LEFTOVER DRAW LETTERS
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From: Ckapp22
16-Jun-17
Just an FYI for the guys who chose the leftover draw option.. I got my letter in the mail yesterday and noticed at the top it said I only had 2 PP after the draw...In reality I have 6. I went down to the CPW office and they assured me it was just a typo on the leftover letter and that I had gone through the draw with the correct PP value. You still have to wonder where the typo got its info from.. im blaming not drawing the tag on a system glitch ha!
From: Retired-11-2000
16-Jun-17
I just asked for PP this yr. Going into 2017 had 14 now have 14. Looking for refund letter from last yr before I contact them.
From: KC9
16-Jun-17
Ckapp22, mine also. Said I had 14 points, had to check on the internet and they had it right, 22.
From: Orion
17-Jun-17
Sounds fishy. Seems odd your points were messed up, but yet you are suppose to believe they were correct for the draw? How did they come up with those random point numbers for you guys?
From: mkk50
17-Jun-17
Just got my leftover letter. Mine said I had 0 points after draw! On internet my 12 is right, but I wonder why the random numbers.
From: CO Oak
17-Jun-17
Have yet to hear of anyone with the correct number on their letter, including mine. Everything is correct online.
From: Orion
17-Jun-17
Why the discrepancy? Seems odd that the letters would be off by what appears to be a large number of points. Wouldn't be the first time DOW has screwed up though. They hosed my buddy on his sheep points a few years back, it was a good thing he had kept all his paper stubs that come with the refund checks that show your points.
From: Ckapp22
17-Jun-17
Yeah not real sure where the leftover letter got its figure from, but as everyone said if you go online, the points total is correct. There is no way someone manually put the pp value on every single letter, so I also think its fishy..especially being that I didn't draw the tag I wanted. Stats show it took 5-6 to draw, I had 5 going in. But if I went through the draw with the 2 pp that they show on the leftover letter, I 100% wouldn't draw. The lady at CPW said there was an internal email about the issue but she didnt give any details beyond that. Any CPW guys on here with input?
From: Orion
17-Jun-17
Seems to me some of you got screwed out of a tag. The leftover letter you received after not drawing in the initial drawing is showing your points after the draw and these seem to be drastically messed up. I would seriously be questioning the draw at this point especially if you had enough to draw when you first applied
From: Ckapp22
18-Jun-17
The only thing that makes me think the draw went through with the correct amount of points is that you would have guys with say 10 points that applied for a unit that only took say 7..they would be guaranteed to get the tag. If their pp were messed up, you would have a bunch of guys that had proof that they should have got the tag. I was right on the cutoff. You would think it would have been a system wide issue not just individual people.
From: 8pointer
18-Jun-17
Got my first choice deer tag in the mail yesterday. Had zero going into the draw and now have 15 after the draw. I'm not going to fix it. You get what you paid for at CPW. The pay is low so dumb mistakes like this will happen. Jk.
From: Orion
18-Jun-17
ha, that's almost as good as Montana this year. A tag and a refund in the same envelope
From: Orion
18-Jun-17
ha, that's almost as good as Montana this year. A tag and a refund in the same envelope
From: goelk
18-Jun-17
i was checking the back door today to see what i have and it kept coming back an error message check your info. I did it again three times and the same message. Duh!
From: Orion
19-Jun-17
I think the DOW really screwed the pooch on this one. A buddy called me last night saying he got a letter showing he has 3 elk points that came with the leftover list. He cashed all his points in last year for 201 archery. So how can the DOW now tell him he has no points when he has a letter from them stating he has 3???
From: samman
19-Jun-17
Draw results show I have 22 for elk after the draw, but my leftover letter said I had zero. My daughter show 6 for the results & on her leftover letter. Guess our $3 application fee isn't sufficient enough to assure they can do things correctly. Look for an increase in the future possibly.
From: Glunt@work
19-Jun-17
They need to get out in front of this. A headline on the web site and an email blast would help avoid having to field a bunch of calls from confused hunters.
From: Treeline
20-Jun-17
Just got mine. Cool, I have 19 deer points, now!
Trying to decide whether to put in for a leftover or wait a little bit to see if something really cool pops up...
From: txhunter58
22-Jun-17
How are you going to find a "cool" tag? They are putting them on at random intervals, with no preview list. Check it 20 times a day???
From: ZachinCO
27-Jun-17
"Trying to decide whether to put in for a leftover or wait a little bit to see if something really cool pops up..." "How are you going to find a "cool" tag? They are putting them on at random intervals, with no preview list. Check it 20 times a day???" That might be my plan. Driving a desk from home has it's advantages.