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I have to think it over. I don't want to pay 600 some dollars for antelope tag.

I’m sitting on 7 pts in WY am debating between using it this year OR simply wait until I get 15 or so. I’m not sure if the wait is worth it but am investigating outfitters and opportunities to target 80” bucks.

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You're in a pretty good place but wait and see what numbers do this year and into next, etc.
Look over those outfitters carefully, many have 100% success but take lots of 12 in. or so bucks.
Lots of areas can produce 80" bucks on good years.

I drew a NR antelope tag in Wyoming last fall with less than 5% draw odds. Drew the one random NR tag in that unit. If you want to hunt a hard to draw tag, don’t be afraid to apply.

They average points? I thought they reduced to the lowest held by a member of the group. Used to be able to draw where we go whenever I put in, maybe the odd year out once. I'm on year 4 applying and every year it creeps up. Sounds like you have a solid plan and unit picked out already. Mature goats are more resilient than the babies on lean tears unless it's really bad. Throw your hat in the ring and see what happens, October is a long ways away and there's a lot of other things that can go wrong in the mean time

Wyoming averages your PP , out to at least 4 decimal places.
Quotas will not be out until late April or early May, do not apply until they come out.

Sounds like good advice

That’s right
And you have until August 1st to apply for antelope so wait unit the last minute for the most up to day information

Deadline is May 31, iirc. But waiting until Aug 1 will certainly increase one's chances to apply for a preference point ;-)

The listing below is from the Wyoming Game and Fish website. For NONRESIDENTS the application closing date for antelope is May 31. If your application is not in by then you cannot draw a tag in 2022. The license Quotas are set by the Game Commission independent of the application deadline dates, and the drawing date of June 16 is set to occur after the Quota numbers are approved by the Game Commission. You cannot wait until August to apply unless you are applying for a preference point only.


License Type: Antelope, Open Date: January 3, Close Date: May 31, Modify/Withdraw: May 31, Draw Results: June 16,
Preference Points Only: July 1 - October 31

The whole list of dates for all big game species is at the url below. Nonresident and Resident are different, and there are click box links for each list on this page.

https://wgfd.wyo.gov/hunting/application-dates-and-deadlines

It's a group application----average----we are looking at unit 7

7 got hit hard the past two winters, especially late winter. Add to that the EHD outbreak last year, and they took a pretty good beating. I was hunting mulies there last year, on a large chunk of private. Numbers of both deer and pronghorns was way down from previous years.

Thanks---eagle. Exactly the info I need. Bob

You will not know how many licenses are available until quotas are set in April. If we have a late storm and numbers are affected they will takes licenses out of the draw and it will affect your drawing odds.
Numbers are down across the state, some areas way down but good hunting is still out there.
Let them set the quotas then look over areas and draw odds.

It’s a great year to spend max points on unit 16.