Every year around February 15 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game releases the draw results for the limited hunting permits for Alaska’s big game animals.  Your chances of being drawn for some of the most coveted permits are usually less than 1%.  In the modern-day hunting world, many states especially the western states have gone solely to drawing permits for most of their big game animals.  Most of these states have preference points that you purchase each year.  Many hunting stories start out with the author just being notified of their successful draw.  Many of these recipients have been putting in for 10 or even 20+ years.  I’m sure this sounds crazy to the normal non-hunter but not to the anti-hunter who played a big part in this plan.