More and more states are setting aside special trophy areas and implementing a "limited lottery draw" as a type of management program to yield more trophy animals. Some states are also providing public hunts on private land through cooperative programs with landowners. With this limited hunting pressure, the animals mature to their full trophy potential. This idea of limited permits is the same management concept used on United States Outfitters' private land leases. United States Outfitters had recognized this and is offering the best of these limited draw type of hunts to our clients through this innovative new service. The unique aspect of our program is that we physically apply the applications for you, the hunter, yearly, at no charge.
Started in 1991, United States Outfitter's Professional Licensing Service provides a new concept in the not-so-new sport of hunting. United States Outfitters has identified, in our opinion, the best hunting opportunities in many of the Rocky Mountain States. We consult with you about your hunting goals, then make the selected applications for you. This eliminates the hassle of the application process for you, i.e. incorrect applications, missed deadlines, and the required research and phone calls to find the hunt for you. With constantly changing regulations and hunt dates from state to state, this program provides a valuable service.
Most often, quality tags do not go unnoticed by others. The competition for these tags is intense. This necessitates making applications to numerous states to increase your chance of drawing a quality tag. All our applications are in areas having limited tags, and while other hunters may be present in the area, the lack of numbers is what gives these hunts the true "quality hunting experience."
In order to participate in the service and get your portfolio of applications started, you need to send us the one-time consulting fee of $120, any Fee for Bonus/Preference Point (if applicable), any Non-Refundable License Fee (if applicable), the Non-Refundable Application Fee, plus the tag fees per your choices in column 1 or 2 on the application form. United States Outfitters will provide information and recommendations, based on the extesive research and expertise we have acquired through the years as one of the leaders in the outfitting industry.
United States Outfitters will provide all the needed applications, statistics, harvest percentages, draw percentages and preference program information for you. It would be costly and time consuming for you to research and plan this caliber of hunt. The service does it all for you. Best of all, your application is filed yearly at no charge. That's right, your application is filed year after year at no charge until your permit is drawn or you voluntarily withdraw from the service. If the state increases the license cost or you have elected to use a state's bonus point program, you would then be invoiced for the amount of change.
Enrolling in the service is easy. United States Outfitters' Professional Licensing Application is completed to include all the information required by the various state game and fish departments. A Registered Agent and Limited Power of Attorney will also be executed by you in favor of United States Outfitters so United States Outfitters can sign your hunt application for you. The biography portion gives us an insight of the quality you are looking for as well as any physical limitations you might have.
Once you have drawn your tag, the Professional Licensing Service provides you the additional benefit of outfitting your hunt for elk, mule deer, antelope, coues deer, whitetail or mountain lion. You simply send in the one-time consultation fee of $120, plus the appropriate Fee for the Bonus or Preference Point, for each Species and each State. We will front the license fees and invoice you for the non-refundable application fees. When you draw one of these tags, you simply reimburse us for the license fee with your credit card on file. This way you are encouraged to submit more applications, which increases your chances of drawing a tag. Drawing multiple tags is possible, but very, very unlikely due to high quality of these tags and difficult draw odds.
If your application is unsuccessful, the rejection notice will be forwarded to you. The refund voucher from the state will be endorsed by United States Outfitters via the Power of Attorney and deposited in an insured pool account. The funds will then be available for next year's drawing. Each year, again at no cost, United States Outfitters will pay the application fee and will reevaluate your particular desires and compare those to the latest harvest rates, draw success, trophy production, etc. Then United States Outfitters will recommend to you either to apply unchanged from the year before, or change to a hunt code that better suits your new needs and wishes.
You may put applications on hold from year to year or ask that only preference/bonus points be obtained for that year in order to maintain preference, but not draw. If your circumstances change and you need to withdraw from the service, a simple written request will refund any monies you have in the program as long as it is not being held at the time by the state being applied to.
When you are successful in drawing your permit you will be immediately notified. United States Outfitters will outfit your hunt, have your tag in camp and provide you with any further information to make your hunt a quality experience. United States Outfitters does not provide unguided hunts. Drawing a tag through the Licensing Program guarantees that you will be provided a quality hunt through our services.
Nothing will replace persistence or just plain luck when it comes to drawing these types of tags, but what we have learned might help you find a little more of that luck.
These are programs that are put in place by the state to increase the odds of applications who have not previously drawn. The two main types of preference programs are preference points and bonus point programs.
A preference point is given to an applicant each time he applies and is not drawn. The tags are given to the applicants who have the most points. Colorado uses preference points with every species, except moose, but only allows three points for sheep and goat, before an open draw. Wyoming uses preference points for moose and sheep only.
A bonus point is give to an applicant each time he applies and is not drawn. Then for each bonus point an applicant has, he receives an additional application. In other words, if an applicant has 2 bonus points, he would receive 3 chances of drawing the tag he applies for. Some states, like AZ, NV, and UT require an applicant to buy a General Hunting License for a fee in order to get the Bonus Point. The big advantage of a bonus point system is that you can draw without bonus points, but if you have them, they help.
This is the biggest mistake most applicants make--failure to submit enough applications to really have a decent chance of drawing one tag. Don't think that you should apply for elk, draw it and be successful, then move on to mule deer, then sheep, etc. Apply for as many as you can now so that your odds of drawing one tag are the best they can be. For example, if you only apply to Arizona Rifle Elk at a draw odd of 1 in 8, your statistical chance of drawing is 1 times in 8 years of drawing. Now, if you also apply to New Mexico Rifle Elk with a draw odd of 1 in 8, your odds change to 1 chance n 4 or drawing a tag. Add a Utah Mule Deer application at 1 in 8, and your odds change to 1 chance in 2.7. Now the question you can't wait to ask is, "What about drawing more than one tag in the same year?" The answer is "not likely." Your chance of applying and drawing two of the above applications in the same year would be 1 chance in 64. As long as you submit multiple quality area applications, you can only draw quality tags. This is the basis for our Professional Licensing Service.
If you hunt with different weapons, consider applying with your most primitive choice. Draw rates and success rates are usually tied to weapon choices. Rifle tags are the hardest to draw, muzzleloader next, then archery is usually the easiest to draw. Rifle hunts have the highest success rates with archery the lowest success. Muzzleloaders, especially with the new in-line muzzleloaders and use of scopes by most states, has a success rate that equals rifles on most hunts today. Professional Licensing Service will help you with the applications by weapon choice, to insure you get the best odds.
Please submit our Licensing Application to get started on your way to the exciting world of trophy hunting.
