I do think this is a great…

I do think this is a great step in making a better and more fair distribution and allocation of moose tags but I do have a few concerns with the new proposed rules.
First of all, how you determine the hunters initial point amount.

“A hunter would receive a point for each year they have applied and been unsuccessful in the draw going back to when they first started applying or the last time they received/accepted a tag (such as were successful in the draw, received a tag through a transfer or through the surplus tag allocation)”

I do not believe receiving a tag through the surplus should count against a persons point count because when you get a tag through the surplus it is nearly never your first or second choice it was just something you tried to get so you could be out in the bush that year. (Eg. a person in preferred pool applies first choice gun bull in a given WMU, second choice gun cow in a given WMU and is unsuccessful but then the person gets an archery cow tag in the surplus for that WMU.) I don’t think that should count against your initial point total as it was even one of your choices you applied for it was just something so you could be out hunting that year.

Next, the transferring the tag restrictions. I understand the concern of “ghost” hunters, but there are groups out there who hunt in groups who merely transfer their tag to the person who is most available that season to give the group a better opportunity to hunt. Although the attempts are going to being made to get the information about tags out to the public sooner to give people more time to plan a lot of people pick their holidays for the following year in Nov/ Dec of the previous year so it’s still not a enough time. Therefore, I like the idea of people being able to transfer their tag to their most available group member.

Respectfully submitted