It's a gamble, if the snow doesn't come you don't have to worry about being able to hunt the private land, the elk will be on public land. If it does snow and bring'em down, you will need permission to hunt private land. It just depends on how many points you want to burn, and the odd's are not good with 10 points like others have said. I have 20 points for bull and I have around a 30% chance of being drawn, that is not that good considering I have 20 points. Either way, good luck in the draw.