General season deer points

[txhunter58]

Is there any reason to get more than 5 general season deer NR preference points? Never applied for a general tag but will when I retire next year ??. Have 5 and don’t know if I should keep building. Seems like I shouldn’t need more than that.
TIA

 

[bucks]

personally I would keep getting the points until game on!!!

 

[yoteduster]

Guess IT all depends on what unit you want to hunt with point creep even on general units going up I think I'd keep building them up...imo

 

[GLEDEASY]

Guess IT all depends on what unit you want to hunt with point creep even on general units going up I think I'd keep building them up...imo

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There are some resident tags that you're about needing 5 points for, so...

 

[txhunter58]

I was just being lazy. Took a look at the odds charts and some are getting up there. And "its ONLY $15" LOL. Went ahead and applied

 

[rmanwill]

Yep for $15 I would. When the time comes you may even have enough to bring a son, grandson or a freind with your points or combined points. Just saying!!!

 

[Bux n Dux]

Let him bow out and figure things out the hard way. Don’t encourage them to keep building points

 

[txhunter58]

Too late! ?

I assume, like LE tags, NRs don’t compete with residents for tags?

Retiring next year and since I have a cabin in Southwest Colorado, I will be in the vicinity in the summer and fall to do some exploring and hunting.

 

[ridgetops]

I think everyone should build points, so they can share them with a needy person like myself. ?

 

[Calbuck]

Put in for general season with 7 points with my son (also 7 points)..Utah just wasn't on the docket for us until this year..so we are pretty sure we'll draw..feels good to (somewhat) be able to plan on a hunt.

 

[txhunter58]

Hope you guys draw Cal!

Residents should be encouranging us to keep building points. It doesn't make any difference to the number of tags we get, and its more money in the till for Utah's Wildlife dept so they don't have to raise prices on residents.

Hoping to take my grandson some day. He lives in Nevada, so we can meet in the middle!

 

[hornkiller]

My wife has 11 NR general points im hoping they will combine?

 

[Bux n Dux]

Hope you guys draw Cal!

Residents should be encouranging us to keep building points. It doesn't make any difference to the number of tags we get, and its more money in the till for Utah's Wildlife dept so they don't have to raise prices on residents.

Hoping to take my grandson some day. He lives in Nevada, so we can meet in the middle!

They could raise prices for residents to $100 per application and $450 when they draw a tag. It wouldn’t make a difference. You’d still have a lot of people applying and that money would never see a conservation, habitat or wildlife related project.