2021 Application Deadlines

[TRICER]

Well its almost that time of year again. If any of you wonder how a lot of us go on these out of state hunts every year it's because we put the time and research in. You have to pay to play. I think Colorado mule deer is on the books for me this year for sure, possible UT cow hunt, probably AZ youth deer with the possibility of a youth cow hunt. Always applying in NM. Then there is always the off chance I get lucky since I apply in 7 states I could get a once in a lifetime on a whim. I love application season. @NBK where you spending your 50 points this year?

Application Deadline Date	Approved Or Tentative Dates	State	Draw/Points/Leftover	Species/Item
December 15	Approved	Alaska	Draw	Roosevelt Elk, Dall Sheep, Mountain Goat, Moose, Caribou, Bison, Muskox, Brown/Grizzly Bear, Black Bear
February 1	Approved	Wyoming	Draw	Nonresident Elk
February 9	Tentative	Arizona	Draw	Elk, Antelope
February 10	Approved	Oregon	Draw	Black Bear
February 10	Tentative	New Mexico	Draw	Black Bear
February 15	Approved	Idaho	Draw	Black Bear (Controlled)
February 22	Tentative	Utah	Draw	Black Bear
February 26	Tentative	Arizona	CC update	Elk and Antelope Deadline To Update Card Information And To Purchase Point Guard
February 28	Tentative	Washington	Draw	Black Bear
March 1	Approved	Wyoming	Draw	Moose, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat
March 4	Approved	Utah	Draw	Mule Deer, Antelope, Elk, Sheep, Moose, Mountain Goat
March 8	Tentative	Nevada	Draw	Nonresident Mule Deer Guided Draw
March 17	Tentative	New Mexico	Draw	Guided Draw (All Species)
March 17	Tentative	New Mexico	Draw	Barbary Sheep, Rocky Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Coues Deer, Elk, Ibex, Javelina, Antelope, Oryx, Black Bear
March 18	Approved	Utah	Points/App Withdraw	Bonus Point or Application Withdraw
March 22	Tentative	Arizona	Leftover	Leftover Elk/Antelope Permits Available
March 31	Tentative	North Dakota	Draw	Bighorn Sheep, Elk, Moose
March 31	Approved	Wyoming	Draw	Bison
April 1	Tentative	Montana	Draw	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer and Elk
April 1	Tentative	South Dakota	Draw	Nonresident Deer Archery
April 6	Tentative	Colorado	Draw	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Elk, Antelope, Rocky Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Moose, Mountain Goat, Black Bear
April 15	Approved	Wyoming	Modify	Modify/Withdraw Moose, Sheep, Bison, Mountain Goat
April 16	Tentative	South Dakota	Draw	Special Buck
April 30	Approved	Kansas	Draw	Nonresident Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer
April 30	Approved	Idaho	Draw	Moose, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat
May 1	Tentative	Montana	Draw	Moose, Rocky Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, Bison
May 3	Tentative	Nevada	Draw	Mule Deer, Elk, Antelope, Rocky Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, California Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, Black Bear
May 10	Approved	Wyoming	Modify	Nonresident Elk Modify/Withdraw
May 10	Tentative	Nevada	Points/App Withdraw	Bonus Point or Application Withdraw
May 15	Approved	Oregon	Draw	Mule Deer, Columbian Blacktail Deer, Columbian Whitetail Deer, Elk, Roosevelt Elk, Antelope, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat
May 19	Tentative	South Dakota	Draw	Elk, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat
May 20	Tentative	Washington	Draw	Mule Deer, Columbian Blacktail Deer, Elk, Roosevelt Elk, Sheep, Mountain Goat, Moose
May 31	Approved	Idaho	Super Tag	First Idaho Super Hunt Draw Deadline
June 1	Approved	Wyoming	Draw	Resident Elk
June 1	Approved	Wyoming	Draw	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Antelope
June 1	Tentative	Montana	Draw	Antelope, Deer B, Elk B, Antelope B
June 2	Tentative	California	Draw	Mule Deer, Columbian Blacktail Deer, Elk, Tule Elk, Roosevelt Elk, Antelope, Bighorn Sheep, Black Bear
June 2	Tentative	North Dakota	Draw	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer
June 5	Approved	Idaho	Draw	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Elk, Antelope, Fall Bear (Controlled)
