Colorado DOW is between a rock and a hard place. The system was initiated as a management tool and then over time became a cash cow. The ODL article states that none of the western states can stop the various points programs because they have become a large part of their financials. They can't get away with stopping it because of all the money people have invested and would go bankrupt if they tried to refund. The only solution is to freeze point creep, allow banking of unused points and expect some of the top tier people like Flags to use the points which probably would happen since anyone with 20 or more points has to be getting a bit older. I know 61 is a good area and some people might spend down some points to get a quality hunt providing that the get to keep the unused points. 24 points really equates to a sizeable investment and why would a person spend that whole investment on a hunt that takes half. Thats like spending $10,000 on a $ 5,000 dollar hunt. Better bet is to go on two $5000 dollar hunts under a different system especially if they don't change things. DOW by not changing is actually defrauding the public selling them something that for the most part is unachievable. I havent looked at the yearly data in a few years but as of around 4 years ago many of the mid tier hunts were moving up at more than a point each year.