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I applied for both bull and cow tags. I drew neither.
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I sent Pat and Nicole a message asking how they get a Kentucky elk tag nearly every year and they didn’t respond.
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I sent Pat and Nicole a message asking how they get a Kentucky elk tag nearly every year and they didn’t respond. It may be Nicole that's responsible................just saying, if you catch my drift.
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I'm guessing a whole lot of those shows are not getting their tags through the draws, but from landowners given tags to give/sell at their discretion.
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I didn’t get drawn either. I’ve put in every year since inception and never been drawn.
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have put in every year since they started around 1998-2000, never got drawn .but wifes cousins family member got drawn .He just a reguler Joe from Eastern Ky
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I'm guessing a whole lot of those shows are not getting their tags through the draws, but from landowners given tags to give/sell at their discretion. From what I've been told, KDFWR has tags that are sold to companies or individuals who are willing to spend the big bucks to do so. These tags are the ones that end up in the hands of the hunting celebrities. Never forget this.........KDFWR is all about money, and the more publicity that Kentucky elk hunting generates, the more money they will be raking in.
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James I agree. I used to put in every year when they first opened it... then as they promoted it more and more, it got unobtainable.
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I'll be going into this Michigan Elk draw with 20 trys this, but so will a bunch of others!
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F all these non-tradition elk states. The have a herd of 2 elk and 50 bazillion hunters who want one of those two big ones. Pure BS.
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Applied for bull and cow tags 0/2. This was my first year applying, I was planning to use my points in Wyoming but my wife is due in November…
I do believe I heard that KY is going to implement a system for loyal applicants similar to points systems out west though, maybe odds will start getting better for those who have put in for a while.
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Applied for bull and cow tags 0/2. This was my first year applying, I was planning to use my points in Wyoming but my wife is due in November…
I do believe I heard that KY is going to implement a system for loyal applicants similar to points systems out west though, maybe odds will start getting better for those who have put in for a while. Just going to make it all but impossible for those not on the ground floor. Though I participate in many point systems in many states, I detest them. Random draw is the only fair way IMO.
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REAL, FAIR, random draw which has never taken place to date in Kentucky.
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REAL, FAIR, random draw which has never taken place to date in Kentucky. Well, KY Fish & Wildlife has completely fugged the turkey population and turkey season, has basically turned deer season into one big archery hunt (screw the firearms hunters), for years had absolutely ridiculous varmint regulations, and currently has absolutely ridiculous bear regulations - if there is a way they could screw up elk season, you know they would get it done.
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Anybody get lucky this year? I can't find any results, but I'm not holding my breath about my chances. Been putting in for a tag since the draw first started, and have yet to draw one. The only person I know that has ever been drawn lives in your front yard
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I drew a late season cow tag last year after 4-5 years of applying. I was not successful due to a number of factors including guide incompetence and very warm weather.
After listening to some of the locals discussions, I probably won’t waste my money again. They all believe that the KYFW is crooked in the draw system just as some of you have said. They also said that KYFW had trapped some elk in the area we were hunting for relocation but continued to issue the same number of tags so the population was way down……
As usual with state govt, money is the only thing that matters…..
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Anybody get lucky this year? I can't find any results, but I'm not holding my breath about my chances. Been putting in for a tag since the draw first started, and have yet to draw one. The only person I know that has ever been drawn lives in your front yard LOL..........he must have gotten luck from his mama, because he didn't get it from me. I know a person from Logan County who got drawn several years ago.
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I put in every year. I know it's corrupt as hell, but for two gallons of gas, it's not a crazy spend.
Hell, I drive 2000 miles each way to hunt elk every year. Would be nice to stay within 4-500miles and hunt elk.
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I drew a gun tag for a cow elk in 2010. Got a nice cow.
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I didn’t get drawn either. I’ve put in every year since inception and never been drawn. I just saw this. Sorry again SAS.
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