I sure appreciate that info. I'm not sure I understand when you say after 4 years your up by two points? I do realize the loyalty point
thing, but does that happen every 5 years or once only?
I have 9 points. Thanks so much for the honesty! As you can see in this thread, some folks really like the late season In Area 9, I'm just
wanting to see a harvest pic from the hunt.
I've been collecting and organizing kill photos by unit for many years. I have virtually nothing noteworthy from Unit 9 late. There are a few late tags I would hunt in a heartbeat but 9 isn't one of them. With 300+ tags a year, if your odds of killing a solid bull were descent on that hunt, there should be a pile of photos circulating. The outfitters are giving you good feedback.
With 9 points you are in the running for several good mid tier elk tags, particularly if you hunt with a bow. If you mean you had 9 before the draw you would have 10 after this year. That is a good spot to be in.
To help with your decision making....Unit 9 late rifle required residents only to have 6 points to be in the bonus pass draw. It looks like one or more nonresidents drew with 7 points. I think before the new nonresident draw system implemented last year, that tag was drawing around 5 points. What that tells you is you have the points to draw tags with a higher demand.
Unit 9 has 390+ bulls so there is always the chance. I tend to base my hunts and expectations on what is likely though. If I felt 9 late was a solid 340 hunt I would have been all over it.
The loyalty point is what I was speaking of. It looks like you got that long ago
