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"Almost 65" under the new permitting system
Bob33:
I think there will be another class of ticked off hunters with the changes to permits this year.
Everyone's current point total has been rolled into all the categories this year. Everyone has all his points in all the categories: Youth, 65 and Over, Disabled, and so forth.
Take the hunter who is 63 and has been applying for elk for 14 years. With his 14 points he may draw this year, or next, but in two years he will be eligible to apply for the "65 and over" category of hunts. That is some consolation.
However, as I understand it under the new system he will have zero points in the "65 and over" category when he reaches 65. That is because next year (when he is 64) his points will be purged in all categories that he is not eligible in.
bobcat:
Yes, just one more example of what is wrong with what they are doing with our points this year. No matter how you look at it, it is unfair. It wouldn't have been so bad if they would have just added only an antlerless category to both deer and elk, and included youth, senior, disabled hunter, and master hunter permits within those categories. I see no need for all the separate categories, other than it will allow the WDFW to sell more applications. The really bad thing, is that in certain categories, there are only 1 or 2 hunts. These hunts are now going to become extremely difficult to draw, because everyone that buys that application has no choice but to put in for those hunts.
SkookumHntr:
--- Quote from: Bob33 on April 27, 2010, 02:50:04 PM ---I think there will be another class of ticked off hunters with the changes to permits this year.
Everyone's current point total has been rolled into all the categories this year. Everyone has all his points in all the categories: Youth, 65 and Over, Disabled, and so forth.
Take the hunter who is 63 and has been applying for elk for 14 years. With his 14 points he may draw this year, or next, but in two years he will be eligible to apply for the "65 and over" category of hunts. That is some consolation.
However, as I understand it under the new system he will have zero points in the "65 and over" category when he reaches 65. That is because next year (when he is 64) his points will be purged in all categories that he is not eligible in.
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The way In understand it is if he has 14 right now he will have 14 in that catagory when he turns 65. It says in the regs that whatever you have right now goes into all catagories so where are you hearing that after next year his points wont be in that catagory :dunno:
bobcat:
Bob33 has "inside" info. I'd believe what he says over what you read in the regs.
SkookumHntr:
Oh ok bobcat I'll do that :rolleyes: Not that it matters to me being 28 but that would be just onemore BS move by are joke of a game dept!
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