Broken Points System Rambling

[Mojave]

Mojave, What you fail to consider is that the different points systems funnel more money to the game departments.

Have you ever thought;
Why do they require us to buy a license in another state when our chances of drawing are .31%?
(Those are my odds with 20 elk points of drawing one of the top 5 unit tags. )

Or why AZ comes up with a "Point saver" program? At a cost of course.

The F&G departments prioritize Residents and $$$$....and in some cases; Outfitters. They make way more $$ off of non res tags...but they know they can't do that as residents would throw a hissy fit.....so they are left with wringing out as much $$$ as they can from non residents.

They could give a flying F about non resident opportunities.

That is an unfortunate truth.

I never failed to consider, I choose to ignore it.

It doesn't make good sense for the hunting public. I would gladly sacrifice all my points about 200 total between all the states to get rid of points programs. Even if my tag draw was to take a massive nose dive.

Remember the not so distance past of Kansas and North Dakota not having non-resident hunting programs.

 

[sndmn11]

I think the point system that Colorado has for deer/elk/phor/bear is fair. It makes the most sense to me that the people who have been unsuccessfully applying the longest get THEIR CHOICE of preference.

The folks who scout and invest in learning less desirable hunt codes get rewarded with hunting most often. The folks who don't, get rewarded with their patience at more desirable hunt codes.

It helps people like me who hunt with family and friends understand the rotation of who is hunting what and when to be able to plan a few years in advance. At least for CO, anyone complaining about not being able to hunt deer/elk/phorn/bear, whether R or NR, every single year, is choosing not to do so.