Yes sir, when it opened in July
Ah yeah, you are right. Now I remember why I gave up on buying points there!
In that case you definitely need to apply or you will lose your preference point (I think that rule only applies to preference and not bonus points so they should be safe, @8andcounting probably knows). So you have to decide if you buy another pref point when you apply and have a good chance of drawing this year, or apply without getting another point, you won't draw and then go into 2027 draw with 2 points and most likely draw then. Worst case scenario you don't draw with 2 and have to wait until 2028 and be guaranteed with 3 points. Unless you go the outfitter route you won't be able to have 3 points for 2027.
Clear as mud…thanks for taking the time and explaining this…most likely I will enter this year with 2 and if I don’t get picked for a permit area I’ll take my refund and start over next year
Have you looked at the statistics on drawing a le tag in Montana as a nr? Given your age you may be better off jumping into Colorado and avoiding montana
Yeah I've gone to just taking my chances on general with 0 points to make things simple, but I'm only about 4 hours from the MT border so have a lot more flexibility. Do you archery hunt too or only rifle? That's the advantage of MT in my opinion if you can take advantage of the long seasons (I feel dirty saying that, sorry MT folks!).
