Multiseason OTC?

[tonymiller7]

Is it August 1st they become available for those who didn't draw?

[TomT]

Yes.

[lastmk8]

Where is the August 1st date coming from?  I know those who drew have until 31 July to purchase so until then we don't know if there are "left-over" multi-tags...

[tonymiller7]

There always are plenty of deer tags left.  Even selling them over the counter last year they didn't sell all of them.

[TomT]

Look at page 8 of the hunting regs.  Last year was the same.   Leftover sale started at noon and you have to do it in person at a dealer.  Deer were easy to get, elk sold out in 20 seconds (literally).

[Bob33]

There were more applications than permits in 2015.

[lastmk8]

Understand the selling of the left over tags, just not the date yet, I don't believe that has been announced yet.  Last year was August 10th as I'm looking at my receipt from last year.  20 seconds is also correct as I got my Elk tag but the guy behind me in line, who was loaded within 30 seconds of my tag printing, did not get one because they were already sold out.

[greenhead_killer]

That poor guy with 8 and still no draw. Wow

[shorthair-on-point]

That poor guy with 8 and still no draw. Wow

It does suck for him. less than 25% of the people with 4 or more points got drawn and over 50% of the people with 1 point got drawn. That is why I don't like how this state does their draws.

[emac]

The guy with 8 points I am sure is putting in for points option

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[shorthair-on-point]

The guy with 8 points I am sure is putting in for points option

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That is a good point.

[mfswallace]

I get your  point

[Ghost Hunter]

Was at WDFW counter yesterday and asked about them.  Answer was something to the effect 'they haven't decided if they are doing it the same as last year.  Stay tuned'.        

[fishnfur]

Called WDFW today regarding the possibility of OTC tags.  Still no decision made as of yet.  He suggested I call back late in the week. 

Interesting side note.  I was reading WDFW webpage regarding the MS tags and noticed that they stated that only 2000 tags were available. (?)   https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/faqs_special_hunts.html#Multi14        (about half way down the page)

[fishnfur]

Just spoke with WDFW this morning regarding unpurchased MS deer tags.  "Dave" did some research with his supervisors and called me back with this:   

They plan to wait until the 1st of August to determine how many deer tags are available.  They will notify by phone, email, and/or website the date that the remaining tags will be made available OTC to those who didn't successfully draw the tag.  Last year it was Aug 10th.

They don't expect to have any unsold MS elk available.