Understanding WY preference points

[Stizz]

Unsuccessful for WY pronghorn again...judging by last years odds this should have been in the bag. Anyways this brought up a question i'm hoping someone can answer... I applied for a unit this year with 3 preference points, plus one i purchased going into the draw for a total of 4. Anyways after looking up the drawing odds i see that the unit has 100% draw for "4" points, and 65% draw for "<4", and 0% for 3 or less. What exactly is the difference between 4 and <4? Is that just the difference between having 4 points and buying the 4th when you apply?


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[bobcat]

Well first off, you would've only had three points in the draw this year. You can't purchase a point prior to the draw. You get the point that you paid for AFTER you are unsuccessful.

The less than 4, is a result of a group of people applying together and having their average points used. If one has 3 points and another has 4 points, the average is 3.5. They don't round up or down to the nearest whole number like most other states do.

[Widgeondeke]

less than 4
that comes into play when groups apply, they pool all the points together. So if you had 4 and your partner had 3, you both would be in the draw with 3.5 points. 

While last year 4 points was 100%, it is very plausible that this year 5 points was 100% and 4 points was less successful.  Some area of Wyoming have been hit hard and the animal numbers are WAY down, thus less tags allotted. 

Better luck next year.

[Stizz]

Ok that makes sense thanks guys, for some reason i was under the impression you received the pref point before the drawing. Ah well more for next year.


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[Bigshooter]

Unsuccessful for WY pronghorn again...judging by last years odds this should have been in the bag. Anyways this brought up a question i'm hoping someone can answer... I applied for a unit this year with 3 preference points, plus one i purchased going into the draw for a total of 4. Anyways after looking up the drawing odds i see that the unit has 100% draw for "4" points, and 65% draw for "<4", and 0% for 3 or less. What exactly is the difference between 4 and <4? Is that just the difference between having 4 points and buying the 4th when you apply?


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<4 means less than 4 but more than 3.  As has been said WY does not round up or down on party applications.  So if a group has an average of 3.9 - 3.1 they will draw in order of who has the most points.  And also you do not buy a pt before the draw.  You get the pt after the draw.

[Ghost Hunter]

I have been applying for general elk tags since 2010.  2014 is only year I didn't draw. Applications increased dramatically and odds dropped from 25% to 16%.  Specials were 100% and have dropped to less than 50% since 2014.  I made the shift to special for 2015.  2014 general special odd were 99% draw.