Locating your points?

[NataSS]

Where can you log onto the WA F&G site to see how many points you have?  I have been scouring the site and cant find it.  This year is the first time I have ever put in for any special hunts but I have bought tags every year for the past 10 years.  So I dont have a clue how many points I have.

Any help appreciated.

[carpsniperg2]

tags do not get you points only buying specail apps gets you a point for each year you don't draw so you will have 1 point in each area you bought a app in this year you would not have any for just buying tags

[WDFW-SUX]

You have 1 point.

[carpsniperg2]

only in the ones he bought a app for this year with the new system. you will have 1 point in each that you put in for this year.

[NataSS]

tags do not get you points only buying specail apps gets you a point for each year you don't draw so you will have 1 point in each area you bought a app in this year you would not have any for just buying tags

 

[NataSS]

Now I am kicking myself for not putting in for all the other tags I wanted.  Moose, goat etc.  Its like throwing money away but at least I would have had 1 point on each to carry over to the next year.  Now I have to wait till next year to have 1 point on those.

[carpsniperg2]

yep it sucks cause if you had been buying them for 10 years and this year you would have 11 in each. at 6.50 it still aint to bad

[NataSS]

yeah, 11 points would almost be a dead ringer.

[carpsniperg2]

yeah for a few of the tags but not a lot of them like the oil tags they are still crazy odds no matter what i have a friend that has max points on goat and 2 under for moose and sheep and he has not drawn and there are many people out there the same way. then there are guys that draw the first time ever putting in it is more luck of the draw.

[Bob33]

yeah, 11 points would almost be a dead ringer.

Here are the actual odds for drawing a moose permit in 2009, based on the applicants' number of points.  You can draw your own conclusions.

Points   Odds
16   14.29%
15   0.00%
14   3.34%
13   2.26%
12   2.95%
11   1.54%
10   1.56%
9   1.24%
8   0.95%
7   0.74%
6   0.47%
5   0.54%
4   0.45%
3   0.20%
2   0.24%
1   0.07%

[WDFW-SUX]

What formula are you using for that?

[Bob33]

Winning applicants divided by total applicants.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2009/species_summary.html

[yelp]

If you go to the permit drawing area

https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wa/specialhuntlookup

 log in it will show several years worth of your permits..If you go to 2009 you will see how many points you have in certain categories or permits you put in for in the past.  add one to 2009 and that is what you will have going into the draw this year. 

[WDFW-SUX]

Winning applicants divided by total applicants.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2009/species_summary.html

I though you were more exact than that

[Bob33]

Winning applicants divided by total applicants.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2009/species_summary.html

I though you were more exact than that

I'm not sure what you're looking for?

The data in the website indicates how many applicants there were at each point level, and how many actually drew.  For example, for moose there were 7 applicants with 16 points, and 1 of them drew: 1 / 7 = 14%.  There were 11 applicants with 15 points and none drew: 0/15 = 0%.  There were 509 applicants with 14 points and 17 drew: 17/509 = 3.3%, and so forth for each point level.

There are some who believe that once you get to a certain point level, your odds of drawing approach 100 percent.  That is not the case, especially with the OIL permits.