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Like it or not, the system we have will be in place for a long time. To eliminate points, the applicants with existing points would need to be compensated and that's not going to happen.
I like the old way, one choice for deer and one choice for elk. If you applied for special permit elk you could not hunt on opening day Satyrday you had to wait until the Monday to hunt. If you drew a elk permit you could not apply again for four years.
Quote from: Bob33 on June 14, 2017, 01:05:23 PMLike it or not, the system we have will be in place for a long time. To eliminate points, the applicants with existing points would need to be compensated and that's not going to happen.I would gladly give up all my points for a no points system. We only end up with one number in the hat anyway. If you have 200 entries they draw 200 numbers for you. Then they take the lowest number you have and only use that number.
Quote from: Bob33 on June 14, 2017, 01:05:23 PMLike it or not, the system we have will be in place for a long time. To eliminate points, the applicants with existing points would need to be compensated and that's not going to happen.Not sure why people with points would need to be compensated, they got what they paid for, a chance to be drawn for a permit each year they applied.
Quote from: Katmai Guy on June 14, 2017, 01:19:36 PMQuote from: Bob33 on June 14, 2017, 01:05:23 PMLike it or not, the system we have will be in place for a long time. To eliminate points, the applicants with existing points would need to be compensated and that's not going to happen.Not sure why people with points would need to be compensated, they got what they paid for, a chance to be drawn for a permit each year they applied.Someone with 20 points has better odds of being drawn, because he's paid and applied for 20 years. If the point system is eliminated, his odds would be the same as everyone else. There would be an uproar.
Quote from: Bob33 on June 14, 2017, 02:28:11 PMQuote from: Katmai Guy on June 14, 2017, 01:19:36 PMQuote from: Bob33 on June 14, 2017, 01:05:23 PMLike it or not, the system we have will be in place for a long time. To eliminate points, the applicants with existing points would need to be compensated and that's not going to happen.Not sure why people with points would need to be compensated, they got what they paid for, a chance to be drawn for a permit each year they applied.Someone with 20 points has better odds of being drawn, because he's paid and applied for 20 years. If the point system is eliminated, his odds would be the same as everyone else. There would be an uproar.I'm sure there would be. But, with the hunter recruitment problems, it probably is ultimately unhelpful to WDFW to have an entire generation of hunters who have even worse odds of drawing a permit.