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Top, in my case, it really wasn't a matter of "buying" points. The Navy kept me away from home so I always put in for the points for when I could get home. I did some good hunts over the years using some points. For instance I got my Mtn Goat in 2011, I've got a bighorn ram on the wall, took a good whitetail and a good antelope.
But, I've let the elk points roll. I've hunted cows in unit 2 a lot of times since I could draw those as a 2nd choice. Unit 2 has some of the biggest bulls in the state and the highest bull/cow ratio. i'm going to make a play for the tag this season. If it doesn't come through this year, then next year is a shoe in.
I was really addressing car on that PP statement. I can fully understand that a person in the Service like yourself doesn't have much leeway to go on some of these OIL hunts that many of them are unless you can still hunt and live to 100! I wouldn't want to put in and draw one of those top end high PP tags and then come down on deployment orders and have everything screwed up and maybe lose the hunt depending on how a particular state handles that kind of a situation. I know Wyoming will let you reserve a "top four" tag to the following year if you get drawn and come down on orders. However, the best you can do for a hard to draw antelope, deer, or elk tag under their requirements would be to get a refund. At least they reinstate your PPs and you can possibly draw another good tag in the future though.