elks96
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So reading another post. I saw a guy who is turning his tag back in for not seeing many animals. I feel this is a horrible set up and hope the CPW does something to address this soon. It happens all the time around here and only leads to further point creep and to longer waits for all when a person decides the day before a hunt they did not like what they saw and turn the tag back in. When this happens that opportunity is lost for the year. It pisses me off to think of the 100, 1000 other hunters who may have applied for that tag and the tag is wasted.
I feel that if you pull a tag and turn it on for anything other than a verifiable medical/family emergency you should not only loose the money for the tag but also a chunk of your points. There are guys that have built points so far that they can afford to hand in tags 4-5 years and still have tag the next. This whole thing clogs the point system. Take opportunity from others and perpetuates greed in the sport.
What do you think? Solutions?
1. I believe that all tags must be handed back 2 weeks prior to the hunt.
2. Any tag that is handed back should go into a totally random drawing that all hunters can enter into for a fee. Lottery for a turned in tag.
3. Hunters handing back tags with out missing an arm loosing an immediate family member should loose enough points to be out of thee running for a couple years.
I can see a revenue generation line for the CPW and a little relief in the points system.
I feel that if you pull a tag and turn it on for anything other than a verifiable medical/family emergency you should not only loose the money for the tag but also a chunk of your points. There are guys that have built points so far that they can afford to hand in tags 4-5 years and still have tag the next. This whole thing clogs the point system. Take opportunity from others and perpetuates greed in the sport.
What do you think? Solutions?
1. I believe that all tags must be handed back 2 weeks prior to the hunt.
2. Any tag that is handed back should go into a totally random drawing that all hunters can enter into for a fee. Lottery for a turned in tag.
3. Hunters handing back tags with out missing an arm loosing an immediate family member should loose enough points to be out of thee running for a couple years.
I can see a revenue generation line for the CPW and a little relief in the points system.