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Originally posted by Hogbreath:
I started checking the CPW website for the draw results and I struck paydirt this year.
I drew my early season bear, Late season private land doe tag and my 4th season Cow tag.
Gonna be busy this fall.
Now if I could just draw an antelope tag............

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

Something has to be done ... go back to the old way pay up front with a refund back to the credit card versus paper checks now that they have a credit card on file for everyone. They can just as easily credit a charge as they can charge a card.

Also need to start charging for Big 3 preference points. Absolutely ridiculous that elk, deer, antelope and bear require a purchase of either a fishing, hunting or trapping license the year prior, but the Big 3 are exempt from these requirements. This year everyone who didn't draw a Big 3 tag got a preference point for a whopping $3/species. That's a grand total of $9 for a moose, sheep and mtn goat preference point. Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

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Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

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Originally posted by COYOTE HUNTER:

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Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

Not really.
They watched Wyoming suck thousands of people in with $7 O-I-L preference points.
Now, they are getting $150 for each point.

Looks like Colorado wanted to get new blood in

the pyramid scheme.

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Originally posted by Colorado Bob:

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Originally posted by COYOTE HUNTER:

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Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

Not really.
They watched Wyoming suck thousands of people in with $7 O-I-L preference points.
Now, they are getting $150 for each point.

Looks like Colorado wanted to get new blood in

the pyramid scheme.

WY got me in with the 7 point moose. I got good 6 or 7 for $7 and then drew the year they went $100. Never went back. Killed a bull by Big Piney. Bob

FYI---I've got 17 or 18 weighted moose points in Co. I may do it another year but probably will throw the towel in.

Bob

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Originally posted by COYOTE HUNTER:

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Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

Not really.
They watched Wyoming suck thousands of people in with $7 O-I-L preference points.
Now, they are getting $150 for each point.

Looks like Colorado wanted to get new blood in the pyramid scheme.

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

Something has to be done ... go back to the old way pay up front with a refund back to the credit card versus paper checks now that they have a credit card on file for everyone. They can just as easily credit a charge as they can charge a card.

Also need to start charging for Big 3 preference points. Absolutely ridiculous that elk, deer, antelope and bear require a purchase of either a fishing, hunting or trapping license the year prior, but the Big 3 are exempt from these requirements. This year everyone who didn't draw a Big 3 tag got a preference point for a whopping $3/species. That's a grand total of $9 for a moose, sheep and mtn goat preference point. Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

I doubt they'll go backwards!? One solution....do like AZ, ID, NV, etc. Charge non-residents $150 for a non-res hunting license to apply, and then $10 per app / point, per species. The law currently mandates the most CPW can charge per app / point is $10. Charge residents at least $50 for a hunting license, and the same $10 per.

1st year moose apps went up 585%...sheep quadrupled, goat went through the roof too. If you have weighted points for the Big 3, you have two more years to draw. After that, the odds will plummet beyond belief - and applying will be virtually worthless.... unless a big change is made!

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

Something has to be done ... go back to the old way pay up front with a refund back to the credit card versus paper checks now that they have a credit card on file for everyone. They can just as easily credit a charge as they can charge a card.

Also need to start charging for Big 3 preference points. Absolutely ridiculous that elk, deer, antelope and bear require a purchase of either a fishing, hunting or trapping license the year prior, but the Big 3 are exempt from these requirements. This year everyone who didn't draw a Big 3 tag got a preference point for a whopping $3/species. That's a grand total of $9 for a moose, sheep and mtn goat preference point. Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

I doubt they'll go backwards!? One solution....do like AZ, ID, NV, etc. Charge non-residents $150 for a non-res hunting license to apply, and then $10 per app / point, per species. The law currently mandates the most CPW can charge per app / point is $10. Charge residents at least $50 for a hunting license, and the same $10 per.

1st year moose apps went up 585%...sheep quadrupled, goat went through the roof too. If you have weighted points for the Big 3, you have two more years to draw. After that, the odds will plummet beyond belief - and applying will be virtually worthless.... unless a big change is made!

I don't understand the $10 cap. They dinged my buddy for $40/point for elk, antelope and bear. $3 each for the app, then another $40/species once he didn't draw. Total of $129 for those three species.

For the moose he put in for, it was $3 app fee and $ZERO for his moose point!!! Not a single red penny except for the $3 app fee.

Maybe they can only charge $10 for the app, but they can certainly charge more for a point, because they did it this year!!!

They also hit my dad and his buddy for $40 each for their deer point.

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

Something has to be done ... go back to the old way pay up front with a refund back to the credit card versus paper checks now that they have a credit card on file for everyone. They can just as easily credit a charge as they can charge a card.