June 5	Tentative	Nebraska	Draw	Nonresident Elk
June 6	Tentative	Iowa	Draw	Whitetail Deer
June 8	Tentative	Arizona	Draw	Mule Deer, Coues Deer, Rocky Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Bison
June 11	Tentative	Kansas	Draw	Elk, Antelope and Resident Deer
June 11	Tentative	South Dakota	Draw	Mule Deer and Whitetail Deer - Deer Muzzleloader, West River, East River, Black Hills, Custer State Park, Refuge Deer
June 15	Tentative	Nevada	Draw	Big Game Second Draw
June 16	Tentative	South Dakota	Draw	2nd Draw For (Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer) East River, West River, Black Hills, NWR Deer, Archery And Prarie Elk
June 17	Tentative	Utah	Draw	Antlerless Elk And Antlerless Mule Deer
June 21	Tentative	Nevada	Points	2nd Draw Points Application And Application Withdraw Period
June 23	Tentative	New Mexico	Leftover Tags Open	Resident Only Leftover Tags First 24 Hours
June 24	Tentative	Arizona	CC Update	Deadline To Update Your Card Information And To Purchase PointGuard
June 24	Tentative	New Mexico	Leftover Tags Open	Nonresident And Resident Leftover Tags
June 25	Tentative	Wyoming	Leftover Draw	Leftover Mule Deer, Whitetail, Elk, Antelope
June 25	Tentative	Nebraska	Draw	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Antelope, Resident Elk
July 1	Approved	Wyoming	Super Tag	Bighorn Sheep, Moose, Elk, Mountain Goat, Deer, Bison, Antelope, Mountain Lion, Wolf and Black Bear
July 6	Tentative	Montana	Alternate List	Nonresident Alternate List Deadline
July 6	Tentative	Colorado	Second Draw	Elk, Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Bear, Antelope
July 12	Tentative	Wyoming	Resident OTC	Resident OTC Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Elk Licenses Available
July 12	Tentative	Wyoming	Leftover Tags Open	Leftover Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Elk, Antelope (First Come, First Served) Available
July 16	Tentative	Utah	Leftover Tags Open	Utah Remaining Limited Entry, Leftover General Elk Available
July 19	Tentative	Arizona	Leftover Tags Open	Leftover Mule Deer, Coues Deer, Javelina Available
July 21	Tentative	Utah	Leftover Tags Open	Utah Remaining General Season Mule Deer And Youth Available
July 23	Tentative	Nevada	Leftover Tags Open	Nevada First Come, First Served Available
July 24	Tentative	North Dakota	Draw	Resident Only 2nd Deer Drawing
July 26	Tentative	Arizona	Leftover Tags Open	First Come First Served Leftover Tags Available
August 1	Approved	Idaho	Leftover Tags Open	Any Returned/Leftover Nonresident OTC Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer Or Elk Tags Available To Residents And Nonresidents
August 2	Tentative	Nebraska	OTC	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer - Remaining Permits And Non-Draw Permits Available
August 3	Tentative	Colorado	Leftover Tags Open	Leftover Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Elk, Antelope
August 4	Tentative	North Dakota	Draw	Antelope
August 4	Tentative	Colorado	OTC	OTC Leftover Limited Licenses Available
August 6	Tentative	Colorado	OTC	OTC Unlimited Tags Available
August 6	Tentative	Montana	Leftover	Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Elk Permits, Deer B, Elk Surplus List Signup
August 7	Tentative	Nebraska	Draw	Resident Bighorn Sheep
August 10	Approved	Idaho	Super Tag	Idaho Second Super Hunt Draw Deadline
August 13	Tentative	South Dakota	Draw	Antelope Firearm
August 15	Approved	Idaho	Draw	2nd Controlled Draw
August 23	Tentative	Montana	Leftover	Antelope, Antelope B, Special Mountain Lion, Surplus List Signup
September 30	Tentative	Montana	Points	All Species
October 12	Tentative	Arizona	Draw	Spring Bison, Black Bear And Javelina
November 1	Approved	Wyoming	Points	All Species
November 30	Tentative	Oregon	Points	All Species
December 1	Tentative	Idaho	OTC	Nonresident Deer, Elk General Season Purchase Date Opens
December 15	Tentative	South Dakota	Points	All Species

 

[JakeSCH]

$$ I need to start thinking about this. Most likely I will do CO cow elk and D16...everything else is up in the air. I have my eye on antelope, would love to eat a speed goat.

