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After 3 years of putting in for the draw and only recieving pp's, my dad and I drew a muzzle loader tag for deer in the state of Nevada! We were getting really excited to go having all our gear packed up, guns all sighted in, maps all highlighted.... Then out of the blue I got a little sick with a fever and body ache. I made an appointment with my doctor, assuming I was getting a sinus infection. After a blood test, the doctor called me the next morning and had me come in to the office to give me the news. I was in way worse shape than I had thought. I was diagnosed with A.L.L. ( acute lymphoid leukemia )!!! And immediately rushed 4.5 hours away from home to Stanford hospital where I ended up staying for a month hooked to machines with a mask on and away from my children. I was just able to get out today 10-4-12! Well here's my big problem now besides still fighting for my life and relocating next to the hospital for 6 months and so on. Through all this I called the NDOW the day I found out I was diagnosed which was 9-4-12 to find out how to turn in my tag and save my points, so I could hopefully hunt next year god willing. The man on the phone told me to have a doctors note and to send the tag in and as long as it was post marked before the opening day of the season, they would review it and decide if I were eligible for the refund of money for my tag and my points as well. ?I then did exactly what the man said and spent the $18.95 to next day the tag and the letter from my doctor at Stanford medical center/ oncology dept. I have the reciept that states the package was sent on 9-7-12! I called today to find out what ever happened with my tag and they told me that because they recieved the tag to hand on 9-10-12 which was opening day they would not return my money or my points! If they had my tag on opening day I obviously could not hunt! So I'm not happy and believe I should keep my points and get my tag money back! I did exactly what I was advised to do! From a hospital bed at that! And not only that, but if they didn't refund me then why didn't they ever send me a notification of some kind or send my tag back? If I could've had a chance to go hunting I didn't even have a tag to go with because they still have it!! ?This is not good business on NDOW's part at all!! I hope this does not lye on deaf ears! I have nothing but time and chemo treatments to make sure this comes out fair! Thanks for listening!
Buck T. Devlin
Buck T. Devlin