2007 toutle/marg. tags grrrr!

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bobcat:
Yeah, we had a hard time deciding whether to apply together, or separately. But we decided it would be better to increase our odds of at least one of us getting a permit by applying separately. Besides, my brother has 3 points, and I only have 1. And we'll still hunt together even if only one of us has a tag, and really, I don't think I'd want to pack out two elk on one hunt anyway. For deer we did apply as partners, but that's different, deer hunting to me is for fun, while elk hunting is sometimes more work than it is fun. :chuckle:

Opportunist:
They should have left the early season for permitted bull hunters and gave out the cow permits for the late season. Heck any time except for during a permit bull rut hunt! :dunno: They've been doing the same thing with the rifle cow tags, holding the cow permit season during the general rifle season.

funkster:
Bobcat,from what the WDFW told me it is usually better to put in as a group esp if you only have 1 point. They add all the group members points and square them.(this is how they pull for single tags as well)I think for elk you can have 12 people to a group. So in your case you guys would have 4 total points,so your group would go through the system 16 times. If you applied separately your name would only go through once and your buddy would go through 9 times. We are going to put in as a group for a Margaret and toutle bull tag with 13 total points for a total of a 169 times through the system. They started the weighted points system in 1996 so the most points per person could only be 11. Hope this helps!!

rackattack:
Funkster, I think you may have read something wrong. When you put in for a group they average the points for all the group then square them. So if you had 4 and a buddy had 2 then the average would be 3. Square that and the group would have 9 chances. Individually you would have had 16 and your buddy 4. Otherwise it would not be fair to individuals that apply.

billythekidrock:
Unless you have little points and your partners have lots, the better odds of being drawn go to the single apps. Especially if there is a small amount of permits and alot of people applying.

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