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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: bullcrazy on December 23, 2012, 07:03:19 PM

Title: Points putting in as team
Post by: bullcrazy on December 23, 2012, 07:03:19 PM: I know they average points but here's my question (might have already answered myself, but let me think out loud).
2 of us added up is 5 points (me 3, him 2) devide by 2 is 2.5, mathematically 2.5 rounded up is 3. So we go in as 3
Elk multi season so the difference of 2 or 3 points could decide whether we put in together or not.
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: Bob33 on December 23, 2012, 07:04:48 PM: What is the question?
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: Alan K on December 23, 2012, 07:05:18 PM: My guess is that it would be rounded down, not up, but I'm not sure. :dunno:
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: NWBREW on December 23, 2012, 07:06:46 PM: rounded up.
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: Alan K on December 23, 2012, 07:10:19 PM: Quote from: NWBREW on December 23, 2012, 07:06:46 PM
rounded up.

:yeah:

After a bit of looking around, here it is in print:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/215/What+if+I+apply+in+a+group+and+we+have+a+different+number+of+points+built+up%3F+Whose+points+are+used%3F+ (http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/215/What+if+I+apply+in+a+group+and+we+have+a+different+number+of+points+built+up%3F+Whose+points+are+used%3F+)
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: bullcrazy on December 23, 2012, 07:19:17 PM: Thanks for the input. I guess I was skeptical that they would round it up.
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: Dan-o on December 23, 2012, 07:38:08 PM: Wow, I thought they truncated (rounded down).
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: asl20bball on December 24, 2012, 07:48:38 AM: In some regards you'd have a better chance (2 vs 3 points) but you will also be mathematically eliminated earlier (the last tag you wont' have a chance at). With only 2 guys that's not too big of a deal so overall you're probably better off going in as a group with th extra point.
Title: Re: Points putting in as team
Post by: Bob33 on December 24, 2012, 08:17:18 AM: If 2 and 3 points are what you have now, you will each have one more in the next drawing.

Assuming that you will have 2 and 3 points, a team application would have 9 names in the hat: 3 squared. If you apply individually one would have 4 names in the hat and one would have 9 for a total of 13 chances that at least one would draw.