To hunt bulls in rifle season in the Snowies you need to draw an either sex rifle permit. In order to do that, you also need to draw the Big Game Combo. Preference points are for the combo tags. Bonus points are for permits. The max preference points someone can have is 3 so you’d be guaranteed to draw the Big game combo. Each unit then has its own rules for elk and deer hunting, you either need a permit or you can just use your general BGC. If you look at 411 in the regs, with your general tag (BGC) you can shoot a cow or spike. Then you’ll see a line for the 411-20 permit that would allow you to shoot a bull there. To draw the 411-20 permit as a non res assuming you also have 3 bonus points, was 6% successful this year. I’m not sure what units the Bitterroot’s are, 260-270, but look at the regs and see what you can hunt with a general elk tag and if a permit is needed for a bull. If I recall I think if you need a permit it’s 100% odds to draw there.