Deadlines
Draw deadlines
Every application window for the nine western draw states, soonest first. Agencies post next year's dates over the winter; until they do, dates marked Expected follow last year's pattern.
Members get these by email too: when a window opens, a week before it closes and the day before, for the states they choose.
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Reminder settings Oregon: Point Saver purchase (earns a 2027 point), deadline 2026-11-30 Idaho: Nonresident general deer and elk tag drawing (2027 tags), deadline 2026-12-15 (expected) Wyoming: Nonresident elk draw, deadline 2027-02-01 (expected) Arizona: Elk and pronghorn draw, deadline 2027-02-02 (expected) New Mexico: Bear draw (with turkey), deadline 2027-02-10 (expected) Oregon: Spring black bear controlled hunt applications, deadline 2027-02-10 (expected) Idaho: Spring black bear controlled hunts, deadline 2027-02-15 Nevada: Nonresident guided mule deer draw, deadline 2027-03-08 (expected) New Mexico: Big game draw (deer, elk, pronghorn, sheep, oryx, ibex, Barbary sheep, javelina), deadline 2027-03-17 (expected) Montana: Deer and elk permits, nonresident combos, black bear, deadline 2027-04-01 (expected) Colorado: Primary big game draw (the only way to earn points), deadline 2027-04-06 (expected) Utah: Big game draw, bonus and preference points, deadline 2027-04-22 (expected) Idaho: Moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts, deadline 2027-04-30 (expected) Wyoming: Moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat draw, deadline 2027-04-30 (expected) Wyoming: Wild bison draw, deadline 2027-04-30 (expected) Montana: Moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, bison, deadline 2027-05-01 (expected) Nevada: Big game main draw, deadline 2027-05-12 (expected) Oregon: Controlled hunt applications (deer, elk, pronghorn, sheep, goat), deadline 2027-05-15 (expected) Arizona: Fall draw (deer, bighorn sheep, bison, fall javelina), deadline 2027-06-01 (expected) Montana: Antelope, Deer B and Elk B licenses, deadline 2027-06-01 (expected) Wyoming: Resident elk, deer, pronghorn; nonresident deer and pronghorn, deadline 2027-06-01 (expected) Idaho: Deer, elk, pronghorn and fall bear controlled hunts, deadline 2027-06-05 (expected) Nevada: Second draw and point-only purchases, deadline 2027-06-14 (expected) Utah: Antlerless draw (deer, elk, doe pronghorn), deadline 2027-06-22 (expected) Idaho: Second drawing: moose, sheep, goat, deadline 2027-06-25 (expected) Colorado: Secondary draw (no points used or earned), deadline 2027-06-29 (expected) Idaho: Second drawing: deer, elk, pronghorn, fall bear, deadline 2027-08-15 (expected) Montana: Bonus point-only purchase, deadline 2027-09-30 Arizona: Spring 2028 hunts draw (bear, bison, javelina, turkey), deadline 2027-10-05 (expected) Wyoming: Preference point-only purchase, deadline 2027-11-01 (expected) Idaho: Nonresident general deer and elk tag drawing (2028 tags), deadline 2027-12-15 (expected) Montana: Nonresident preference point-only purchase, deadline 2027-12-31 Checked 2026-11-05. Always confirm dates on the agency's site before you count on them.
