Elk Bonus Point Question

[Tight Guy]

Good morning,

I was at Fish and Game last week and was asking the counter lady a question about bonus points and how many were required to be included in the bonus pass drawing for the hunt number I applied for. She answered 1 way and the other lady wasnt sure if that answer was correct. So i thought lets go to the experts.

Here is the question, and I will use hunt # 3010 rifle Bull Elk unit 3A/3C as a example.  The chart shows that in order to be included in the bonus pass for the spring 2021 draw I would need 8 bonus points. First off am i reading that correctly. And the original question is does that number of bonus points required also include my application for for the draw I am appling for?

So in other words if I have 7 bonus points and 1 entry application am i considered to have the 8 points required to be included in the bonus pass?

[Little Creek Calls]

You would have needed 9 points to be guaranteed a tag. 8 points had 24 bonus pass tags but also had 49 applicants  so around 50% draw odds.

[Flatlander]

1 hour ago, Tight Guy said:

And the original question is does that number of bonus points required also include my application for for the draw I am appling for?

So in other words if I have 7 bonus points and 1 entry application am i considered to have the 8 points required to be included in the bonus pass?

The chart begins at zero, so the number of bonus points does not include the application. An application with 0 points is counted in the zero pool and each pool only reflects the additional opportunity afforded by the accumulated points.

[Tight Guy]

Thanks that makes sense.