>You have to apply for the
>big game combo TAG first,
>which u will draw (don't
>bother paying 50 dollars for
>the preference point since they
>have leftovers every year). And
>then u will apply for
>a deer and elk PERMITS.
>These are under a bonus
>pint system. In order to
>build your points for these
>permits u must apply for
>a specific area and not
>draw- so in essence u
>have to apply for areas
>u know u can't draw.
> The combo tag is
>a general tag for the
>state is virtually over the
>counter right now. U can
>do this all at the
>same time when u apply
>and it will give u
>3 choices at the end--
>"if I don't draw my
>elk or deer permit I
>wish to receive 80% of
>my money back for the
>combo tag--" if I don't
>draw my elk permit I
>wish to retain my deer
>portion of the combo tag
>and get a refund on
>the elk portion. (A little
>less than 400 dollars)"---"if I
>don't draw my elk or
>deer permit I wish to
>keep the combo tag (general
>for the state). As u
>can see it will cost
>u a couple hundred dollars
>every year to build points.
> If u don't plan
>on hunting for several years
>it might worth to buy
>a few preference points for
>the combo tag because these
>could eventually start selling out
>on the first draw which
>I doubt will happen for
>awhile. The way I
>learned a lot of this
>is just get on the
>website and go throu the
>process of applying and u
>will see more clearly how
>everything works. The regs can
>be very complicated.
wyo33 - thanks for your clarification of the preference points system. I would like to start building points to hunt one of the Missouri Breaks units.
Thanks,
Brookhunter