Az. Today ?
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From: BULELK1
07-Mar-23
Good Luck All, Robb
From: brettpsu
07-Mar-23
Gonna be a long day checking the credit card every 10 minutes. Any idea what time they typically start hitting?
From: BOHNTR
07-Mar-23
0800 hours-mountain time
From: Brotsky
07-Mar-23
Every time my phone buzzes today I'll be checking to see if it's a CC alert....and at the end of the day every time it will just have been Treeman sending me memes.
From: brettpsu
07-Mar-23
It's 7 minutes after and I've hit the refresh button 25,000 times already.
From: jsgold
07-Mar-23
Same here
From: BOHNTR
07-Mar-23
Got hit for an elk tag……most likely my wife!
From: Brotsky
07-Mar-23
Congrats Roy!
From: brettpsu
07-Mar-23
Got hit!!!!!! Congrats Roy
From: jsgold
07-Mar-23
Congrats, guys! So if there’s no card hit yet, is all hope lost, or does AZ keep at it for a while….?
From: BOHNTR
07-Mar-23
Keep checking….not all cards post at the same time.
From: elktrax
07-Mar-23
It last all day. Then the rejected cards get pushed aside then they run again. If not tomorrow. Better luck next year. Come on Elk tag.. ??????????
From: 'Ike'
07-Mar-23
Brots, can I get your number?!? :-)
From: Bake
07-Mar-23
This really makes me want to start texting Brotsky all day :)
From: huntinelk
07-Mar-23
Aren't memes from Treeman worth more than an AZ elk tag anyway?? They are the gift that keeps giving.
From: Bulelk400
07-Mar-23
My card hit so me or my wife are hunting a AZ Bull
From: bowhunter1
07-Mar-23
My card got hit Tom
From: EZBreazy
07-Mar-23
Someone in my family got hit. Will have to wait for the Portal to see what we got! Pumped to be heading back to AZ!
From: t-roy
07-Mar-23
Obviously, you’re getting WAY different memes than I am, Gene….
From: BULELK1
08-Mar-23
Congrats to all that drew-------->
Nothing Pending for me this early AM.
Good luck, Robb
From: In2dmtns
08-Mar-23
My card says pending Az G&f i'm trying not to get too excited yet, but does this mean I drew..??
From: Brotsky
08-Mar-23
If Robb didn’t draw what chance do the rest of us even have? Ha!
From: stumpjumper
08-Mar-23
Mine says pending as well,hoping the pending goes away soon!
From: StickFlicker
08-Mar-23
If it's your credit card that says pending, yes, you drew. If it's the AZGFD portal that says pending, that means nothing.
From: Medicinemann
08-Mar-23
^^^X2
From: archelkhunter
08-Mar-23
They are running cards for a couple days is what I hear. I’d this true?
From: TODDY
08-Mar-23
I concur Scoot. D-E-N-I-E-D TODDY
From: pav
08-Mar-23
It ain't over 'till it's over. In 2020, AZ started hitting credit cards (deer draw) on Friday. I didn't see the pending charge for my Kaibab tag until Tuesday morning.
Honestly, due to unforeseen circumstances, it will put me in a better situation if I fail to draw AZ elk...but I'll still be disappointed!
From: bigbuck
08-Mar-23
Still holding on to hope here!!
From: pirogue
08-Mar-23
Just ruled out the last resort possibility of my credit card taking a day or two to update. Went to the grocery store this afternoon and the charge was shown as soon as I got the groceries put away.
From: Tilzbow
08-Mar-23
My credit card alerts always ping on my phone within seconds of a charge. For some reason the AZ elk I’m sure I was going to draw this year hasn’t set off an alert! I wonder why!?!? Oh yeah, it’s probably the same reason as the previous 19 years……
From: Silentstalker
09-Mar-23
Got hot for archery elk today! First Az elk tag! Congrats to all those who drew!
From: IdyllwildArcher
09-Mar-23
Oh man, I saw my NM charge and my heart did a summersault for a second...
From: BULELK1
09-Mar-23
Good for you Chad!!
Ut. LE Mnt. Lion and now Az Bull elk--------->
Team Doyle is going to be busy again this year----->
Good luck, Robb
From: Silentstalker
09-Mar-23
Thx Robb! ‘23 is shaping up nicely!
From: BOHNTR
09-Mar-23
Congrats guys! Should be an outstanding season; elk went into winter with record amount of monsoon, well above average snowfall (102” at my place), rain forecasted for the high-country next week, and late archery dates…..good year to have a tag!
From: brettpsu
09-Mar-23
So you're saying I shouldn't point guard my tag this year Roy;-)
I will probably just get points only everywhere else this year and put everything I have into this hunt. It really is setting up nicely for this fall. Super pumped
From: bigbuck
09-Mar-23
still holding out hope!! i thought for sure would draw this year as they called a week before the season last year and offered me a turned in Bull archery tag said i was next in line for it just couldnt put the hunt together in 8 days,maybe i should have taken it
From: In2dmtns
10-Mar-23
My card is officially charged this morning still no update from AZ. Both units were good ones that had to be RANDOM DRAW so I 'm happy for either on my first AZ elk hunt. Good luck to all.
From: stumpjumper
10-Mar-23
Same thing with me as well
From: c3
10-Mar-23
Hope deminish's as azelkhntr said :(
16 now and counting, so maybe someday
Cheers, Pete
From: W
11-Mar-23
Should be early archery 4B.
From: midwest
11-Mar-23
I’m with you, Pete!
