Some of the lucky persons who are going hunting this fall in Nevada

Several weeks ago, while idly browsing through the list of names of hunters who were successful in drawing big game tags for the upcoming Fall hunts in Nevada, I came up with an intriguing idea.

I thought that, in as such as that list of names is public information, it might be interesting to randomly select some of the successful tag holders from this general area and provide them for your information.

So, here is at least one last name for every letter of the alphabet of 2006 tag winners.

If your name is listed, it's the luck of my random selection process. If your name is not listed, it is also the luck of my random selection. Sorry about that!

Here are my choices of A to Z:

John J Adams: Carson City: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in big game management area No. 181.

Jon L Bunch: Carson City: Mule deer antlered muzzleloader hunt 1371 in area No. 181.

William G Crews: Carson City: Resident antlered elk hunt 4151 in area No. 072.

James R Davis: Carson City: Mule deer archery antlered hunt 1341 in area No. 161.

Kenny D Edlefsen: Carson City: Resident junior hunt 1107 in area No. 011.

Mark H Felten: Gardnerville: Resident antelope hunt 2151 in area No. 031.

Steve W Getz: Carson City: Mule deer archery antlered hunt 1341 in area No. 181.

Andrew W Hamrick: Dayton: Resident antelope horns shorter than ears hunt 2181 in area No. 144.

Richard P Imes: Genoa: Resident antlerless elk hunt 4181 in area No. 222.

Richard A Jaggard: Minden: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 141.

Quinn B Kennedy: Carson City: Resident junior hunt 1107 in area No. 051.

Seth M Lee: Gardnerville (a rare double winner): Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 051 and resident antelope hunt 2151 in area No. 051.

Joanne Miller: Dayton: Deer depredation hunt 1101 in area No. 114-Early.

Rodger Nunn: Silver Springs: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 181.

Raul C Olivares (Another double winner): Carson City: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 101-Early and resident antelope horns shorter than ears hunt 2181 in area No. 061.

Oliver O Perondi: Carson City: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 195 (The Virginia City area).

Mary C Quilici: Dayton: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 161.

Scott S Robinson: Carson City: Resident antlered elk hunt 4151 in area No. 111-Early.

Richard M Scott: Carson City: Resident antelope hunt 2151 in area No. 032.

Anita L and Leon R Treants: Carson City (a husband and wife team): Mule deer archery antlered hunt 1341 in area No. 061.

Craig R Uhland: Wellington: Mule deer archery antlered hunt 1341 in area No. 291 (The Pinenut Mountains east of Carson City).

Paul A Vandiver: Dayton (with three tags! The odds on that happening have to be staggering!): Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 071 and resident antelope archery hunt 2161 in area No. 101 and resident Nelson bighorn sheep 3151 in area No. 212.

Gary Wright: Yerington: Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 211.

Michael C Xavier: Carson City: Mule deer archery antlered hunt 1341 in area No. 291.

Richard I Yamamoto: Carson City: Resident antelope hunt 2151 in area No. 041.

Tilton B Zumwalt: Carson City (another double winner): Mule deer antlered hunt 1331 in area No. 141 and resident antelope hunt 2151 in area No. 031.

There they are: A group of randomly selected hunters who were successful in the computerized drawings for Nevada big game tags. Well done to every one of them and best wishes for a successful hunt.

Finally: If you, too, are curious about who was successful or unsuccessful in those drawings, go to the Internet website www.huntnevada.com.

At that www.huntnevada.com home page under the title "2006 Main Draw," you can click on a choice of "Bonus Point Only," "Withdrawn," "Successful," "Unsuccessful" or "Rejected," then browse to your heart's content.

I did and it was very informative!

Especially the long list of would-be hunters who ended up in the "Unsuccessful" category.

Many, many of them applied for all kinds of different big game hunts and were totally unsuccessful in drawing any tags.

Geez, and I thought that I had bad luck in raffles.

-- Bet Your Favorite Pigeon

Bet your favorite pigeon he can't tell you how I did in the drawings.

If he grins and says, "Don was successful in drawing a rifle bull elk tag but struck out on the other tags," he could be one of my fishing or hunting partners.

-- Don Quilici is the Outdoors editor for the Nevada Appeal.