HAHA WDFW - Multi-season Deer Permits - 2000 Remaining

[highside74]

I received the same email and called WDFW. The email went out to individuals that put in for it. I have my archery tag and wasn't drawn for the multi season and I am debating on whether or not to get it. If you weren't drawn you won't lose your points if you buy now... which makes me feel this is not fair to the guys who got drawn and lost their points. Seems a few thousand guys could have waited and saved points... I might purchase the tag just to be able to fill one this year.  Or, I will trade a $180 in labor for a good archery hunting place

I didn't put in for multi season deer and I got the email.

If you wait to purchase leftover tags,  you lose the opportunity to put in for the quality tag options for different weapons.

[highside74]

Bob beat me too it.

[DoubleJ]

I'll buy one if I can go out and shoot another deer

[jkthomps]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the special hunts/permits drawings. Good point!

[luvmystang67]

Yeah, I just figure they'll go over the counter because they'll sell more.  Why have a draw for something their is not enough demand for? 

I just hope that this makes it fairly obvious that they need to improve their offering.  Either reduce the price, or make it open to anyone before the drawing period, or as others have mentioned, make it good for an additional animal.  Regardless, people aren't really biting at the current offering.

I just love watching their revenue generators struggle...  Makes me feel like less of a puppet.

I've bought one every year, not this year.... cutting my expenses.

[bobcat]

Obviously there's more demand than available permits, that's why the draw odds were only a little better than 50%.

[Jonathan_S]

Sounds like demand for the applications was high...maybe not the actual $140 permit

[steeliedrew]

wait...so I can just go buy a multi-season deer permit now even though I didn't put in for the draw? I kinda want one.

[mburrows]

wait...so I can just go buy a multi-season deer permit now even though I didn't put in for the draw? I kinda want one.

Yup

[luvmystang67]

wait...so I can just go buy a multi-season deer permit now even though I didn't put in for the draw? I kinda want one.

I think they are, but I would encourage you not to buy one... just to "stick it to the man"  You already paid for a deer tag, now with $130 additional for the same one deer is it worth it?

I've bought it the last couple of years so I have no room to talk...

I think that people were just applying to keep their option to buy open, so they could consider it later.  For $6.50 it was a cheap way to keep options open.  I think a lot of people then looked at the cost and their plans and decided that it was too expensive after buying the rest of their tags.   

[JimmyHoffa]

Sounds like demand for the applications was high...maybe not the actual $140 permit

But the demand for the apps was high before the special permit draw.  If they went OTC before the draw would people buy them up faster and in greater numbers?  After special permit draws are posted, there are some posts on here about "was selected for multi, but drew X unit so now I won't be purchasing the multi" and such.

[Whitpirate]

They should just let us apply for all permits (standard # of draws apply) regardless of weapon and enforce only one weapon type if they wanted to make more money.  It is a lottery anyway.

[crowinghen]

wait...so I can just go buy a multi-season deer permit now even though I didn't put in for the draw? I kinda want one.

Yup

this must've recently changed-
 Hubby decided he wanted one but  since he hadn't  put in for one  before the draw they said he wasn't eligible. that was after the clerk at Sportco wrote  a big VOID on his tags then had to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to re-print them. 

[swashington2128]

I tried yesterday and could not get the multi-season because I did not put in for the lottery. Would have been nice. I understand doing this for Elk but deer should be any weapon. Buy the tag and hunt the seasons until tag is filled. Ridiculous state!