Wagonmaster
05-30-2013, 09:39 PM
I am curious to know if anyone has ever been successful getting a moose tag in the second choice category. Occasionally, people have indicated that they applied for one area as a first choice, say 5-13B, and then filled in 5-13C as their second choice (in a previous thread, someone indicated they did this). The way I see it, the odds would have to be 1:1 or less to have any hope of getting drawn. Even if the odds are fairly good, say 3:1 where there are 10 authorizations available, that would mean that 30 hunters are going to apply for the 10 tags. If that many normally apply for that hunt, all the available tags are going to go to first choice applications. No tags will be available for second choices. ie. it makes no sense to fill in the second choice box in almost all moose hunts. There are very few with odds at 1:1 or less. Applying for 5-13C as a second choice is a waste of time. I would be interested to know if someone has been successful in such a case, as that would indicate to me that there was a screw-up with the draw.