Free: Contests & Raffles.
Total Members Voted: 102
Voting closed: February 04, 2014, 12:51:13 PM
There are a few special permit hunts where there are more permits then hunters, thus a left over, especially on the second deer permits.I am very supportive of allowing these left over tags go to a first come, first serve sale. If anything it allows somebody to get out and hunt, and brings in more $ to WDFW.
"Last year I opted to use my 8 cow pts for a toutle rifle cow tag, and pts option for bull and quality bull, Basically this gave me a garunteed elk."The problem is that it doesn't give you a guaranteed elk....unless you draw. Since draw odds are in many cases very small, many individuals apply in multiple categories hoping to draw one permit. When they draw more than one, the second usually goes to waste. Sure, you can hunt both permits and some do, but if you drew a Blue Mountains bull permit and a cow permit earlier in the season, who in his right mind would tag the cow?
Some people draw 1 tag and cant use it. I say if you draw a tag, you have 30 days to claim it or it gets redrawn in the same pool of applicants as it was before..no charge..Then the second round winners should know sometime in early August if they drew or not.
As much as I dislike the new system and all the unnecessary categories, I'd rather they keep it the same. I want consistency from year to year. It works just fine if you know how to work it. If you have lots of points, only apply in one category, per species. If you don't have points, then maybe take your chances and apply in all three. It's fine the way it is, each person just needs to learn how to best use it to their advantage.