Bull elk - ?
Mule deer - CO
spring black bear?
Antelope - WY?
Maybe I'll get lucky and draw a moose tag somewhere.

 

[HortoTheSlayer]

Oh the possibilities...

 

[HATCHET1]

It's Ca A ZONE for me!! Im feeling lucky this year!! 20 points and counting!!

 

[TRICER]

$$ I need to start thinking about this. Most likely I will do CO cow elk and D16...everything else is up in the air. I have my eye on antelope, would love to eat a speed goat.

Bull elk - ?
Mule deer - CO
spring black bear?
Antelope - WY?
Maybe I'll get lucky and draw a moose tag somewhere.

I have 4 points in WY and might be into an early season goat hunt. We talked about doing a big party goat hunt with buck and doe tags. The possibilities are endless. I could get lucky and draw a good late season Bull tag in AZ and it will screw up all my plans. I love app season.

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Great info, Truduct. Thanks for posting it.

 

[breacher]

AZ is youth-hunter-friendly. Lots of options. Deer or elk next fall....

 

[TRICER]

AZ is youth-hunter-friendly. Lots of options. Deer or elk next fall....

Boys have 3 points for elk I am tempted to get them on an early October cow hunt over there. We saw a ton on our bull hunt a few years back it would be a fun hunt.

 

[Lungpopper]

I still have a New Mexico hunt to plan for. 2.5 weeks away. Makes it hard to wrap my brain around where I want to go 9 months from now.

 

[TaftHunter]

Already picked up my 2021 Idaho tag! Goodluck in the draws fellas


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[BOWUNTR]

AZ is youth-hunter-friendly. Lots of options. Deer or elk next fall....

It's actually easier to draw a general tag than a youth tag in Az. My daughters have 6 elk points because they have never drawn a youth cow tag. Ed F

 

[Zak]

June 8

Tentative

Arizona

Draw

Mule Deer, Coues Deer, Rocky Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Bison

Now this could potentially save me the $160 license fee, I bought my license on the deadline for 2020 (June 9), so looks like the license is still good for 2021 too. This is from AZ hunting regs:

An applicant must possess a license (in-cluding lifetime, pioneer or disabled veteran’s) that is valid on the last day of the application deadline for that draw.

 

[TRICER]

It will be good for elk in January as well. This is how CA license should be especially our fishing licenses.

 

[HATCHET1]

We love Ca! 2 deer a year...5 turkeys a year..as many hogs as you have tags for..Birds for Days!! And lets not forget the rabbits! Lots of other sht too...man its hard to beat!

 

[HATCHET1]

O...and lets not forget that Osos!! For Now...uggh.

 

[Herson]

I still have a New Mexico hunt to plan for. 2.5 weeks away. Makes it hard to wrap my brain around where I want to go 9 months from now.

what are you going to be hunting out there?

 

[Herson]

Im planning on

NM:
Bull Elk, Archery, Draw
Bull Elk, Any weapon, Draw
Bear, OTC and draw for WMA
Barbary sheep (in a couple of weeks OTC tag)
Mountain Lion (in a couple of weeks OTC tag)

CA:
Deer, D14, D11, or A22 (might just stick with OTC tag)

 

[Kellendv]

Im planning on

NM:
Bull Elk, Archery, Draw
Bull Elk, Any weapon, Draw
Bear, OTC and draw for WMA
Barbary sheep (in a couple of weeks OTC tag)
Mountain Lion (in a couple of weeks OTC tag)

CA:
Deer, D14, D11, or A22 (might just stick with OTC tag)

FYI you cannot bring any mountain lion parts (hide or meat) back into California. Not sure if you had other plans for it.

 

[rtowle]

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[TaftHunter]

2021 Western Big Game Hunting Application Deadlines

A state by state look at everything in regards to application deadlines and draw result dates

www.gohunt.com

If you guys don’t have gohunt already, it’s definitely an extremely helpful tool for out of state hunting. It’s $150 for a membership, but worth every dime.

Research that used to take me literally hours to find, now takes minutes


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