From: EZBreazy
11-Mar-23
Portal should be getting close to updated. I see my daughter has a tag number (29) on her app, so at least I know who was drawn.
From: StickFlicker
11-Mar-23
I'm hearing rom some that the portal has posted.
From: Silentstalker
11-Mar-23
Tags showed up in the App today if you opted in to the E-tag option.
From: BULELK1
12-Mar-23
How fun for you guys finding out 1st or 2nd choice drawn!!
Enjoy,
Robb
From: Garth
12-Mar-23
Congrats to all of you that drew...I'll be on the sidelines
From: bowhunter1
12-Mar-23
If mine says drawn #2 , so I am assuming it means I drew my second choice?
From: WapitiBob
12-Mar-23
tag #2
From: fn
12-Mar-23
Finally got one. Its been a few years.
From: creed
12-Mar-23
"If mine says drawn #2 , so I am assuming it means I drew my second choice? "
With the #2 tag I would guess you went in the bonus round? If you don't mind how many points did you have?
From: bowhunter1
12-Mar-23
Creed , 18 points I had.
From: pirogue
12-Mar-23
You ask how many points, and not what unit/hunt? 18 points will get you tag #2 in some unit/hunts and just another bonus point in others.
From: creed
13-Mar-23
"You ask how many points, and not what unit/hunt? 18 points will get you tag #2 in some unit/hunts and just another bonus point in others."
It can also get you a second choice tag in the bonus round without your first choice being considered.
From: KHunter
13-Mar-23
“ ..without your first choice being considered”
Creed, the first choice is always considered, first so not sure what you mean?
From: Garth
13-Mar-23
KHunter, 1st choice isnt considered if that hunt has already been filled. If you are at max points, this is why you would put yer 2nd choice the same as yer 1st choice. Remember, those with max points go into a separate pool which is very limited for NR. Then the max point holders that didnt draw there, go into the general pool. Again, limted to up to 10% of the tags. Make sense?
From: StickFlicker
13-Mar-23
“ ..without your first choice being considered”
Creed's comment is completely correct. There is (and has been for years) a flaw in the way the Arizona draw is conducted that can give you your second choice in the bonus round even if your first choice still has tags available. I'm sure that thousands and thousands of hunters get their second choice and are never even considered for their first choice. In fact, it's completely possible (but more commonly occurs in other lower-demand species than elk) that you could receive a permit for your second choice and there could be TAGS LEFTOVER (AFTER THE ENTIRE DRAW IS COMPLETE) for your first choice! AZ Game and Fish is aware of the problem, but they don't feel that it is a big enough problem to try to find a solution.
From: Silentstalker
13-Mar-23
Tags showed up in the App today if you opted in to the E-tag option.
From: In2dmtns
13-Mar-23
Still nothing in the portal, had a tag number this weekend then today it says no tag. Very confusing but charge is officially ON my card not pending. Does it matter at all if you didn't opt in for E-TAG?
From: BOHNTR
13-Mar-23
Guys....RELAX. Give them time to transfer the data from the draw to the portal. They are not one in the same.
From: EZBreazy
13-Mar-23
I think everyone's tag number disappeared in the portal. Not a big deal. Will update with the portal at some point. They have been monkeying with the system today and over the weekend.
From: In2dmtns
13-Mar-23
BOHNTR good advice. I will try.....
From: jdee
13-Mar-23
If NM can do their draw right and fast anyone can. Never could figure out why AZ is so backwards.
From: pirogue
13-Mar-23
Creed,I’m aware of that. I was just stating both ends of the spectrum, and not all scenarios.
From: creed
13-Mar-23
pirogue, I was kinda doing the same thing. I once lost 11 elk bonus to a second choice by not understanding how the draw worked. I am surprised by how many people don't understand the draw after putting in for years. When I get a bunch of points it really influences how I apply.
From: StickFlicker
13-Mar-23
Creed, When I drew my DBHS tag I looked at the drawing stats and saw that more than 1,900 people applied for my hunt with NO chance to draw it. Lots of people out there applying and wasting their application year after year because they don't understand how it works.
From: BOHNTR
15-Mar-23
Portal is up
From: Medicinemann
15-Mar-23
Damn.....my bonus points did not increase. I wonder if I screwed up my app.
From: BOHNTR
15-Mar-23
Your BP’s won’t be updated yet. Just look at your draw application and see if you were drawn
From: Medicinemann
15-Mar-23
I should have known that, Roy. I called AZDGF and inquired....they said that the updated portal will confirm whether you drew or not, but that bonus points won't be updated for a couple weeks.
From: brettpsu
15-Mar-23
Drew my 1st choice
From: W
15-Mar-23
I’m going elk hunting in 4B. I should be able to hunt the entire season, if needed.
From: bigbuck
15-Mar-23
Even though I knew because my card didn't get hit was still holding out hope!! But it finally official will have to look to go somewhere else this year!!
From: Carbon Chaos
15-Mar-23
Eight bonus points and drew the early bull tag in 7W. Yea! Need to start figuring out the unit but liked my odds and the fact that it borders units 9 and 10. Good luck everyone.
From: In2dmtns
15-Mar-23
5BN it is.. Good luck to all...
From: creed
15-Mar-23
"5BN it is.. Good luck to all..."
There are some big bulls there. My buddy killed one there that grossed 403
From: Tilzbow
15-Mar-23
The portal says no. I don’t like the portal!
From: Medicinemann
22-Mar-23
Portal is now updated to show new preference points......
From: BOHNTR
22-Mar-23
They’re bonus points…..big difference. :)
From: bowhunter1
07-Apr-23
Received my elk tag in the mail today
