>Here is an interesting set of
>tables available on the CPW
>website that lists the number
>and % of total hunters
>with particular pref points.
>What I find interesting is
>the very small proportion of
>hunters that have greater than
>3 pref pts. Approximately
>74 and 64% of the
>total resident deer and elk
>hunters have 2 or less
>pref pts.
>
>
http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/5YearSeasonStructure/PostDraw05_13PrefPtsbyRes.pdf
>
>The majority of hunters in Colo
>have relatively few pref pts.
> If point banking returns
>it would mean more years
>to draw tags....for everyone (except
>those that point bank) and
>a major shift to 3+
>years to draw the same
>tags that currently take 0
>to 2 pref pts to
>draw. If you enjoy
>hunting Colorado limited units every
>year or 2 you better
>speak up!
>
I'm not real sure people are as interested in the lower quality 0-2pt units. If so they wouldn't be 0-2pt units. The concern will be the mid level 6-12pt units and trying to convince the 15-20pt+ holders to cash in with the opportunity to draw 2 or 3 tags instead of waiting around for 4th seasons to reopen. As it currently sits, there's not a unit in the state in terms of deer worth those kinds of points without the rut hunts. Elk is pretty much the same way, only the number of quality units is less and people are chasing them. That's not a point issue, that's a mgmt issue.
Of course, if you ask the 0-2pt holders, they'd like a shot at hunting the same units as the 15-20pt+ holders. Can't satisfy everyone, so leave it alone and work on building quality herds with good age structure and the issue just may work itself out. Banking would just be a bandaid that won't come close to addressing the problem.