they dropped it.

Congratulations. 'Hope you have a great hunt.

Thanks Cazador
BTW, Texas is where I'd live if there wasn't Montana. Born there, so I got bragging rights, but I escaped a long time ago.

Got lots of pounds to lose in three months, but I'll git 'er dun.

Your elk hunt up around the Helmet, Sphinx, Cowboy Heaven? Lots of grizz and wolves up there these days. Killed my first goat above Beaver Creek near Quake Lake. Very long day. Now 14 years later and 30 pounds heavier. Gawd!

You're fortunate to get your 6 X 6. Congratulations.

A big 0 for the wife and me...but not my son...he drew a moose tag for area 362 just north of West Yellowstone where he lives!!!!

Congrats on the Tag!!! When is the draw for Deer and Elk?

Successful: Big game combo

Still waiting on the elk special permit, sheep, goat, lion supertag draws.