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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pluckem" data-source="post: 114818" data-attributes="member: 843">Agree with the last few sentences, I play the game too.  And there are positives to just buying points from a planning perspective ast you stated. However, I would argue on the no negative effect.  It might not be easily quantifiable, but by allowing people to buy points only, you will get more people doing it. Might not be a big difference in the resident lottery because most residents can fit in 1-3 days to hunt even in a busy fall. But as a non-resident applying in other states it adds a ton of competition that would not be there if people had to enter the drawing each year and pay for a $600-$900 tag if drawn. Take the Breaks region in Montana for example. They have a point system there, however you have to have a general tag ($850) in hand before you can apply for that hunt.   It takes non-resident bowhunters 1-3 years to draw the hunt and rifle hunters maybe 8-11ish??If Montana changed their system to allow the purchase of a preference point to anyone for $50 (no tag purchase needed) those years listed above would shoot way up in a matter of years.  I could easily see 3-5 years for non-res bow tag and 10-15+ years for non-res rifle tag. Everyone across the nation would start banking those points, cause why not? its only $50 and might as well start now. Then when they get 15 years into it they think to themselves I should probably start thinking about actually using my points and hunting out there.  I'm getting old and who knows how much longer I will be able to hunt that terrain.You will also see residents banking those points like crazy, similar to what Colorado has. There are thousands of residents that have great spots that they hunt each year with a general tag. They have groups, plans, traditions, etc. that they aren't willing to break every 3-5 years.  But if they could buy a cheap point (as a resident) for the special draw units and bank it they would. Cause one day in the far off future it would be fun to have a change of scenery and hunt a "trophy" unit. So they pay the $10 or whatever for a point and then pick up the general tag to do the hunt they normally do.  Pretty soon it takes 20+ years to draw that tag.  Look it up.. max point holder in Colorado has something like 26 points.</blockquote>

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