HornedToad
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Wyoming Game and Fish will soon post its table of Preference Points (PP) going into the 2011 Draw, but I have obtained an early look. The following information is for Non-Resident Bighorn Sheep.
Listed below are (A) Number of Points, (B) Number of Non-Res. Sportspersons, (C) Predicted Median Year to Draw and (D) Change since 2010 Prediction.
The Median Year can be thought of as the average year in which a sportsperson in a given PP class could expect to draw. Half could expect to draw earlier than the median, while half could expect to draw later. In general, those drawing earlier than the median will be applying in secondary (or less popular) units, while those drawing later will be holding out for the premium (or most popular) units.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
01 968 2045 na
02 657 2043 (-1)
03 600 2041 (-1)
04 549 2039 (-1)
05 489 2037 (0)
06 447 2035 (0)
07 496 2033 (0)
08 563 2031 (-1)
09 545 2028 (0)
10 579 2025 (0)
11 494 2023 (0)
12 181 2019 (0)
13 155 2017 (0)
14 154 2015 (-1)
15 137 2013 (0)
16 32 2012 (-1)
The Predicted Median Year to Draw is based on a model that includes a number of key assumptions, including (a) that the number of permits issued to non-residents in the PP draw remains constant at the current level, and (b) the annual attrition rate in each PP class (those dropping out of the process w/o drawing a permit) trends downward in a pattern consistent with the average of the previous three years. Obviously, if either of these assumptions are off, the predicted median year to draw could change substantially.
The attrition rates assumed in the above model remain significant. For example, of the 494 sportspersons entering the 2011 Draw with 11 PP, the model predicts that 187 will eventualy draw permits, while 307 will eventually drop out. This may appear extreme, but if anything, attrition rates over the past few years have been greater, not lesser, than predicted. For example, the model had predicted that of 549 sportspersons with 10 PP going into the 2010 Draw, 49 would drop out and 500 would proceed to the 2011 Draw, when in fact 54 dropped out, leaving 494. Of course, it may be that attrition rates over the past few years have been abnormally high, given the poor economy. But I expect that an increasing number of applicants, including particularly those who only began applying when the $7 PP went into effect in 2000, realize that they will be too old, and lacking the necessary fitness level to climb high mountains, by the time they would draw. In addition, some begin to understand that it only makes sense to spend $100 annually for years to accumulate PP's, if one assumes that a significant number of competing applicants drop out. If everyone remained in the draw (e.g. attrition rates were 0%), most applicants would not draw until they were well over 100 years old. This fails the commonsense test.
Any model is only as good as the assumptions that go into it. And any number of things could change, including the total number of bighorn permits issued each year, the percentage allocated to non-residents, the rules of the draw process, disease, wolves... and on and on.
Good luck to all in the 2011 Draw.
HT
Listed below are (A) Number of Points, (B) Number of Non-Res. Sportspersons, (C) Predicted Median Year to Draw and (D) Change since 2010 Prediction.
The Median Year can be thought of as the average year in which a sportsperson in a given PP class could expect to draw. Half could expect to draw earlier than the median, while half could expect to draw later. In general, those drawing earlier than the median will be applying in secondary (or less popular) units, while those drawing later will be holding out for the premium (or most popular) units.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
01 968 2045 na
02 657 2043 (-1)
03 600 2041 (-1)
04 549 2039 (-1)
05 489 2037 (0)
06 447 2035 (0)
07 496 2033 (0)
08 563 2031 (-1)
09 545 2028 (0)
10 579 2025 (0)
11 494 2023 (0)
12 181 2019 (0)
13 155 2017 (0)
14 154 2015 (-1)
15 137 2013 (0)
16 32 2012 (-1)
The Predicted Median Year to Draw is based on a model that includes a number of key assumptions, including (a) that the number of permits issued to non-residents in the PP draw remains constant at the current level, and (b) the annual attrition rate in each PP class (those dropping out of the process w/o drawing a permit) trends downward in a pattern consistent with the average of the previous three years. Obviously, if either of these assumptions are off, the predicted median year to draw could change substantially.
The attrition rates assumed in the above model remain significant. For example, of the 494 sportspersons entering the 2011 Draw with 11 PP, the model predicts that 187 will eventualy draw permits, while 307 will eventually drop out. This may appear extreme, but if anything, attrition rates over the past few years have been greater, not lesser, than predicted. For example, the model had predicted that of 549 sportspersons with 10 PP going into the 2010 Draw, 49 would drop out and 500 would proceed to the 2011 Draw, when in fact 54 dropped out, leaving 494. Of course, it may be that attrition rates over the past few years have been abnormally high, given the poor economy. But I expect that an increasing number of applicants, including particularly those who only began applying when the $7 PP went into effect in 2000, realize that they will be too old, and lacking the necessary fitness level to climb high mountains, by the time they would draw. In addition, some begin to understand that it only makes sense to spend $100 annually for years to accumulate PP's, if one assumes that a significant number of competing applicants drop out. If everyone remained in the draw (e.g. attrition rates were 0%), most applicants would not draw until they were well over 100 years old. This fails the commonsense test.
Any model is only as good as the assumptions that go into it. And any number of things could change, including the total number of bighorn permits issued each year, the percentage allocated to non-residents, the rules of the draw process, disease, wolves... and on and on.
Good luck to all in the 2011 Draw.
HT