and you have to front the entire tag fee just to build a pref.point!

I think elk and deer are both around $300, of which you get that back, but still you're out $500 or $600 just to build points, of which they'll keep that $25 each etc...

WY has a pref pts period later in the year for just pts, I'd certainly build pts for elk, deer, antelope WY!

Plenty of other great states to build pts in as well, esp the longer draw states, arizona etc...