Strategy for Colorado draw 2026/2027 with pending NR changes

[MuleyFever]

Bonus points is a random draw your name just gets thrown in the drawing the amount of points you have then they randomly draw for the tags

Hey another person apparently from UT

 

[ckleeves]

I agree, bonus is dumb, pure points kept predictable hunting… this is just a cash grab considering NR will now have to pay extra cash for every species, R will too but it’s like 9 bucks vs 30 or something… also not mad about auto reissue let guys who want to hunt go hunt

I don’t think many of the people cheering for the bonus side realize what odds are really going to be like for top end tags. Sure, guys are obviously going to draw but particularly on Non-res elk it ain’t gonna be pretty.

You can math it out off the recap and get an idea of how it’s going to be and that’s before everybody who currently applies point only jumps in and further waters down odds.

I feel somewhat bad for the guys holding 15+ elk points that could maybe start to see the light at the end of the tunnel and now gotta really lower their expectations or accept >2% random odds on a tag they are now never going to catch. Speaking about the non-res side here.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I don’t think many of the people cheering for the bonus side realize what odds are really going to be like for top end tags. Sure, guys are obviously going to draw but particularly on Non-res elk it ain’t gonna be pretty.

You can math it out off the recap and get an idea of how it’s going to be and that’s before everybody who currently applies point only jumps in and further waters down odds.

I feel somewhat bad for the guys holding 15+ elk points that could maybe start to see the light at the end of the tunnel and now gotta really lower their expectations or accept >2% random odds on a tag they are now never going to catch. Speaking about the non-res side here.

Exactly… but there are wayyyy too many people who will look at all the untouchables with stars in their eyes… they might as well buy tickets for raffle tags, probably better odds then what the top tier will turn into. Don’t worry the CPW will cash all those draw fees and laugh all the way to the bank…

 

[Maverick1]

Oh. Great. Another thread about solving all the draw and preference point problems. Silly posters living in the land of make believe, hammering away on the keyboard like it makes ANY difference whatsoever. Super.

 

[ckleeves]

Don’t worry the CPW will cash all those draw fees and laugh all the way to the bank…

Oh ya you can bet they are licking their lips over the 5 ish million just elk points are gonna drag in. You can bet the 7 ish mil the MSG draw drags in got them thinking.

Which whatever, management cost a ton of money and I’m fine with it but I also find it funny that decisions on said management hinge around $$$ every meeting.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Oh ya you can bet they are licking their lips over the 5 ish million just elk points are gonna drag in. You can bet the 7 ish mil the MSG draw drags in got them thinking.

Which whatever, management cost a ton of money and I’m fine with it but I also find it funny that decisions on said management hinge around $$$ every meeting.

Yeah I would be pumped if the money was going toward managing our herds, it always ends up sponsoring pride parades for some reason these days I believe it won’t just be elk though I think it will be for all species

 

[lintond]

There are many point system in general through out the west the all suck and eventually units will point creep no way around it.

Random draws like idaho and wyomings resident draws are the best with everyone having the same odds. Wyoming has been good to me i have never drawn a top tier tag with single digit draw odds but have drawn tags in the 20 to 30 percent odds a couple times. If you are a chasing a tag with single digit draw odds even a point system is not going to help you.

Every year we here of someone pulling a premium tag in the random section of the wyoming nr draw. Hopefully that will be me in colorado in 5 to 10 years I am in no rush

Bonus points is a random draw your name just gets thrown in the drawing the amount of points you have then they randomly draw for the tags

I’ve done some rudimentary modeling of a bonus pt system and in general found that it mimics at pref pt system in terms of draw odds. So I definitely wouldn’t classify it as “random”


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[Archer86]

I’ve done some rudimentary modeling of a bonus pt system and in general found that it mimics at pref pt system in terms of draw odds. So I definitely wouldn’t classify it as “random”


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There are plenty of examples that show otherwise typically the longer the bonus point system is around the less likely the high point holders are to draw tags as the system gets heavey in the mid point ranges and thats typically where the tags are drawn. It is most definitely a point system with a random draw


Pure random draw is the only thing that makes sense all the point systems are a joke