Keith is right, it is a complicated system.
There are no preference points as such. However, if you are unsuccessful this year, next year you go into a Group l pool (i.e. a pool that is drawn before last years successful hunters are drawn). If you are successful this year, next year you go into the Group 2 pool (therefore have a lesser chance of being drawn).
Ontario also has a system of calculating the number of applicants which in turn determines that within each WMU some predetermined number of hunters who apply as a group can be guaranteed of getting either a bull or cow tag. It might be a low of 2 persons or a high of 15 persons. For any numbers greater than this there is no number of hunters who will be guaranteed of getting a tag, they can only attempt to be drawn as individuals.
Not sure how clear any of this is. This is why Keith suggested pulling up the full set of regulations. The section on moose hunting runs to several pages alone.
Jim
