I know some of you have me beat but I have 20 pp in Gun Deer Either Sex

Who has the most PPd in a category?

Pronghorn with 27 points. I had 27 points in Gun Deer Either Sex when I drew that hunt, so maybe this is the year for me to draw Pronghorn.

This does't give me much hope. Sitting on 15 Pronghorn points.

Just finished making my annual $75 donation to the TPWD draw. Maybe something will pop this year.

Honestly with Pronghorn, you and I are more likely to go to our graves with those points than to draw. There is only one hunt with a single hunt period in the category. There are 8 permits available and 10276 applicants last year. Being a highly sought after hunt with both residents and non residents applying religiously for several years and years to come, many of those 10276 applicants are going to be well into the double digit points. And everyone's points are cubed now so it equates to a massive amount of compounding drops in the hat that 8 or less permits a year is never going to trickle down. What is crazy is Pronghorn had more applicants than either of the three guided draw hunts, Bighorn, Gemsbok, Oryx each had. But we can't draw it if we don't try.

20 each in Exotic and Pronghorn.

I am a rookie compared toy you guys. I have 8 in muleys, either sex and exotic but I only do a few of the better ones each year. Saving those points for some horns one day.

21 gun deer either
20 proghorn
18 gun mule deer
10 gun deer managment
drew archery deer last year with 13 points

TPWD draw system SUCKS when it takes over a decade to draw and they offer fewer hunts every year!!!

yes texas draw system is bad and everyone should give up on their points this year i not put in as well i promise
all kidding aside i have given up on alot of western state points recently because point creep is impossible to overcome and the cost of the buying points has gone through the roof. I gave up 17 points in wyoming for bighorn, moose, and mountain goat.

The odds for the top end animal and premier elk, mule deer and pronghorn units are abysmal. But I wouldn't give up on elk or pronghorn points in those states. There are a lot of places to hunt that don't require max points. You are correct, though, about point creep. I was 2 points behind max on pronghorn and based on the odds it was going to be another 7 years before I could be reasonably sure to draw the red desert. But had a good hunt with my son in a unit that required 6.5 points. I'll still put in for goat and sheep in states that have a random draw possibility if I'm going to buy a license to draw elk or deer anyway.

Pronghorn in Texas is, if I recall, about the same odds as sheep in western states.

i'm just a young mid 50s guy with points in the teens, here's to dreaming another year

Yikes! I'm like Bigfoot.

I'm only at 8 points in GDE and that has felt like a long time.

That is my highest Point Category. Next up is Archery, Management and Feral Hog with 5 points.

Only at 4 on Gun Mule Deer and Exotic.

All the other categories are either 4 or less.

I've got 21 in exotic and 19 in GDE. double digits in a few others. At 66 i'm hoping to hit within the next 5-10 years.

I seem to draw something every year. Some better than others but I still have a great time regardless if I am squirrel hunting or deer hunting. Just being outdoors is great. I seem to put in on more archery and doe hunts but more careful with mule deer, exotic and GDE. I'm looking forward to this year. Hopefully it's a good one!

I haven't been putting in for draw hunts cause I spend most my time duck hunting on public land (plenty of places to duck hunt). Never shot a deer or hog but want to. Ive been putting in almost every category for big game this year to built up points. But, I've been at 4 points for Spring Turkey last year and was drawn. I think this year I have 2 points in private deer and guided exotic. Think I'll have better odds trying to get on somewhere by stand by.

I will go to several of the standby hunts. Now, being retired, I have the time to go anywhere during the week.

Yes, my experience has been good attending stand by.

28 points for exotic.

That was my plan before I started having mobility issues.

I am in the teens for big horn and scmitar oryx. I have 8 in archery deer and 5 in exotic. I have drawn exotic twice in the past 10 years. Last year I got blanked.

A friend of mine knows a guy who won the pronghorn hunt a few years ago. Said he drove from SE Texas to the Panhandle. Got to the ranch and they said "hey, lets go drive around the ranch and scout." He said as they drove around, they saw one and said "thats a good one, let shoot him." So he did and the hunt was done.

I have 14 or more points in 6 different categories. At this point, I am being super selective.

That’s basically all pronghorn hunts.

28 - pronghorn
21 - exotic
19 - private lands either sex
14 - private lands pronghorn
14 - bighorn sheep
12 - private lands antlerless
11 - gemsbok

I’ve drawn a lot of tags, I shouldn’t of. That’s beauty of some of that true PP or hybrid systems.

Every years some one on THF draws a tag they shouldn’t of

Yep, you never know. I with two others in the party had a stretch where we drew alligator every year for 5 years in a row. Each time we got our first or second choice hunt period too.

29 points this Year for exotic.