You will only draw your second choice if there are more permits than applicants who applied as their first choice for that hunt. Any unit that took points to draw will not be abailable as a second choice. No points are used and to be honest there will not be many hunts available as a second choice.
Ok, now in the special draw, if I don’t draw my first choice would it be special draw odds for second choice? So a unit that requires 0 points in special would still be possible if I apply in the special draw
To be honest I would say forget about second choice. When I apply I don’t put a hunt down as a second choice. Many of the hunts available as a second choice are not worth my time coming from the east coast. That may be different for someone else tho who might have prior unit knowledge or private access
You will not draw 73, 74, or 75 unless you get extremely lucky in the random. 73 took 5 points last year to draw in the special. It will likely be higher this year. 74 and 75 took over 6 points to draw in the special. You are likely 1-2 years from being able to draw 73 and 2-3 years from drawing 74 and 75. You might be able to draw 27 depending on the number of people applying this year. It took over 4 to guarantee a tag last year. If you really want to hunt this fall, you should be looking at areas that were 100% draw last year with 4 points.
Forget about 2nd choice... Second choice used to be a realistic option 15 years ago. Now every area with decent public access sells out in the first drawing. Hence why they require points to draw. I haven't listed a second choice for 10 years as it's pointless. The tags you can draw second choice will be available when leftover tags go on sale generally. They are difficult public access areas where a hunter will struggle to find a place to hunt with animals on it.
Well I don't know about the 17 inch comment but 14 inchers can be found all over.
Hey im kinda late to the chat here and new to the forum, but am very familiar with the WY draw as I lived 28 years there and am an outfitter in the state. not trying to sell you a hunt or anything but you can hunt a lot of good units in WY with that number of points and kill just as good of a buck as anywhere in the state as long as you do the research and know what you are looking at trophy quality wise..... our best buck this year came from a unit that takes 0 points in the special.... 80+" goat. but back more to your questions...... if you don't draw your first choice and yo apply for second and third choices that aren't 0-1 point unit or doe tags you will not draw them. however if you do apply for a 2nd or 3rd choice and its a low draw odds unit it will not affect your current PP's. if you wanna chat on the phone about this it'd pry be little easier to explain. send me a PM if you'd like and we can chat. imo guys saving antelope points for 10 plus years in Wyoming are wasting their time theres big goats in dang near every unit you just have to know what you are looking at and where to look for them.
