Am I just unlucky??
Colorado
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So, deer/elk/sheep/goat/moose, all were what I pretty much expected, but something odd happened with my bear tag. Am I seriously this unlucky?? I had 1 preference point for bear, and put in for unit 82. It looks like 61 people applied with 1 point, and 60 drew? I was seriously THE ONLY person with 1 point that didnt draw.... I am feeling like the unluckiest guy around at the moment...
That does seem unfortunate... but you should be a lock next year!
OK, quick scare there, LOL. I was just looking through my inbox for emails from
[email protected] (which is where all the correspondence from the online applications come from) and must have confused the original receipt email with the email saying we didnt draw LOL . So, there is hope that I was not that 1 SOB that didnt draw! hahaha. On the bright side, my son is going to be stoked, as all 5 youth residents drew the tag, so fingers crossed, we'll be skinning at least one bear come Sept.
How can 1 person with 1pt not draw when 14 people with 0pts drew?
Party application maybe? One guy with 1 point, one with 0.
Hope you're not the unlucky one .
Unlucky even happens to me. During my 5 year wait after harvesting a ram I decide to put in for a ewe tag. When the draw odds came out I saw in my unit 6 ewe tags and only 7 applicants. I didn't draw. The real kicker is I was at the CPW headquarters to meet a buddy checking in his ram in early September. I guy hobbles up on crutches leg in a cast and asks "Is this where I turn in my sheep tag I can't use?" Bummer I say and replies "its only a ewe tag". I ask what unit? You guessed it, he was one of the 6 who drew. I followed him in to the Limited License window and told them "I know I'm next in line can I have the tag?" "We don't do that" they said. It took to a few years but I made it a goal of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn society to make sure turned in tags get in to the next persons hands.
Sandbrew
Crazy story, Sandbrew! I have you to thank then, I hunted with a ewe tag that had been turned in two years ago.
Group application still goes off the lowest point total in the group, does it not?