A question for MT hunters of the early '80's

[Nunyacreek]

Was there a preference system in place for special draws sometime in the early 1980's? I have a friend who has described one but I've never heard anyone else describe such a thing. He stated that it ended sometime around 1983. Just wondering. THank you

 

[MTTW]

That is the way that I remember it, but I can't remember the dates. It only lasted a few years.

 

[Nunyacreek]

Well that makes 3 people that have this hazy recollection...

 

[Nameless Range]

Missoulian - 1980



Helena IR - 1980

 

[BuzzH]

Nameless Range has the goods. I remember my Dad being pretty mad about it going away.

Probably was difficult to track it without computers.

 

[noharleyyet]

Nameless Range has the goods. I remember my Dad being pretty mad about it going away.

Probably was difficult to track it without computers.

IBM PC '81

 

[Bowmannate2000]

IBM PC '81
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Hey, is that the system they run the current draws on?

 

[Schaaf]

Glad we’ve moved to the much simpler process that we have today

 

[MTTW]

I don't remember paying for points, I think they might have been free. I could be wrong though.

 

[shrapnel]

I had 5 years of preference built up when they announced they were going to abolish that system. I kept applying for moose, but didn’t send in my preference record because I thought it was no good and found out later, I had wasted those preference points. I met a guy in the area that had a moose permit and he told me that my points were applicable, but I had already disregarded them and he thanked me because he said I gave him my permit by not keeping track of it.

19 years later, I did draw my moose permit and got a moose before the wolves ate them all…