Wyoming antelope point?

[muddydogs]

So do I get a point in WY if I didn't draw or do I have to purchase one? Buddy said that there was a box to check to get a point if you don't draw but I don't remember if I checked the box or not, heck I don't remember seeing the box.

 

[theddguide]

You have to go buy one; that changed this year.

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[jdubrr]

think points buying start in July to Oct?

 

[wilydawg]

They used to give you a point if you failed to draw, but now you have to go online separately to buy points. The online option to do that is now open...

 

[Huntingbob]

Wilydawg is absolutely right! I'm so glad I went back and checked because I didn't draw my pronghorn tag but bought my points for everything else last night! Tonight I did indeed buy my Pronghorn pp tonight!

 

[muddydogs]

I thought we had to purchase them, mentioned it to my buddy and he swore that there was an option to get a point if you didn't draw. Guess this clears it up and I will get to purchasing them.

 

[voyageurpursuits]

They used to give you a point if you failed to draw, but now you have to go online separately to buy points. The online option to do that is now open...

I got a PP from last year, because I applied for a 0% chance unit as first choice, and a 100% unit for second choice.

This spring I read about the change -- that you no longer get a PP if you don't draw your first choice. I didn't want to use my point yet, and figured I'd get a second point this year just by buying it in July. I applied for the same unit I hunted last year, still a near 100% draw unit with 0 points, as my first (and only) choice and drew.

Just went to buy my PP and found that not only can I not buy it, since I drew my first choice, I no longer have the one from last year. It was burned on this year's 100% draw.

I should have read more carefully I guess. Basically lost two years of PPs.

So it's too late now, but for the future: if you want to hunt AND get a preference point, you still have to apply for and not draw a first choice unit. Then later you have to go buy the preference point.