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<blockquote data-quote="Marble" data-source="post: 941613" data-attributes="member: 51354"><p>So in California we have a preference point system that has been in place about 10 years. Before it was a PP system, it was just a straight lottery. The tag quota for my zone at the time was 2300, it was weigh too much. They shrunk it to 850 or so in 1994, and it's still too much. After they shrunk the tag quota, I went from hunting the same area every year to not being able to hunt there for 15 years. It's not a "trophy" zone, but it does hold big mule deer, should you know where to look.</p><p> </p><p>After the point system was put into place, now I can hunt that zone every 2-4 years which is reasonable. We can put in as a group of 6 and all preference points are added up and averaged and then when the draw occurs, your group is assigned PP average for the group. Or you can put in solo. </p><p> </p><p>Also, depending on the zone and hunt, there is a general lottery. So 10-20% of the tags go to just random draws. My friend drew a hunt this past year for a Roosevelt Elk hunt. He killed a very very nice bull (which I called in for him), and it was his first bull. He had 1-2 PP and got drawn for a zone where MAX PP are needed.</p><p> </p><p>It's an odd system, but it seems to work.</p><p> </p><p>I'm in a little bit of a conundrum, I have 6 PP in CO, and the zone I hunt Elk in I need 0-1 PP depending on the year. It would be nice if every few years I could use just one of my points and draw a tag and then maybe 3-4 years later use another point, all the while still adding enough PP to get one of the premium tags.</p><p> </p><p>I see big bucks every year where I hunt in CO. Probably every other year I see a 190" buck that I could kill. It just would be nice to have a little bit more flexibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marble, post: 941613, member: 51354"] So in California we have a preference point system that has been in place about 10 years. Before it was a PP system, it was just a straight lottery. The tag quota for my zone at the time was 2300, it was weigh too much. They shrunk it to 850 or so in 1994, and it's still too much. After they shrunk the tag quota, I went from hunting the same area every year to not being able to hunt there for 15 years. It's not a "trophy" zone, but it does hold big mule deer, should you know where to look. After the point system was put into place, now I can hunt that zone every 2-4 years which is reasonable. We can put in as a group of 6 and all preference points are added up and averaged and then when the draw occurs, your group is assigned PP average for the group. Or you can put in solo. Also, depending on the zone and hunt, there is a general lottery. So 10-20% of the tags go to just random draws. My friend drew a hunt this past year for a Roosevelt Elk hunt. He killed a very very nice bull (which I called in for him), and it was his first bull. He had 1-2 PP and got drawn for a zone where MAX PP are needed. It's an odd system, but it seems to work. I'm in a little bit of a conundrum, I have 6 PP in CO, and the zone I hunt Elk in I need 0-1 PP depending on the year. It would be nice if every few years I could use just one of my points and draw a tag and then maybe 3-4 years later use another point, all the while still adding enough PP to get one of the premium tags. I see big bucks every year where I hunt in CO. Probably every other year I see a 190" buck that I could kill. It just would be nice to have a little bit more flexibility. [/QUOTE]
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