Colorado Prefernce points

[whitingja]

Is anyone else not seeing their current preference points anymore? They were up yesterday, but not showing now. I was able to see the backdoor results but nothing now.

 

[Bar]

They messed up the deer drawing, so all points are down now.

 

[whitingja]

Messed up? Thats not good, I drew my tag I thought.

 

[TEmbry]

In their defense they have the May 30th deadline for this exact reason. Just because we anxiously check the backdoor method doesn't make it final results by any means.

 

[Bar]

Actually, the real back door has always been accurate through all this. I show 586 for bear which I got the tag. Deer has never shown results. Just the application number.

 

[whitingja]

My points for 2014 deer showed 0, which meant I drew I thought. It worked out that way last year for me for antelope.

 

[irishguysb03]

Whats the "back door" method you guys are talking about? Applied in CO for the first time this year...I have been unable to check anything yet...I was assuming I had to wait until May 30.

 

[Bar]

At the moment you do.

 

[chindits]

snap

 

[Chad44]

Whats the "back door" method you guys are talking about? Applied in CO for the first time this year...I have been unable to check anything yet...I was assuming I had to wait until May 30.

When you go to the cdow web site there is a section to check preference points a draw results. When you log on go to the bottom of the page and it'll say current points. If you applied with 0 points and now have 1 point you didn't draw that tag. Or if you applied with X number of points and now have 0 you drew. That has always been accurate but they updated their site yesterday so this isn't possible anymore. It sucks but we just have to wait til the 30th.

 

[Bar]

That's not the back door.

 

[Chad44]

Well that's how I've always known it to be. Educate us then

 

[Bar]

Think about it. A back door is used, because you're sneaking in. Where they show the points is hardly sneaking. The give you a link to it.

The real old original back door is gotten to by applying for a tag. Once you have all the info filled out you hit the Habitat button. Scroll to the bottom. You'll see what you applied for with a code next to it. A number in the 500's means you got the tag. As an example this year it shows bear with a 586 code. That means I got the bear tag. 400's mean you were unsuccessful. If the results aren't done yet it will just give you the application code.

 

[Chad44]

Wow, I've never heard of that. Most everyone I've spoken with considers the way I posted the back door. Thanks for sharing

 

[Bar]

Yeah, the points being posted is actually pretty new. It sort of took over the back door name. A lot of us know better. The back door used to be much more effective. Now it seems to lag behind the points posting thing. I guess the DOW didn't like us sneaking the results, so they started to post the points, and delaying the back door results.

In the old days you didn't know the results until you got it in the mail.

 

[cnelk]

OK guys, here is the dealio.

The 'old backdoor' was where you went in to pretend to buy a tag and you could see a 400/500 code.
Recently the CPW posted a frame "Current Preference Points"
Well...
This week the CPW had some issues and the Current Pref Points wasnt correct for some applicants.
So they removed it.

But....
All they did was 'hide it'

Now it says 'Pending'


If you check your Draw Results page and 'Right Click' that frame, select 'View Frame Source' you will get a coded page.
Scroll down toward the bottom and read the code, you can see the 2014 results

That my friends, is the 'New Backdoor"

You are welcome

 

[Bar]

You keep saying that Brad. The problem is all you're seeing is the results you had before it was taken off. They're still working on the final results which haven't been posted anywhere yet. I wouldn't trust what you can see now. It may be right, because it was always right, but it can also change too.

 

[cnelk]

That may be so Pete, but the results have to be stored somewhere.
Tomorrow will be a big day as it is the elk drawing.

My bet is many will see their elk PP change [but not verified] and in 2 weeks it will correlate

 

[Bar]

Hopefully, they learned by their mistake, and elk goes smoothly.

 

[whitingja]

Well done cnelk. I think it is a pretty solid result