texastrophies Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Arizona elk and antelope applications are due on Feb 9th. Here is a link. https://www.azgfd.com/Hunting/Draw Arizona has made a change this year in how they award NR tags. The no more than 10% is the same, but now only a max of 5% are in the max point drawing. The remaining 5% are in the random drawing. A couple of thoughts on this, previously if you wanted to hunt deer on the Strip or rifle hunt bulls during the rut and didn't have max points (currently in the 20's for both) you were out of luck. Now, if you apply with less than max points, you at least have a chance at the remaining 5%. The odds will be horrendous, but there is a chance. The second thought is that now that the second 5% is in the random draw, and NR's aren't guaranteed 10% of the tags, I am sure there will be some drawings where this change will just add an additional 5% of the tags to the R's. I can't really complain, as I have hunted both deer and elk in the past 2 years. Hope to do so again if a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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