Outdoors with Don Q: Congratulations to those picked for this fall's big game hunting

It’s now official. Systems Consultants, the private computer firm in Fallon that conducts the annual computerized drawings for Nevada’s big game hunting tags, has posted the results of the 2015 drawings at its website huntnevada.com for the entire world to see.

There were a whole bunch of winners and a heck of a lot more losers in this year’s drawings for hunting tags for Pronghorn Antelope, Black Bear, Mule Deer, Rocky Mt. Elk, California Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep and Rocky Mountain Goat.

As I have done for a number of years, I have randomly selected the names of some of the lucky folks who will be going hunting this year. So, with that said, if your name is listed in this article, it’s the result of my random selection process. And, on the other hand, if your name is not listed, it is also the result of my random selection.

Based on my selections, here’s at least one lucky 2015 big game hunter for each letter of the alphabet from “A” to “Z” and many of these hunters drew more than one tag!

Successful in the computerized drawings:
Andrews, Garrick O: Carson City: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 221M and Resident Nelson Bighorn Sheep Hunt 3151: Area 211 and Resident Antlered Elk Depredation Hunt 4102: Area 144L and Antlerless Elk Management Hunt 4481.
Blaha, Dakota: Gardnerville: Res. Junior Hunt 1107: Area 051.
Cavin, Kenneth M: Carson City: Res. Antelope Horns Longer Than Ears Hunt 2151: Area 021.
Dobson, Anthony E: Washoe Valley: Res. Junior Hunt 1107: Area 043.
Esenarro, Joseph B: Carson City: Res. Nelson Bighorn Sheep Hunt 3151: Area 212E and Res. Elk Depredation Antlerless Hunt 4107: Area 121.
Fitz, Robert E: Carson City: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 065.
Gambrall, Karl R: Virginia City: Mule Deer Archery Antlered Hunt 1341: Area 192L.
House, Christi A: Dayton: Mule Deer Archery Antlered Hunt 1341: Area 041 and Res. Antlerless Elk Hunt 4181: Area 222L.
Irwin, Russell A: Zephyr Cove: Res. Antelope Horns Shorter Than Ears Hunt 2181: Area 061.
Jackson, Scott D: Gardnerville: Mule Deer Antlered Muzzleloader Hunt 1371: Area 194.
McLaughin, Peter T: Minden: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 101E and Res. Antelope Horns Longer Than Ears Archery Hunt 2161: Area 011 and Antlerless Elk Management Hunt 4481: Area 101E.
Nevers, Gary W: Carson City: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 161E.
O'Brien, Marc T: Genoa: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 101L.
Philbrook, Jeffery H: Gardnerville: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 061L and Res. Antelope Horns Longer Than Ears Hunt 2151: Area 033E and Res. Antlered Elk Hunt 4151: Area 161E.
Quigley, Michael C: Minden: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 291.
Rilea, Alyssa: Dayton: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 022 and Res. Antelope Horns Longer Than Ears Hunt 2151: Area 051.
Sharp, Dennis H: Carson City: Res. Antelope Horns Longer Than Ears Hunt 2151: Area 101 and Res. Antlerless Elk Muzzleloader Hunt 4176: Area 104.
Thiele, Karsten W: Carson City: Res. Junior Hunt 1107: Area 161 and Res. Antlerless Elk Hunt 4181: Area 072M.
Urso, Thomas H: Dayton: Res. Antlered Elk Hunt 4151: Area 221E.
Van Sickle Mason T: Carson City: Res. Junior Hunt 1107: Area 195.
Wagner, Chisum: Washoe Valley: Mule Deer Antlered Hunt 1331: Area 061E and Res. Antlered Elk Depredation Hunt 4102: Area 101L and Antlerless Elk Management Hunt 4481: Area 061E
Xie, Andy H: Reno: Res. Junior Hunt 1107: Area 181.
Yasmer, Stephen B: Carson City: Res. Antlerless Elk Hunt 4181: Area 061L and Res. Spike Elk Hunt 4651: Area 061L.
Zumwalt, Tilton B: Carson City: Res. Antelope Horns Longer Than Ears Hunt 2151: Area 031.

Some other big game hunting tags:
Cocking, Marty T: Carson City: Res. Antelope Horns Shorter Than Ears Hunt 2181: Area 031.
Cooke, Jack W: Carson City: Res. Mountain Lion Hunt 5132.
Goldston, Denny A: Gardnerville: Black Bear Hunt 6151.
Logue, Jay J: Carson City: Res. Nelson Bighorn Sheep Ewe Hunt 3181: Area 212.
Mayer, Ken E: Sparks: Res. Rocky Mountain Goat Hunt 7151: Area 102

Congratulations and Condolences
Congratulations:
To all of you who were successful in drawing one or more big game hunting tags for the 2015 seasons and best wishes for a successful hunt or hunts. Well done!

Condolences:
To all of you who were unsuccessful in drawing a tag.
Best wishes for having better luck and being successful in next year's big game tag drawings.

Finally
If you, too, would like to see the list of the successful and unsuccessful big game hunters, just go to Internet website www.huntnevada.com.

Once there, click on “Tag Results” and then go to “2015 Main Draw” and click on “Withdrawn,” “Successful,” “Successful Applicants by Hunt and Choice,” “Unsuccessful,” “Rejected” or “Bonus Point” and browse to your heart’s content (like I did). It is very interesting and very informative.

Bet Your Favorite Pigeon
Bet your favorite pigeon he can’t tell you which big game tags I applied for. If he grins and says, “Don applied for a rifle, antlered mule deer tag and a California Bighorn Sheep tag and was unsuccessful,” he could be one of the many other hunters who were also unsuccessful in the drawings.

— Don Quilici is the Outdoor editor for Carson Now. Don's wife, Elaine, is the Outdoor photographer. They live in Carson City and can be reached at donquilici@hotmail.com.