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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5660461" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Just my opinion, but I think chance is better than not that PI will not be a WMA a decade from now. So for those with only a couple preference points or so, something to think about.</p><p></p><p>When I was drawn in 2016 (thinking I had at least 11 pref points), I did go ahead and apply in 2017 for PI simply because none of the other WMAs were appealing to me. Then I realized there was a fair chance I would be either dead or unable to hunt before I could possibly ever be drawn again, plus more than fair chance the PI WMA would cease to exist in the coming decade.</p><p></p><p>Every one of us is in a different situation, different location. My thinking is just look at these quota draw hunts as a "bonus" opportunity for which you can be drawn every other year. If you're young, an avid bowhunter, and don't find any these WMAs very appealing, then put in for PI. If I were younger and had never been there, that's what I would do.</p><p></p><p>Just weight it out.</p><p>Over the next 10 years, you're likely to be drawn for 5 or more weekend quota gun hunts if you don't hold out for PI. Most of the other WMA quota hunts can currently be had with a single preference point, sometimes no preference needed.</p><p></p><p>Truth is, much of the best WMA opportunity is on the non-quota hunts, and/or those WMA's with regs "same as statewide" simply because you can hunt them many days annually, and there is often less hunters on the non-quota than the quota hunts. So you may be forfeiting very little real opportunity by applying only for PI WMA over the next decade or so or until you get drawn there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5660461, member: 1409"] Just my opinion, but I think chance is better than not that PI will not be a WMA a decade from now. So for those with only a couple preference points or so, something to think about. When I was drawn in 2016 (thinking I had at least 11 pref points), I did go ahead and apply in 2017 for PI simply because none of the other WMAs were appealing to me. Then I realized there was a fair chance I would be either dead or unable to hunt before I could possibly ever be drawn again, plus more than fair chance the PI WMA would cease to exist in the coming decade. Every one of us is in a different situation, different location. My thinking is just look at these quota draw hunts as a "bonus" opportunity for which you can be drawn every other year. If you're young, an avid bowhunter, and don't find any these WMAs very appealing, then put in for PI. If I were younger and had never been there, that's what I would do. Just weight it out. Over the next 10 years, you're likely to be drawn for 5 or more weekend quota gun hunts if you don't hold out for PI. Most of the other WMA quota hunts can currently be had with a single preference point, sometimes no preference needed. Truth is, much of the best WMA opportunity is on the non-quota hunts, and/or those WMA's with regs "same as statewide" simply because you can hunt them many days annually, and there is often less hunters on the non-quota than the quota hunts. So you may be forfeiting very little real opportunity by applying only for PI WMA over the next decade or so or until you get drawn there. [/QUOTE]
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