I'm not buying points for Colorado anymore, tell me I'm wrong.

[Deleted member 28227]

I'm not exactly the person to be asking CPW for anything these days..............

Well my guy is moving to AK... what a jerk...

 

[Oak]

Well my guy is moving to AK... what a jerk...

Is your guy an attorney?

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Is your guy an attorney?

Yep

 

[Clzandstra79]

CO points take 10 years to expire so you can sit on them quite a while before you lose them. Unlike WY, where you lose them if you don't apply/buy points every other year.

You're in no mans land. You can sit on them a while as long as you pay attention to point creep in the meantime.

CO points don’t expire. I have points and haven’t bought any since 2006

 

[winmag]

CO points don’t expire. I have points and haven’t bought any since 2006

 

[Jwill]

Honestly, 2-3 points over your target unit is where you want to be so you don't get screwed by point creep. I think you're crazy to stop now if you're planning to try to draw/hunt in the next couple years.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

All your doing is helping my points, I appreciate it. Thank you

Edited my comment I had not considered that a NR would spend 18 points on a unit that a resident could draw for 4... or that they could hunt for 3 points a couple weeks later for that matter

 

[Deleted member 28227]

My point is that they won't show up in the draw recap, because they are not submitting an application. Their points are still in the system but are not included in the recap unless they apply. So you should be able to see attrition in the recap.

Calculation of "Dead" applicants between 2018 and 2020, in the point group of >/= 16.

Could also be people that through up their hands... now you'd have to do a year by year analysis to see if someone stopped buying points but then jumped back in... for instance some of these folks have 6+ points over the top unit, the may just not apply for 3 years then jump in a get a tag.

 

[Oak]

You knew I was looking at you.

 

[Oak]

I used to keep a similar spreadsheet for sheep points in CO, with my point level highlighted. Attrition was always much higher than the number of people who drew. Obviously the "applicants ahead" meant nothing, but it made me feel better. I drew in 2016.
*Attrition noted was from the pool of applicants ahead of me.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

What's insane is these folks, haven't applied for a tag, even though they have max points for 7 years.



So none of these 6 people have applied for a hunt in 6 years.
2017

2016


2015


---- This person must have been sitting out and then jumped back in when to keep ahead of the creep-----
2014

2013

 

[Southern Elk]

When I hear people saying they are going to stop buying points...

 

[Gellar]

I tell myself every September next year I’m burning all of my points and I’m done buying points in Colorado. Just like a drug I keep going back for more.

 

[Clzandstra79]

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It’s wrong. I have 4 points. 02,03,04 and 05

 

[winmag]

It’s wrong. I have 4 points. 02,03,04 and 05

That is cut and paste from page 9 of the 2021 big game regulations. It is not wrong.

If you have applied for or held a license for that species at least once every 10 years then you will still have your points from 2005.

 

[Clzandstra79]

That is cut and paste from page 9 of the 2021 big game regulations. It is not wrong.

If you have applied for or held a license for that species at least once every 10 years then you will still have your points from 2005.

I’m not trying to start a pissing match. I have 4 points, and I know 2005 is more than 10 years ago. I had contacted CO game and fish about it last summer when I was trying to buy a point and they informed me they don’t expire. I haven’t spent a dime on cO stuff since 05

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I’m not trying to start a pissing match. I have 4 points, and I know 2005 is more than 10 years ago. I had contacted CO game and fish about it last summer when I was trying to buy a point and they informed me they don’t expire. I haven’t spent a dime on cO stuff since 05

Love to talk to your guy and get my wife's points back... wanna shoot me that email or number

 

[Oak]

I might be able to solve this for the three of ya. The rule changed to 10 years a few years ago. I suspect they might have started recounting the 10 years from that point. In which case C79's points will expire 10 years from the time they changed the rule.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I might be able to solve this for the three of ya. The rule changed to 10 years a few years ago. I suspect they might have started recounting the 10 years from that point. In which case C79's points will expire 10 years from the time they changed the rule.

Guess we’ll just have to meet back on this thread in like 8 years and see

 

[Pucky Freak]

If CO NR DIY quotas are cut like MT, ID, & WY are considering now, you’re going to feel like an idiot not buying points this year and thinking you were safe for next year.

Whether or not to burn points depends on your goals. Personally, my goal is to burn any points before they get to 4, as I have no desire to chase point creep for even mid tier units in light of the current trends. I just apply in WY now, but I’m always eyeing CO as a 2nd state to add if I had the budget for it (I don’t). I’m content aiming for tags that are a hair above a basic opportunity hunt and there are still plenty to be had in the 1-3 PP range in CO.