The search functionality has many holes in it. Much of the previously available data doesn’t show up in the search results. Many missing years/reports.
And how would one even know what type of data was available and how to search for it without some type of Table of Contents as existed...
I think it is an issue for most NV resident hunters. You are probably not the only CA resident that snagged a ram tag (or other on FCFS (exceeding the NR cap). I doubt CDFW took a returned ram tag and sold it to a NV resident for $1201.
Problem: returned tags with little time to re-issue (too little time for a government employee anyway).
Possible Solutions that run through the heads of Tony & Jack:
Bake extra tags in to your quotas
Issue an extra tag next year if warranted
Issue a no-bid $500K contract to your friends at...