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	<title>WDFW Help - Special Hunt Permits &amp; the Weighted Point System</title>
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		<title>What happened to my Special Permit points when the Special Permit system changed in 2010? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/299/</link>
		<description>Your points for each species were applied to each of the new subcategories created under the new system. For example, if you had 3 deer points prior to the change, you were credited 3 points in ea ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:57:42 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>If I apply for a Special Permit with a group, are my chances of getting drawn better than if I apply by myself?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/203/</link>
		<description>The answer is both yes and no. Since Special Permit group applications average Special Permit points in that category for all group members, those members with fewer points will benefit since the  ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:49:08 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>What is the value of building up Special Permit points?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/213/</link>
		<description>Building up Special Permit points is very much like putting more tickets into the barrel. The Special Permit random drawing is completed separately for each category. Points are squared for our dr ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:29:49 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How can I keep building Special Permit points even if I know I cannot hunt this year? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/293/</link>
		<description>If you want to continue to build Special Permit points but want to make sure you do not get drawn, then you should submit your application with Points Option as your hunt choice.
With Points Opti ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Do I build up one point for each hunt choice I select on my Special Permit application?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/288/</link>
		<description>No. You only build up one point per species category per year regardless of how many hunt choices you submit your application with.</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:21:53 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>What happens if my Special Permit group application is considered, but there are fewer permits left for our first hunt choice than there are members in my group? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/216/</link>
		<description>Your group application would not be eligible for your first hunt choice and none of your group members on that application are awarded a permit for that hunt. That hunt choice will continue to be  ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Will I lose all my Special Permit points if I do not purchase an application this year?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/221/</link>
		<description>No. You are in the Special Permit drawing system for the life of the system. Your points will be waiting for you when you apply again, even if it is several years. Your Special Permit points are r ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:19:18 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How does the Special Permit drawing work? I heard that points have multipliers on them. What is that for and does it improve my chances of being drawn?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/214/</link>
		<description>To figure this out, think of our Special Permit drawing like a drawing where you pull a ticket out of a barrel. Each Special Permit category is a separate random drawing. All applicants per catego ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:17:23 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How do I build up Special Permit points?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/212/</link>
		<description>A single point is earned each year you purchase a Special Permit application. You continue to build points in each Special Permit category until you are drawn. You can purchase one Special Permit  ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Why did WDFW change the Special Permit system? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/294/</link>
		<description>The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) made changes to the way random drawings are conducted for Special Permits beginning with the 2010 Special Permit drawings. There were several  ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:56:08 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Why does the Department of Fish and Wildlife award Special Permits and what game species are affected? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/205/</link>
		<description>Special Permits are awarded for a variety of wildlife management purposes. In most cases they are awarded to control a species&#039; population size. In other cases they provide special recreational op ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:54:33 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Can I transfer my deer Special Permit points to elk? How about from one deer category to another deer category? Can I transfer or donate my Special Permit points to another hunter?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/289/</link>
		<description>No. Points are not transferable to other species. Points are also not transferable from one species category to another (such as moving Youth Deer points to Quality Deer). Points cannot be donated ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How will the new revenue be spent? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/297/</link>
		<description>Additional revenue raised by selling Special Permit applications will be used to expand hunter access on private land, leading to greater hunting opportunities.</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Are there application cards for Special Permits? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/272/</link>
		<description>Application cards are no longer used and no paper applications of any kind are accepted. You can now purchase Special Permits in three ways:
1) Online at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/special_ ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:52:08 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Will there still be partnerships? </title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/202/</link>
		<description>There are still &quot;partnerships,&quot; but the system now allows more than two hunters for some game animal species. We now call these &quot;Groups&quot; which consist of the Leader of the Group and Member(s) of t ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:46:58 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How does Special Permit hunt choices work?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/211/</link>
		<description>After the computer randomly orders Special Permit applications for each category, it moves through each application and each application&amp;rsquo;s hunt choices. When the first application is reviewe ...</description>
		<author>Ron Kim</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:45:03 GMT</pubDate>
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