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Quote from: vandeman17 on December 02, 2021, 01:27:38 PMQuote from: Karl Blanchard on December 02, 2021, 01:15:59 PMQuote from: dreamingbig on December 02, 2021, 01:00:06 PMIt didn’t matter when you logged in. It was legitimately random.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk most of us know that but some are questioning the legitimacy of how random. Thats why I posted my placement and login time. It was very much random and on the up and up Would you prefer it done this way in the future? In my mind, it could be done a lot cleaner and with less headache if it went to a draw but I don't have any skin in the game since I don't hunt Idaho. More just curious after back to back years of what sounds like a chit show. I'm not the guy to ask. I plan every hunt as if I was going solo. If people join then great, so the group thing is irrelevant. Ive also dabbled in 20 or so units in idaho and love exploring new places so if what I want is sold out I'll just pick another. Last year as well as this year weren't stressful at all. Even sitting up around 10k I knew I was gonna get a deer tag somewhere. TONS of good tags to be purchased right at this very second if a guy truly wants to go hunt.At the end of the day ID doesn't guarantee us a tag or owe us a tag. Their only concerns are selling all NR tags to fund their department. Tweek the sale a bit to lighten the burden on the server but hell no to a draw imo. One small and easy thing that could be done is to break up the sale dates. Everything on Dec 1 is crazy. Let NR deer go on sale Dec 1. Then Dec 2 sell NR elk. Then Dec 3 let residents in to do whatever it is residents do on the first day they can buy stuff.
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on December 02, 2021, 01:15:59 PMQuote from: dreamingbig on December 02, 2021, 01:00:06 PMIt didn’t matter when you logged in. It was legitimately random.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk most of us know that but some are questioning the legitimacy of how random. Thats why I posted my placement and login time. It was very much random and on the up and up Would you prefer it done this way in the future? In my mind, it could be done a lot cleaner and with less headache if it went to a draw but I don't have any skin in the game since I don't hunt Idaho. More just curious after back to back years of what sounds like a chit show.
Quote from: dreamingbig on December 02, 2021, 01:00:06 PMIt didn’t matter when you logged in. It was legitimately random.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk most of us know that but some are questioning the legitimacy of how random. Thats why I posted my placement and login time. It was very much random and on the up and up
It didn’t matter when you logged in. It was legitimately random.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Little bit of sweat and persistence and tags can always be had. Last year I got a deer tag on Dec 1, then tried like hell every return tag sale and finally snagged an elk tag I was interested in during the July sale. Then aug I snagged a second deer tag. I trained to get tags in idahos system. All auto fill data was inputted. I made dozens of dry runs through the system from log in steps, where things were located on the main page, to checkout steps. I could go through the whole process of buying a tag in under a minute as long as the website somewhat behaved.. Like ammo, gone are the days of casually getting things. A guy can sit around and sulk or he can make something a priority and take the steps to make that priority come to fruition
Without going to a draw there's certainly a better way to do it. I got kicked out twice when it was my turn. Tried to get back in and continue, but it kicked me all the way out and to the back of the line both times.
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on December 02, 2021, 02:23:59 PMQuote from: vandeman17 on December 02, 2021, 01:27:38 PMQuote from: Karl Blanchard on December 02, 2021, 01:15:59 PMQuote from: dreamingbig on December 02, 2021, 01:00:06 PMIt didn’t matter when you logged in. It was legitimately random.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk most of us know that but some are questioning the legitimacy of how random. Thats why I posted my placement and login time. It was very much random and on the up and up Would you prefer it done this way in the future? In my mind, it could be done a lot cleaner and with less headache if it went to a draw but I don't have any skin in the game since I don't hunt Idaho. More just curious after back to back years of what sounds like a chit show. I'm not the guy to ask. I plan every hunt as if I was going solo. If people join then great, so the group thing is irrelevant. Ive also dabbled in 20 or so units in idaho and love exploring new places so if what I want is sold out I'll just pick another. Last year as well as this year weren't stressful at all. Even sitting up around 10k I knew I was gonna get a deer tag somewhere. TONS of good tags to be purchased right at this very second if a guy truly wants to go hunt.At the end of the day ID doesn't guarantee us a tag or owe us a tag. Their only concerns are selling all NR tags to fund their department. Tweek the sale a bit to lighten the burden on the server but hell no to a draw imo. One small and easy thing that could be done is to break up the sale dates. Everything on Dec 1 is crazy. Let NR deer go on sale Dec 1. Then Dec 2 sell NR elk. Then Dec 3 let residents in to do whatever it is residents do on the first day they can buy stuff.I guess what I was getting at, again I have no skin in the game, is a way to diminish the madness of trying to get everyone to buy in one day. Some way to spread the purchases out over at least a few days so that people don't get booted when checking out etc.
Quote from: Taco280AI on December 02, 2021, 03:03:07 PMWithout going to a draw there's certainly a better way to do it. I got kicked out twice when it was my turn. Tried to get back in and continue, but it kicked me all the way out and to the back of the line both times. This was the basis of my question and wondering ways to improve it without a draw
Quote from: vandeman17 on December 02, 2021, 04:12:27 PMQuote from: Taco280AI on December 02, 2021, 03:03:07 PMWithout going to a draw there's certainly a better way to do it. I got kicked out twice when it was my turn. Tried to get back in and continue, but it kicked me all the way out and to the back of the line both times. This was the basis of my question and wondering ways to improve it without a drawI am curious how you guys that get booted we’re buying your tags? On your smart phone through their website? Idaho’s phone app? Computer and web browser?From my experience yesterday the app for my phone worked fine. Using their website sucked though.
Quote from: hughjorgan on December 02, 2021, 04:18:57 PMQuote from: vandeman17 on December 02, 2021, 04:12:27 PMQuote from: Taco280AI on December 02, 2021, 03:03:07 PMWithout going to a draw there's certainly a better way to do it. I got kicked out twice when it was my turn. Tried to get back in and continue, but it kicked me all the way out and to the back of the line both times. This was the basis of my question and wondering ways to improve it without a drawI am curious how you guys that get booted we’re buying your tags? On your smart phone through their website? Idaho’s phone app? Computer and web browser?From my experience yesterday the app for my phone worked fine. Using their website sucked though.On both my phone and iPad at different times seeing if the other would work.
I went through their website on my phone. It tells you after your time is up in the waiting room that you will be sent to the home page and have to log back in. No big deal, just like last year.