Drawing question!

[Iowagiants90]

for you out of staters! how long are u guys waiting for bow tags, shotgun tags, and muzz tags to hunt iowa? i know it all depends on how many people send in zone wise, just wondering how long it usually takes for some guys thanks!

 

[Altiman94]

Did you not check the published draw odds?

 

[hoosierhunter]

If your lucky in the best zones it will take 2 points(3 years of applying) and your chances are 40-50%. On the 4 year you should draw unless your unlucky.

Btw as alt said they are published on the DNR website.

Good luck

 

[Spysar]

Did you not check the published draw odds?

The chart they give, for me, is hard to understand. I'm not picking up what they're putting down.

I want to see a chart that says something like; zone 9- 0% chance of drawing with no point, 10% chance of drawing with 1 point, 50% chance of drawing with 2 points.....etc

And if people get declined with 3 points, how is it that people with 2 points get tags??? Or is that even possible?

 

[MN Hunter]

I drew a bow tag last year with having only 1 point.

 

[150 Class]

The chart they give, for me, is hard to understand. I'm not picking up what they're putting down.

I want to see a chart that says something like; zone 9- 0% chance of drawing with no point, 10% chance of drawing with 1 point, 50% chance of drawing with 2 points.....etc

And if people get declined with 3 points, how is it that people with 2 points get tags??? Or is that even possible?

The way I understand it, someone with 3 points will get a tag before someone with 2. Two exceptions are 1) someone applying for points, but not for a tag and 2) someone applying with a group since the lowest points in the group counts for everyone in the group.

Some of the chart is easy to translate. If you applied for a gun tag and you had one point, you should have been guaranteed a tag, unless you were in one of the groups mentioned above. Gun hunters with no points had above a 20% chance of drawing, depending on the zone. The odds for that are shown.

Bow apps zones 1, 2, 7, 8 & 10 with one point should have been in and some with no points drew tags (odds are shown for that). Zones 3, 6 & 9 if they have one point this year, should get drawn. I would assume it was close to the same as that this last year. That only leaves zones 4 & 5. Zone 4 with two points should draw this year. Zone 5 with two most will, depending on how many are only applying for points or applying as a group.

Now, I am sure some math wizard will crush my thinking, but that's OK. I'm wrong quite often.

 

[hans1]

I am in contact with a lot of nr hunters and have been for many years last year of about 40 people that applied with 2 points nine of them drew so maybe 30 percent. Everyone with 3 points that I knew did get a tag this is zone 5 . The number of what I call point collectors which is people with 3+ points and no idea when they are hunting will surprise you. The reason is with all the people that have points but don't try for a tag as soon as eligible. I have seen the points "creep" to where most good zones will be 3points soon.