Back in 2015, one of my hunting buddies had 10 points for bear, as did his son. Even though dogs went first, they both applied for and received kill tags for zone B. Another hunting buddy, brother of the first one, had 9 points. He was supposed to apply for a preference point, so we'd have a tag to bait for the following year. He fucked it up... applied for a kill tag instead. And he got "lucky", and got one. Shit. We didn't want 3 kill tags in one season. That's a tall order to fill.
But it worked out, and we did it. Got 2 the very first day, got the 3rd the next day. The son shot a 330lb bear at 6pm first night, his dad shot a monster 465 lb bear same night, 35 minutes later, 1-1/2 miles away. It ran off at the shot, but he wore a go-pro camera, and reviewing it confirmed a good hit. He sent out a group text "bear in the weeds, bring thermal camera".
The 3rd guy, a mile from the 2nd, could've shot his first day also, but with the big one unaccounted for at 7pm and darkness coming on fast, he wisely choice not to risk having 2 wounded bears "in the bush" we'd have to search for in the dark, and passed up a shot at a 300 lb bear just before close of shooting hours at 7:15.
He got it the next night, dropped it where it stood right in the bait. Best bear season we've had.