Colorado Draw Extended

[SO7mm]

Just received an email that the Colorado draw is being extended. Sounds like the system crashed from too many people putting in .

Primary draw application deadline extended until Friday, April 9 at 8 p.m.​

Hunters hoping to draw a big-game license in Colorado in 2021 will now have until Fri., April 9 at 8 p.m. MT to apply in the primary draw due to volume-related technological issues that kept some hunters from being able to apply before the original deadline of April 6 at 8 p.m.

 

[hogcarpy]

I just got the email too

 

[TheGreek]

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is a nationally recognized leader in conservation, outdoor recreation and wildlife management. The agency manages 42 state parks, all of Colorado's wildlife, more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. CPW issues hunting and fishing...

cpw.state.co.us

 

[Wapiti_48]

I called the CPW to confirm
It’s legit!
I missed the deadline too lol

 

[RobertD]

I forgot to fill in a fourth choice, guess I can back and modify now. I bet application numbers are off the charts this year.

 

[SO7mm]

I called the CPW to confirm
It’s legit!
I missed the deadline too lol

Glad it worked out for you.

 

[Oak]

I forgot to fill in a fourth choice, guess I can back and modify now. I bet application numbers are off the charts this year.

CPW posted the following on Twitter 7+ hours ago:

“To date for 2021, we have received over 685,000 big game hunting applications. Please remember this is a number of applications, not the number of individuals or numbers of licenses that will be issued. In 2020, we received 649,351 applications.”

 

[RobertD]

CPW posted the following on Twitter 7+ hours ago:

“To date for 2021, we have received over 685,000 big game hunting applications. Please remember this is a number of applications, not the number of individuals or numbers of licenses that will be issued. In 2020, we received 649,351 applications.”
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Thanks for sharing that @Oak. Doesn't quite square with my "off the charts" bet. Really interesting too because it looks like most of the increase centers on elk. Would have thought deer.

 

[hogcarpy]

Thanks for sharing that @Oak. Doesn't quite square with my "off the charts" bet. Really interesting too because it looks like most of the increase centers on elk. Would have thought deer.

My assumption is the application numbers include applications for preference points. If this is true the increases still seem healthy. It will obviously be interesting to see the numbers of traditional PP applicants that become tag applicants.

 

[Kiwi]

CPW posted the following on Twitter 7+ hours ago:

“To date for 2021, we have received over 685,000 big game hunting applications. Please remember this is a number of applications, not the number of individuals or numbers of licenses that will be issued. In 2020, we received 649,351 applications.”
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Interesting. What happened in 1998 and 1999 for deer and elk applications to shoot up?

 

[3855WIN]

Son called me yesterday saying he had missed the deadline. We were going to burn his elk points this year. As usual, he lucked out. I sent a screenshot of the email and told him to get busy.

 

[Wapiti_48]

Interesting. What happened in 1998 and 1999 for deer and elk applications to shoot up?

Y2K scare? haha

 

[Mallardsx2]

Thats the timeframe where the OTC started to go nuts.....

 

[Oak]

Interesting. What happened in 1998 and 1999 for deer and elk applications to shoot up?

Deer went totally limited in 1999. Elk might have just been residual increase from people applying for deer? Not sure.

 

[Carnage2011]

So we decide to cater to the people that waited until the last minute and couldn’t get in? That’s their own problem. It’s a deadline...if hunting is the priority then people should be able to meet it.

 

[RobertD]

My assumption is the application numbers include applications for preference points. If this is true the increases still seem healthy. It will obviously be interesting to see the numbers of traditional PP applicants that become tag applicants.

Yep, that's the real question, how many bought points vs how many attempted to burn points

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

So we decide to cater to the people that waited until the last minute and couldn’t get in? That’s their own problem. It’s a deadline...if hunting is the priority then people should be able to meet it.

What’s the difference if the server goes down March 28th or April 6th?

You should be able to submit until the deadline as posted, if the system breaks it’s the agency’s responsibility.

 

[Carnage2011]

What’s the difference if the server goes down March 28th or April 6th?

You should be able to submit until the deadline as posted, if the system breaks it’s the agency’s responsibility.

It was open for two months...don’t wait until the end and it’s not an issue.

 

[DouglasR]

smh.
here we go again with another participation trophy.
If applicants weren’t obsessively contemplating their app strategy for at least a year and didn’t have if turned in by the 5th give them nothing!!!

 

[DouglasR]