Forums46
Topics538,050
Posts9,732,357
Members87,055
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
#7496668
04/25/19 05:50 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 853
Matagorda Mud Pig
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 853 |
Since we can’t buy points, can we lose them? Searched the TPWD and all I can find is if you are drawn your points are reset to 0.
But what if you miss a applying year for say antelope, do your points get erased?
Im climbing in points in some cool categories, but this fall Im looking at a really busy schedule and may not get to hunt if Im drawn. I’d hate to lose my points, but Id also hate to get drawn and not be able to hunt.
Can anyone point me in the direction of an answer?
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Matagorda Mud Pig]
#7496717
04/25/19 06:41 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,271
Palehorse
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,271 |
Since we can’t buy points, can we lose them? Searched the TPWD and all I can find is if you are drawn your points are reset to 0.
But what if you miss a applying year for say antelope, do your points get erased?
Im climbing in points in some cool categories, but this fall Im looking at a really busy schedule and may not get to hunt if Im drawn. I’d hate to lose my points, but Id also hate to get drawn and not be able to hunt.
Can anyone point me in the direction of an answer? Your points don't go away unless you are drawn.
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Matagorda Mud Pig]
#7496721
04/25/19 06:44 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 8,317
Herbie Hancock
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 8,317 |
Yeah I missed entering a few draws from previous years and those points are still there.
It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile - J. Fred Schmidt
The internet is an I.Q. Test, people post their scores in the comment section.
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Matagorda Mud Pig]
#7505741
05/06/19 07:12 PM
|
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 22
waveone
Light Foot
|
Light Foot
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 22 |
I was thinking of putting in for the draw this year myself- and still might. However after speaking to the TPWD the odds are not good. Last year 5532 applied and 12 permits were issued. That is @ .0002 % chance or 1 in @ 420 if my math is correct .
Last edited by waveone; 05/06/19 07:14 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Matagorda Mud Pig]
#7505919
05/06/19 10:46 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,338
Blank
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,338 |
We all know those people who say "You can't win if you don't play". I kinda was one of those guys, but put in for the Guided Mason Mt. Scimitar hunt at 4000:2 permits anyway.
Most fun I ever had on a TPWD hunt, and got a nice 40" bull to boot!!
Beer and whiskey, 'cause you can't drink bacon!!
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Matagorda Mud Pig]
#7510410
05/12/19 05:16 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 194
grizzlyman
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 194 |
I quit applying for alligator hunts years ago but I still have the points.
NRA Certified Rifle/ML Instructor NRA Certified RSO Graduate of Benning's School for Wayward Boys
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Matagorda Mud Pig]
#7514968
05/18/19 09:36 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,407
WileyCoyote
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,407 |
As I understand it...as long as you put in for SOMETHING in the Lottery Hunt system EVERY YEAR, all of your various category LP's are kept intact, but only the Categories you apply for accrues another LP each time.
I've got several PP/ LP's in categories that No Hunt is offered for anymore and even those LP's remain as they were listed when that Hunt was discontinued. FWIW I'd enter the Lottery every year from my grave if I could just so TPW would have to continue showing some of my double digit LP's that I'll never put in for again after going 20+ years of App's in some of them. Ron
It is TIME for Term Limits, cause Politicians are like childrens diapers and for the same reasons...Robin Williams "These are the times that try men's soul's"...Thomas Paine
"Those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it" ....Santayana
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: waveone]
#7517609
05/22/19 02:10 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 20,952
Sniper John
gumshoe
|
gumshoe
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 20,952 |
I was thinking of putting in for the draw this year myself- and still might. However after speaking to the TPWD the odds are not good. Last year 5532 applied and 12 permits were issued. That is @ .0002 % chance or 1 in @ 420 if my math is correct . I wonder if that was 5532 people applied with some having extra drops in the hat due to loyalty points or if that was 5532 total drops in the hat from the pool of applicants. If it is 5532 people, your odds would be much worse than 1 in 420 depending on how many loyalty points each of those 5532 people have. For example I have 25 points in Gun Deer Either Sex.
|
|
|
Re: Losing Loyalty Points...can it happen?
[Re: Sniper John]
#7517725
05/22/19 04:51 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,271
Palehorse
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,271 |
I was thinking of putting in for the draw this year myself- and still might. However after speaking to the TPWD the odds are not good. Last year 5532 applied and 12 permits were issued. That is @ .0002 % chance or 1 in @ 420 if my math is correct . I wonder if that was 5532 people applied with some having extra drops in the hat due to loyalty points or if that was 5532 total drops in the hat from the pool of applicants. If it is 5532 people, your odds would be much worse than 1 in 420 depending on how many loyalty points each of those 5532 people have. For example I have 25 points in Gun Deer Either Sex. I have wondered that myself. BTW, 25 points for GDE is a ton of points. I hope you get drawn for a real good one this year!
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, txcornhusker
|