Big game app. April 7th Deadline!

[Mtn.man]

there is a different app. for each species. elk, deer bear, moose, antilope.
so if you put in for elk, don't get first then you get a point, no points used for 2nd choice if you get that, and so on. Points only account when used for 1st choice drawing. And if you put in just for a point or don't get your 1st choice draw you get a point. and they continue to aquire for that species only. you can't use deer points for anything but deer, elk for elk, etc.
Deer same as above put in for 1st choice deer or for a point only put in second choice you may or may not get that but hope you see how this is working.

[sniper7]

you can put a pref. point as your first choice. this guarantees you will get a point. your second choice can go for a license. it will not use your points you currently have if you draw and you get to add the pref. point from option 1 to you collection. this is how guys still hunt but save up 20+ points to hunt in the sweet areas.

or you can apply for a point and go get an over the counter tag.

[ssf467]

Holy Crap thanks for warning almost forgot to put in...

[car-15]

I got mine in last night, it took over 2 hours to get it in, their server was overloaded (with out of staters most likley) and it kept kicking me off.

[GunTroll]

Out of staters are ruining hunting here. Its good for our economy but CO bends over backwards for these invaders. I read in a hunting mag that CO has one of the lowest resident hunter numbers in the west but yet it is the biggest money making state for hunting in the west if not the whole country. Thats a shame! Its because of the regs or over regulating of the season to allow these "out of towners" to have an equal stake in the game. CO is beautiful. The herds are great. Trophies can be found. But damn I hate the regs.

[sniper7]

Out of staters are ruining hunting here. Its good for our economy but CO bends over backwards for these invaders. I read in a hunting mag that CO has one of the lowest resident hunter numbers in the west but yet it is the biggest money making state for hunting in the west if not the whole country. Thats a shame! Its because of the regs or over regulating of the season to allow these "out of towners" to have an equal stake in the game. CO is beautiful. The herds are great. Trophies can be found. But damn I hate the regs.

I don't mind it. I know where to go, they don't. there are a lot of guys who hunted here as residents then left the state. a lot due to the type of people moving in, especially in the mountain towns. The incoming money keeps our hunting alive. I put in close to 1K a year to the DOW so i am doing my part, but out of state pay big money to hunt here. most are unsuccessful. I have been a bit more fortunate

[sniper7]

Holy Crap thanks for warning almost forgot to put in...

thought you could shoot whatever you saw there in GJ!

[af1acura]

So if I understand it correctly, you can put in for a point 1st choice, then whatever tag you actually want and get both? Why doesn't everyone do that? I shoulda put a point for elk 1st choice too.

[Colorado Osprey]

So if I understand it correctly, you can put in for a point 1st choice, then whatever tag you actually want and get both? Why doesn't everyone do that? I shoulda put a point for elk 1st choice too.

I have 6 points for deer and I need 15 for the area I want to hunt. I always put in the area I want as 1st choice, just in case I might actually get drawn with less points.

For Elk I generally need 3-4 points to get drawn in the area I want. BUT, I have been crawn in that area with as few as 1 point.

If I did not put in for these as 1st choices I wouldn't hunt nearly as often in the areas that I want to hunt. I would instead be settling for areas that require no points and areas that I truely really don't want to hunt.

[Mtn.man]

just got thru talking to a freind who came back from the DOW office. He said that because of the economy they have recieved alot less apps. from out of state hunters. And our in state #'s are down also at this time. Course mail prolly hasn't been counted. However he said looks like alot more leftovers will be available this year.