I think I know the answer to these two questions, but I want get someone smarter than me to confirm my research...
1. For party application preference points, MT rounds up to the nearest whole number for draw purposes. So for example, we have 4 dudes that will go into the application with 7 total preference points, so our application will be treated as a "2 point" application for the group (rounded up from 1.75. (Three of the 4 hunters already have a point from last year and we will all buy points when we apply this year, for a total of 7 points).
2. A "2 point" party application for a elk combo or big game combo is a guaranteed draw (or at least always has been in the past).
They keep asking me to guarantee we are going to draw tags. It doesn't work that way, but I'm pretty sure we are good to go with the points we have. I make no guarantees!
1. For party application preference points, MT rounds up to the nearest whole number for draw purposes. So for example, we have 4 dudes that will go into the application with 7 total preference points, so our application will be treated as a "2 point" application for the group (rounded up from 1.75. (Three of the 4 hunters already have a point from last year and we will all buy points when we apply this year, for a total of 7 points).
2. A "2 point" party application for a elk combo or big game combo is a guaranteed draw (or at least always has been in the past).
They keep asking me to guarantee we are going to draw tags. It doesn't work that way, but I'm pretty sure we are good to go with the points we have. I make no guarantees!