Official Montana 2023 Draw Thread!

[TheViking]

QUIT CALLING AND PISSING OFF THE DRAW GODS!!

 

[BRTreedogs]

I heard they are waiting for a stork to deliver the news.

 

[mountainman406]

They probably push the draw back one day for every 10 calls they receive asking about it

 

[Virginian]

That actually explains a lot. The secretaries are the ones responsible for the results. They probably had to reset their abacus

 

[Rifleman86]

For what it is worth I was at FWP headquarters yesterday. One of the IT drawing guys walked by and we asked when the drawing was going to be. Without hesitation he said Monday.

I'm not going to check until Monday.

Has to be Monday so they have all week to fix whatever they mess up… This is FWP we’re talking about here!

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Why do some of you guys feel the need to call & bother them about when they are drawing. Do you literally have zero patience or what's the deal ?

 

[Dos Perros]

Why do some of you guys feel the need to call & bother them about when they are drawing. Do you literally have zero patience or what's the deal ?

Pawn shop keeps calling asking me when I'm going to pick up my kids.

 

[EMAZ]

Too many people didn’t enroll for digital tags…

 

[NDGuy]

Hmm this thread has a former G&F office guy says noon MST...

https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/2023-montana-draw.318936/page-7#post-3587078

 

[DanimalW]

Has to be Monday so they have all week to fix whatever they mess up… This is FWP we’re talking about here!

Exactly what I was thinking

 

[DanimalW]

Why do some of you guys feel the need to call & bother them about when they are drawing. Do you literally have zero patience or what's the deal ?

Not calling or bothering, but they could save themselves the headaches from these guys by publishing what date they're doing the drawing. Realistically, what's the deal with waiting two weeks anyway when it's supposed to be a random drawing performed by a computer? Why not draw as soon as the application period closes? I don't really care, but these are questions I've asked myself reading through these posts.

 

[mountainman406]

Not calling or bothering, but they could save themselves the headaches from these guys by publishing what date they're doing the drawing. Realistically, what's the deal with waiting two weeks anyway when it's supposed to be a random drawing performed by a computer? Why not draw as soon as the application period closes? I don't really care, but these are questions I've asked myself reading through these posts.

Exactly, I've been saying this for a while now. I get that there are always delays, however I don't believe it would be too hard to close all applications on March 31st, then have drawings for different species each week of April. Get the tags out, post the leftovers, and give people time to plan for their hunts. Maybe that's asking too much...

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Realistically, what's the deal with waiting two weeks anyway when it's supposed to be a random drawing performed by a computer? Why not draw as soon as the application period closes? I don't really care, but these are questions I've asked myself reading through these posts.

2 weeks to draw + 2 + weeks to refund = at least 30 days of interest. Just sayin...

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

Randy Newberg actually just dropped a video with inside information about the draw date.

Randy Newberg Montana Draw

 

[Heath Hansen]

2 weeks to draw + 2 + weeks to refund = at least 30 days of interest. Just sayin...

That’s illegal. Just sayin…

 

[NDGuy]

Randy Newberg actually just dropped a video with inside information about the draw date.

Randy Newberg Montana Draw

Randy is the man, I wouldn't give him up

 

[Baker5150]

Exactly, I've been saying this for a while now. I get that there are always delays, however I don't believe it would be too hard to close all applications on March 31st, then have drawings for different species each week of April. Get the tags out, post the leftovers, and give people time to plan for their hunts. Maybe that's asking too much...

Can't trust a computer to get it right every time. Things need to be verified, and triple checked before posting results. I imagine they run test draws too. Can't screw up and get sued.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Can't trust a computer to get it right every time. Things need to be verified, and triple checked before posting results. I imagine they run test draws too. Can't screw up and get sued.

That verifying and triple checking worked so well last year...I would follow the same process this year.

 

[FlareBlitz91]

Hmm this thread has a former G&F office guy says noon MST...

https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/2023-montana-draw.318936/page-7#post-3587078

Well it’s past noon and nothing.

 

[eltx]

Well it’s past noon and nothing.

Apparently there’s a technical delay, he’s posting live updates

https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/2023-montana-draw.318936/page-9#post-69420