If his thing is moose, I'd do that....if you are insistent on keeping one going. You can always have him keep applying and just not build points...
I would focus more on keeping building points for species/states he has a real chance of drawing in the future. I gave up on my WY moose points...
Was out shed hunting public land in MN on Monday. I walked through a grassy patch and up through some trees to a narrow field. 2 big gobblers were within 20 yards feeding. They had no idea I was there. Surprised I was able to get that close making a decent amount of noise and go unnoticed...