Special Hunt Permit points

[NRA4LIFE]

I have one less than I'll have next year.

[bobcat]

8 points, probally have 9 next year 

If you had 8, and applied this year, you already have 9.

[SuperDave]

14 for me and will be 15 next year!   

[bobcat]

I'm kind of surprised. Out of 82 people who have voted so far, not one has been applying for a deer permit since the point system started (1996) and not been drawn. I thought from the complaints every year by people "who never draw a permit" that there would be lots of people with 15 points.

[winston2789]

Hey Bobcat how do you know that everyone has been drawn and everyone has been putting in since '96? Not sure if I understand what your saying?

[bobcat]

I thought there were a lot of people out there with the maximum number of possible points, which is 15, if you haven't turned in a poacher. If a person had been applying for a deer permit every year since 1996, and has never been drawn, they would have 15 points right now. Did that make more sense? I don't know how else to explain it...

[Bob33]

Hey Bobcat how do you know that everyone has been drawn and everyone has been putting in since '96? Not sure if I understand what your saying?

I believe Bobcat is referring to those who have answered the poll question.  There is no one with 15 points.  To get 15 points would mean you've been applying since the beginning and never were drawn.

[winston2789]

Ya understood, Should be flipped around. Everyone should have 15 points instead of 1. Especially with the odds. It looks like there a lot of new people putting in or a lot of people got drawn last year  

[Curly]

I'm feeling better about my odds now after looking at this poll.......even though I only have 2 points.

[Wea300mag]

One of the craziest outcomes of this new permit system is a cow moose will be one of the hardest permits to get. Everybody who puts in will be limited to two areas and 21 permits total.

[buckhorn2]

I have a friend who works for the state he said you max out at 14. He said if a person had 35 for turning in poachers it would still show 14 max in the computer because thats the way it;s set. So where do these guys with special points fit in. Are they just given tags because of there points or do they compete in the drawing with the rest of us.

[bobcat]

You don't "max" out at any number of points. That employee was wrong, or you misunderstood.

[Bob33]

Buckhorn2, your friend needs an education.  Have him check out the Deer section and see if points max out at 14.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2009/species_summary.html

[PacificNWhunter]

5 for me

[Antlershed]

9 points for me