DW, it is BOGUS that we have to choose to get either a refund or PP's back, not both. After 20 years of drawing, I don't wanna lose my points, but I also don't have $650 bucks to flush down the toilet either.
I don't know of any other business that runs this way. It'd be like ordering a new pickup from Ford that burns up before delivery and they tell you to pay for it and order another one.
If I turn my tag back in, I'm not killing an elk or using any of their services, so how do they justify keeping my money? Where I come from we call that stealing.
Now I know somebody's gonna say, "well you took the chance, blah blah. Fires are out of our control, blah blah" Hogwash to that !
The only fair and right thing to do is refund the money and the PP's and everybody start over.
At this point, I guess I'll just go hunt, although the area I'm familiar with is the area that burned and is currently closed.