Also need to start charging for Big 3 preference points. Absolutely ridiculous that elk, deer, antelope and bear require a purchase of either a fishing, hunting or trapping license the year prior, but the Big 3 are exempt from these requirements. This year everyone who didn't draw a Big 3 tag got a preference point for a whopping $3/species. That's a grand total of $9 for a moose, sheep and mtn goat preference point. Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

I doubt they'll go backwards!? One solution....do like AZ, ID, NV, etc. Charge non-residents $150 for a non-res hunting license to apply, and then $10 per app / point, per species. The law currently mandates the most CPW can charge per app / point is $10. Charge residents at least $50 for a hunting license, and the same $10 per.

1st year moose apps went up 585%...sheep quadrupled, goat went through the roof too. If you have weighted points for the Big 3, you have two more years to draw. After that, the odds will plummet beyond belief - and applying will be virtually worthless.... unless a big change is made!

I don't understand the $10 cap. They dinged my buddy for $40/point for elk, antelope and bear. $3 each for the app, then another $40/species once he didn't draw. Total of $129 for those three species.

For the moose he put in for, it was $3 app fee and $ZERO for his moose point!!! Not a single red penny except for the $3 app fee.

Maybe they can only charge $10 for the app, but they can certainly charge more for a point, because they did it this year!!!

They also hit my dad and his buddy for $40 each for their deer point.

CPW will need to charge a "hunting license" fee if they want to fix the problem....otherwise scrap it all together.

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

Something has to be done ... go back to the old way pay up front with a refund back to the credit card versus paper checks now that they have a credit card on file for everyone. They can just as easily credit a charge as they can charge a card.

Also need to start charging for Big 3 preference points. Absolutely ridiculous that elk, deer, antelope and bear require a purchase of either a fishing, hunting or trapping license the year prior, but the Big 3 are exempt from these requirements. This year everyone who didn't draw a Big 3 tag got a preference point for a whopping $3/species. That's a grand total of $9 for a moose, sheep and mtn goat preference point. Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

I doubt they'll go backwards!? One solution....do like AZ, ID, NV, etc. Charge non-residents $150 for a non-res hunting license to apply, and then $10 per app / point, per species. The law currently mandates the most CPW can charge per app / point is $10. Charge residents at least $50 for a hunting license, and the same $10 per.

1st year moose apps went up 585%...sheep quadrupled, goat went through the roof too. If you have weighted points for the Big 3, you have two more years to draw. After that, the odds will plummet beyond belief - and applying will be virtually worthless.... unless a big change is made!

I don't understand the $10 cap. They dinged my buddy for $40/point for elk, antelope and bear. $3 each for the app, then another $40/species once he didn't draw. Total of $129 for those three species.

For the moose he put in for, it was $3 app fee and $ZERO for his moose point!!! Not a single red penny except for the $3 app fee.

Maybe they can only charge $10 for the app, but they can certainly charge more for a point, because they did it this year!!!

They also hit my dad and his buddy for $40 each for their deer point.

CPW will need to charge a "hunting license" fee if they want to fix the problem....otherwise scrap it all together.

Why not add an additional preference point fee for the Big 3 while they're at it. If it costs $40 for a deer, elk, bear or antelope point, then it should certainly cost $40 for moose, goat and sheep. I'd even say a higher point fee for the Big 3 is required because of their premium status.

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Originally posted by surefire7:
My wife and I both applied for Antelope, Deer and Elk. I also applied for Moose. Only tag we drew was her cow elk.

Well, I guess I should be happy about that at least.....

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by graybird:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Myself and my 2 sons drew nothing, except youngest boy got a second choice archery deer tag.
We all put in for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Bear, Sheep, Goat, Moose.
Out of 21 applications we got one second choice.
I've been applying for Moose for 32 years and Desert Sheep for 22 years.
With the changes made in Colorado's draw process it will soon be impossible to draw a tag, this mess is not leaving much of a hunting legacy for my children.

We gotta get it changed Dave!!!

Something has to be done ... go back to the old way pay up front with a refund back to the credit card versus paper checks now that they have a credit card on file for everyone. They can just as easily credit a charge as they can charge a card.

Also need to start charging for Big 3 preference points. Absolutely ridiculous that elk, deer, antelope and bear require a purchase of either a fishing, hunting or trapping license the year prior, but the Big 3 are exempt from these requirements. This year everyone who didn't draw a Big 3 tag got a preference point for a whopping $3/species. That's a grand total of $9 for a moose, sheep and mtn goat preference point. Un-f'n-believable!!!!!

I doubt they'll go backwards!? One solution....do like AZ, ID, NV, etc. Charge non-residents $150 for a non-res hunting license to apply, and then $10 per app / point, per species. The law currently mandates the most CPW can charge per app / point is $10. Charge residents at least $50 for a hunting license, and the same $10 per.

1st year moose apps went up 585%...sheep quadrupled, goat went through the roof too. If you have weighted points for the Big 3, you have two more years to draw. After that, the odds will plummet beyond belief - and applying will be virtually worthless.... unless a big change is made!