Nevada Moose, Sheep & Goat & Moose Applications — Draw Odds, Tag Costs, and Unit Strategy

Nevada Moose, Sheep & Goat & Moose Applications — Draw Odds, Tag Costs, and Unit Strategy

From Drawn West by Drawn West with Brian Krebs

May 9, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

This episode discusses Nevada's big game applications focusing on moose, sheep, and goats, including draw odds and strategic insights for hunters.

Fourteen dollars. That's the cost to add a desert bighorn, mountain goat, or moose application to your Nevada big game submission — and for the right hunter, it might be the best $14 you spend all year. This is part four of the Nevada Application Series, the final installment covering the big three: moose, sheep, and goats. If you haven't listened to parts one through three covering mule deer and antelope, start there — those are where your real drawing opportunities live as a nonresident. This episode is about the long game, the lottery ticket add-ons, and why a few of them are more strategic than they look. We break down Nevada's squared point system and what it means for species with fewer than 20 nonresident tags. We cover desert bighorn population trends, which units have the best trophy potential, and where the draw odds actually start to get interesting for residents. We get into California bighorn and Rocky Mountain bighorn — including why nonresidents can't apply for Rocky Mountain at all. And we cover mountain goats and Nevada's brand new moose program, which is residents-only and only two years old. What's covered: • Nevada application deadline: May 13, 11 p.m. Pacific…

People in this episode

Host: Brian Krebs

Topics covered

  • Nevada big game applications
  • moose hunting
  • desert bighorn population
  • hunting strategy
  • draw odds
  • tag costs

Keywords

  • Nevada
  • moose
  • sheep
  • goat
  • hunting strategy
  • draw odds
  • tag costs
  • desert bighorn
  • population trends

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Places: Nevada, California, Rocky Mountain

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