Who has the most pts built up for OIL tags?

[Bob33]

I believe poaching points only go toward elk or deer points and not OIL tags.

You are correct.

[huntnphool]

Yeah huntnphool, I checked WAC 232 and it says elk and deer.  The reg book pg 70 didn't specify.  And maybe someone can help me out if my memory is failing, but wasn't there a thread on here maybe a year ago where a guy helped with a poaching investigation of a moose or sheep.  The warden told him he could put the points in the OIL category or give him money, and many members here told him OIL points would be better than gold. ?

 I know Coach helped with a sheep case last year and recieved points but I believe they also went either to deer or elk. Knowing Coach I'd bet it was elk.

[Bob33]

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-28-291

 6. Citizen reward for reporting violations - bonus points: A person who provides information which contributes substantially to the arrest of another person for illegally hunting or killing big game or an endangered species as defined by Title 77 RCW is eligible to receive ten bonus points toward the special hunting permit drawing for one application category of deer or elk special hunting season permits.

[bobcat]

So how else can a person acquire extra points? How many points do you get for being a DFW employee?   

[Bob33]

That is the only way I am aware of. 

[bobcat]

For 2011 it shows 6 applicants had 18 points and 10 applicants had 17 points. The maximum number of points in last year's drawing would have been 16. I see the bighorn sheep and moutain goat permits had applicants with 17 and 18 points also. Maybe in the beginning, the poacher points could go for those species?

[Bob33]

8 regular points +10 poacher.

[wannahunt]

I see that one guy has 36 points for quality elk. must have turned in more then one poacher. Still he didn't draw anything last year so he will be in again this year with 37. That adds up to 1369 names in the hat for just that one guy. 

[MtnMuley]

I see that one guy has 36 points for quality elk. must have turned in more then one poacher. Still he didn't draw anything last year so he will be in again this year with 37. That adds up to 1369 names in the hat for just that one guy.

Hmmm.........I'm pretty sure he chose the point option last year................

[coachcw]

so the way it works is if you have a case that gets prosicuted you get ten points in one deer or elk sub catigory. If you help on a oil species you cant use the points for oil hunts only deer or elk . Phool has me pegged ! 

[Ridgerunner]

There was one year that a few people were left out of the draw and it wasn't discovered till after results had been released so if I remember correctly those folks got an extra point for the error. That is why a few folks have one more than max on OIL species.

[Odell]

Wow, 17 years is a long wait.

Many will have over 40.....then die with their points turned into dust in the wind...........

Perhaps they will let us will them to our kids.

[bobcat]

There was one year that a few people were left out of the draw and it wasn't discovered till after results had been released so if I remember correctly those folks got an extra point for the error. That is why a few folks have one more than max on OIL species.

That would just about explain the mysterious extra points, but why is that some have TWO extra points? Last year max would have been 16, but the data shows some people with 18 in the moose, sheep, and goat categories. So maybe the people who got left out of the draw that year actually were given two points for the mistake? Or perhaps just those who complained the loudest?

[Bob33]

There was one year that a few people were left out of the draw and it wasn't discovered till after results had been released so if I remember correctly those folks got an extra point for the error. That is why a few folks have one more than max on OIL species.

That would just about explain the mysterious extra points, but why is that some have TWO extra points? Last year max would have been 16, but the data shows some people with 18 in the moose, sheep, and goat categories. So maybe the people who got left out of the draw that year actually were given two points for the mistake? Or perhaps just those who complained the loudest?

With regular and poacher points combined you can come up with any number from 1 to 27 (or 37, 47, 57, ...)

[Curly]

There was one year that a few people were left out of the draw and it wasn't discovered till after results had been released so if I remember correctly those folks got an extra point for the error. That is why a few folks have one more than max on OIL species.

That would just about explain the mysterious extra points, but why is that some have TWO extra points? Last year max would have been 16, but the data shows some people with 18 in the moose, sheep, and goat categories. So maybe the people who got left out of the draw that year actually were given two points for the mistake? Or perhaps just those who complained the loudest?

With regular and poacher points combined you can come up with any number from 1 to 27 (or 37, 47, 57, ...)

But poacher points don't go toward OIL permits.  They probably got 2 points for the WDFW (or Outdoor Central) screw-up..........