confused about the NR draw

[dmen]

I know thier has been alot of NR bashing lately so please be gentle.I currently have 2 preference points to hunt your great state. I hope to come out in 2012. Today I was on the IDNR website looking at some draw results from 2010. I punched in the random name of Smith and saw some people with zero points draw in zones where other people with 3 points were denied,both were bow applicants. Is this normal? I would hate to make plans to go out and hunt and find out I didn't draw.

also, I have a friend from the Marines in Grinnell, Iowa, he said he should be able to get me on some land to hunt. Is this a good area of your state? (granted it will be much better than the hunting here in Maine, but how does it measure to the southern parts of the state)

 

[Liv4Rut]

Welcome to the site!! I believe what you are seeing is the total preference points after the draw. Someone can correct me if I am wrong. For instance, lets say you had 3 points and got drawn. When it shows the results it will say SMITH drawn 0 preference points which would be remaining.

I know that guys used to be able to check their draw results a day early by checking their preference points. If they went up one point, they didnt draw. If they went to 0 points, they drew.

I know nothing about the grinnel area unfortunately. No matter where you go, you will have a blast!!

 

[Scott]

Yep he is right. However, if you saw people with three points that means that didnt draw with two points. I gotta believe your odds are still pretty good though with 2. Never spent alot of time in that area but I have seen some big deer off the interstate when passing through.

 

[AZHunter]

Based on my experiences with both preference points and bonus points, I would agree with Liv's summation. In a preference point system, the highest # of points get drawn first so there is no way someone with 0 points could get drawn ahead of someone with 3 preference points. In a bonus point system (like AZ), someone with a low number of bonus points (extra #s in the random # generator for the lottery) can easily get drawn over someone with high bonus points.

As far as I remember, there are some decent deer in the Grinnel area. Good luck!