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I think 31,000 is roughly the number of applications that Mountain View will have next year...
So here's the deal - the 2018 31,587 is including points only applications. The 2017 link does not include them.2018 Point only 6,503. 31,587 - 6,503 = 25,084.https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/permits/results/points/2018.php - Quality Elk applicants - 25,084https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/permits/results/points/2017.php - Quality Elk applicants - 25,376https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/permits/results/points/2016.php - Quality Elk applicants - 32,652So there was actually a drop in overall applicants applying for Quality elk tags and 23% drop overall from 2016. Consistent with the 2016 winter kill, 50% reduction for Yakima herd, I'm sure more and more are doing points options, while others drop off and head out of state.I did pull the PDF details into excel and there was still a large increase in the points pool compared to 2017...point creep is a killer! Yakima's were up around 50%. Blues were up around 100%. With the cut in tags, the Blue's probably were more favorable a few percentage points so i'm sure a few Yakima hunters on the edge put their odds with the Blues tags.
Quote from: Mr Mykiss on September 28, 2018, 12:17:01 PMI think 31,000 is roughly the number of applications that Mountain View will have next year...Can I claim any part of a kickback from the State for contributing to any increase in app fees? I need to fund my San Carlos Apache Res hunt.