CO Moose Pref Points

[DEGGY]

Looking for an explanation of "weighted preferance point"? Once you reach the max 3 preferance points for moose, how do the weighted points work?
My understanding was that once you reached the max, your name went into the big pool with everyone else that had 3 points...
Thanks in advance.

 

[_droptine_]

Your name does go in with 3. When your application comes in, it is given a random number. If you had a weighted preference point, that number would be divided by 2, If you had 2 it would be divided by 3. Statistically you have a better chance of drawing with more weighted points, but you can draw with none and just the 3 regular points.

 

[DeerKing]

Since you asked.....
When you send your application to the Division of Wildlife they assign it a number, up to ten digits long. After that is done, the DOW pics 10 numbers from 0-9 in random order through a drawing. The number chosen can be a combination of 0-9 in any order. Then they match your assigned number to the draw number. For example, if the DOW draws the random number of 2495301678. Then the draw sequence could be 01234546789. Then the drawing computer takes each application number and inverts it, so if for example your assigned number 516023 it then becomes 320615. Still with me? What this does is allows the numbers to be random and to not have any bearing on when the application was received. Then the inverted number is matched to the random draw numbers. So for this applicant the 5 becomes a 0, the 3 becomes a 5 etc. So the new number would be 592140 and will become your assigned draw number. After that, all the applicants numbers are put in order from smallest to largest, with the smallest number having the best chance of being drawn. The bigger the number the less likely you will be drawn. Now here is how the weighted preference points come into play. If you have one weighted point, the computer divides your number by 2, if you have two weighed points the computer divides your number by 3, so and and so forth. The more weighted points you have the smaller your assigned number becomes, and the more likely you are of drawing because the computer picks the smallest numbers. But the system isn't geared to ensure those with the most points will always draw. If you are assigned a bad original number in the beginning than you won't have a chance anyway. Conversely, a guy could who is in the draw for the first year being eligible (after 3 years) could get real lucky and draw good numbers. If he draws a number starting with 0 he could draw that first year, and it does happen. Statistically it does favor the hunter with with the most points because his number can get the smallest through division. That's the basics of how it works

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