If success rates are low.....I'd be skeptical, if you're a resident, why not though, what's a cow tag cost? I applied for poitns only as a non res and it was $79 or something, so I assume tis that price or less, which isn't much to eat if you don't get one.....and you may get lucky. But I'd plan on just having the tag in case I saw one, not really plannin gon harvesting one.