Washington's system allows four hunt choices. When an applicant's name is drawn, the computer checks each of the four choices in order. First choice: is a tag available? If yes, allocate a permit . If not, check the second choice: is a tag available? If yes, allocate a permit. This process continues through all hunt choices.
If someone applies for four hunt choices, he will appear as an applicant for each of the four hunts. However, if he is drawn on my first choice, he is obviously out of the running for the second through fourth choices. If you read the reports you can see the number of applicants "drawn for another hunt".
As noted Washington squares the number of points, which gives applicants with more points exponentially greater chances of being drawn. An applicant with four points has 4x6 (16) names in the hat. An applicant with 10 points has 100 names in the hat.
You can draw the first year with 1 point. You just typically have a lower chance than someone with more points, depending on the hunt. There are some hunts with fewer applicants than permits, so you have a 100% chance regardless of points.
The number that is missing is the average number of points for all applicants for a particular hunt.
