25 years ago I did a trip like that as far north as you can go in the Yukon. It was a risky financial move trying to balance all that with a young family and career but the experience and memories have paid 1000 fold and continue to do so every day.
Uncle Elton’s advice is sound!
Not sure how many of you are Boone & Crockett members but it is out first and greatest conservation organization and a very good one to support.
One of the great things about being in a Canadian spring bear camp is there is usually time to kick back, recharge, and catch up on things you...
Going back 10 years as originally asked;
2018 AK
2018 Utah
2021 AZ
2021 AZ Goulds
2023 I used my 23 Utah elk points to help a buddy draw a 20 point unit.
2025 Raffle Nunavut
2026 TBD
Lots of years, lots of points, and lots of raffle tickets.
Going back 20 years I can add...
Ever since I saw Epstein won the powerball twice I’ve bought a lot less tickets…
Tags, hunting raffles, and an occasional rare bourbon chance is it for my gambling.
Let’s use the 300,000 bonus point number that was thrown out in the simplest form possible:
1/300,000=0.00000333
625/300,000=0.00208
I hate to break this to everyone but those numbers in real life round to ZERO…you can nitpick all you want but realistically you are not going to strategize...
On the bright side for you, having max bonus points offers ZERO actual advantage in the draw, resident or non. People don’t understand when you are dealing with percentages starting with a decimal you are universally screwed.
But you still have more of a chance than someone not applying.
You guys need to ignore Buzz’s delivery. He is right. You all are thinking with common sense; probability and statistics are much more complicated. Any way you slice it your odds are terrible but they are much worse if you are a NR.