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Draw odds

Know your odds before you burn the points.

Every number is computed from the agencies’ own published draw statistics with open formulas — sources cited on every table, prediction error measured and published, never a black box.

Build my season →balances + budget in, a ranked application portfolio out — free

Plan with your party →everyone’s points in, every hunt ranked for the group

Research every hunt →every state’s hunt codes in one sortable, shareable table

Alaska2025 dataverified 2026-08-16

Pure random draw: tags ÷ applicants, points play no part.

Bison · Black bear · brown-bear · caribou · dall-sheep · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · muskox

Arizona2025 dataverified 2026-08-04

Hybrid: 20% of tags award by point rank, the remaining 80% through a lottery at points + 1 entries each over everyone still standing.

Bighorn sheep · Bison · Deer · Elk · Javelina · Pronghorn · Turkey

California2025 dataverified 2026-08-04

Hybrid: 90% of tags award by point rank, the remaining 10% through a flat random draw over everyone still standing.

Bighorn sheep · Deer · Elk · Pronghorn

Colorado2026 dataverified 2026-08-04

Pure preference: tags fill from the highest point level down; the last level in is a random subset, everyone below draws nothing.

Deer · Elk · Pronghorn

Idaho2026 dataverified 2026-08-13

Pure random draw: tags ÷ applicants, points play no part.

Bighorn sheep · Black bear · Deer · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · Pronghorn · Turkey

Maineverified 2026-08-16

Bonus: every applicant holds points + 1 lottery entries.

Explainer + calculator — statistics ingestion pending

Montana2026 dataverified 2026-08-04

Bonus squared: every applicant stays in the lottery holding points² + 1 entries — more points, better odds, nobody at zero.

Bighorn sheep · Deer · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · Pronghorn

North Dakota2025 dataverified 2026-08-16

Bonus with a cliff: 2×points + 1 entries through three points, then points³ + 1 from the fourth — the year the odds curve turns vertical.

Deer · Elk · Moose · Pronghorn

New Mexico2026 dataverified 2026-08-15

Pure random draw: tags ÷ applicants, points play no part.

barbary-sheep · Bighorn sheep · Deer · Elk · ibex · Javelina · oryx · Pronghorn

Nevada2025 dataverified 2026-08-15

Bonus squared: every applicant stays in the lottery holding points² + 1 entries — more points, better odds, nobody at zero.

Bighorn sheep · Black bear · Deer · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · Pronghorn

New Yorkverified 2026-08-16

Pure preference: tags fill from the highest point level down; the last level in is a random subset, everyone below draws nothing.

Explainer + calculator — statistics ingestion pending

Oregon2026 dataverified 2026-08-15

Hybrid: 75% of tags award by point rank, the remaining 25% through a flat random draw over everyone still standing.

Black bear · Deer · Elk · Pronghorn

Pennsylvania2025 dataverified 2026-08-12

Flat lottery: one entry each.

Elk

Utah2026 dataverified 2026-08-12

Hybrid: 50% of tags award by point rank, the remaining 50% through a lottery at points + 1 entries each over everyone still standing.

Bighorn sheep · Bison · Black bear · Deer · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · Pronghorn · Turkey

Washington2021 dataverified 2026-08-16

Bonus squared: every applicant stays in the lottery holding points² + 1 entries — more points, better odds, nobody at zero.

Bighorn sheep · Black bear · Deer · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · Turkey

Wyoming2026 dataverified 2026-08-04

Pure preference: tags fill from the highest point level down; the last level in is a random subset, everyone below draws nothing.

Bighorn sheep · Bison · Deer · Elk · Moose · Mountain goat · Pronghorn