smokepoler63
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I'm wondering what the thoughts are out there on how the IDFG handled the sale of the resident elk tags for the capped zones this year (2021). For those that don't know, these tags are sold first-come, first served at the point of sale (POS) machines at venders and IDFG regional offices beginning at 10:00 AM on the posted sale date. They are also offered online, however, this year they did something different. You had to log into your account between 9:45 and 9:59 to be placed in a "virtual" waiting room. Then at 10:00 you were assigned a random number and placed in a sequential waiting line based on your assigned random number. Personally, this doesn't sound like first-come, first served to me.
I stood in a physical line at a local vender, while logged into my account on my phone in a virtual waiting room, waiting to see what random number I would be assigned, and was pulling my hair out as the clerk operating the POS machine was trying to figure out how to purchase an elk tag for the first person in line for 8 minutes after the tags went on sale. I was eventually able to get my tag online on my phone by the time I reached the counter and POS machine where I purchased a tag for my son.
This was the 3rd vender I had stopped at before 9:45 that morning. The first vender's POS machine was down and wouldn't be selling any tags, the second was an IDFG regional office and I learned there were already 40-50 people ahead of me with assigned numbers. I'm grateful that I was able to get a tag for my son and I, but this was a very frustrating and stressful situation. 1330 resident tags were sold out by 11:07. Just curious what others thought of the resident capped zone elk tag sales?
I stood in a physical line at a local vender, while logged into my account on my phone in a virtual waiting room, waiting to see what random number I would be assigned, and was pulling my hair out as the clerk operating the POS machine was trying to figure out how to purchase an elk tag for the first person in line for 8 minutes after the tags went on sale. I was eventually able to get my tag online on my phone by the time I reached the counter and POS machine where I purchased a tag for my son.
This was the 3rd vender I had stopped at before 9:45 that morning. The first vender's POS machine was down and wouldn't be selling any tags, the second was an IDFG regional office and I learned there were already 40-50 people ahead of me with assigned numbers. I'm grateful that I was able to get a tag for my son and I, but this was a very frustrating and stressful situation. 1330 resident tags were sold out by 11:07. Just curious what others thought of the resident capped zone elk tag sales?