I am glad I started applying 20 years ago when apps were paper and snuck in with a WY tag in 2011 and New Hampshire in 2012. The systems and odds have blown up since then. In addition, lucky to have scored a small bull on the wolf infested WY hunt and a wallhanger in NH. The only place I am continuing is Maine, but only since I have 15+ NR points and my odds are multiplied by their convoluted system. I still don't expect to ever draw there. If I were going in on the ground floor today I would pass on all moose apps except for perhaps ID or CO (resident only). Best realistic option today is to save money and do an Ontario semi-guided hunt first to get your feet wet, then a guided Newfoundland hunt.

Now all I need is for Illinois to overhaul their outrageous and unsustainable state employee pension system so I can afford to actually buy a home decent enough to display my mount.