Originally Posted By: stlhdr1
On a separate note, logged in and looked at my WA special permit points. Have the following:

11 Buck Deer
10 Quality Deer
10 Second deer
12 Quality Elk
12 Cow Elk
12 Bull Elk

+1 points to the line up for the 2021 applications, this state is sort of a bunk deal in how they draw without much weighted preference.

What are some of your favorite east side hunts to put in for?

Plans for 2021 is to cancel for the annual Eastern Oregon Archery Elk hunt and do the WA Westside smoke pole for elk. Seems to see the least amount of pressure and still have bulls to work..

But for the deer, what hunts?? Hunted washtukna OTC last year on some private propertry and it was fun but didn't get the chance at a good buck as we expected..

Keith


Preference points are weighted by squaring your points. I.e. a hunter with 10 points has a 100 times greater chance of drawing over another hunter with only 1 point. The problem isn't so much the system as it is the reduction of available permits. There are a LOT of guys sitting on 20+ pts fighting for a handful of tags. Something like 800+ moose hunters have 20+ points, but they give out very few tags. AKA point creep.

It's only going to get worse as more people move into the state and more people adopt the sport. This past year with Covid has seen a huge increase in hunting interest across the country. Folks want to be able to provide for themselves. Thanks Joe Rogan
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