txhunter58
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Here is what the 2010 brochure says about PP fees:
2.Hunters will be automatically assessed $25 for a preference point unless
they opt out by selecting the appropriate check box on the big game drawing
application. If this option is checked, the applicant will not receive a
preference point unless they have purchased one of the following: an annual
fishing, small game, resident combination small game and fishing,
furbearer license in the previous year or a big game license in the previous
year or current limited license for the same species for which they may be
seeking a point. The $25 preference point fee is also waved for youths,
lifetime license holders, free senior annual fishing license holders and
Colorado residents who are in the military on active duty outside Colorado.
To me this sounds like you will be charged the $25 fee automatically even if you had a tag last year, unless you check the box to opt out. Am I misreading it?
So even though I had an elk tag, if I apply for a tag this year and don't draw, I will be charged $25 unless I check the appropriate box? And since I had an elk tag, even if I check the box to not pay the fee, I should still get a point?
Also, in the past, if I had any big game tag the previous year, I was not charged the fee for either deer or elk. This year, it sounds like you would only be exempt from the fee for the species you had the tag for?
This sounds much more complicated than it has been (as well as more expensive) Sounds like to be safe, you will be charged $25 per species unless you draw a tag.
txhunter58
venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
2.Hunters will be automatically assessed $25 for a preference point unless
they opt out by selecting the appropriate check box on the big game drawing
application. If this option is checked, the applicant will not receive a
preference point unless they have purchased one of the following: an annual
fishing, small game, resident combination small game and fishing,
furbearer license in the previous year or a big game license in the previous
year or current limited license for the same species for which they may be
seeking a point. The $25 preference point fee is also waved for youths,
lifetime license holders, free senior annual fishing license holders and
Colorado residents who are in the military on active duty outside Colorado.
To me this sounds like you will be charged the $25 fee automatically even if you had a tag last year, unless you check the box to opt out. Am I misreading it?
So even though I had an elk tag, if I apply for a tag this year and don't draw, I will be charged $25 unless I check the appropriate box? And since I had an elk tag, even if I check the box to not pay the fee, I should still get a point?
Also, in the past, if I had any big game tag the previous year, I was not charged the fee for either deer or elk. This year, it sounds like you would only be exempt from the fee for the species you had the tag for?
This sounds much more complicated than it has been (as well as more expensive) Sounds like to be safe, you will be charged $25 per species unless you draw a tag.
txhunter58
venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)