Tips to pick up CO leftover tags?

[TimberHunter]

Been trying for a while to get some of these newly added tags each week but no luck. I’ve been logging on right at 10am, stopping at the residency page, hitting next at exactly 11am but all these returned tags are sold out by the time I get in. I’m going after units that take usually 0-2 points to draw in the primary.

Any tips anyone would be willing to share?


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[robby denning]

rumors are any tag with any quality are picked up by software engineers gaming the system. There was a guy on another forum offering his service for this. I saw screenshots of the PMs. Not illegal as I understand, but even if not true, very hard to get a decent tag on this system.

If you're not sure you're doing it right, try and grab a private land doe antelope and it'll land in your cart. You don't have to buy it.

anyone else?

 

[TimberHunter]

Thanks for the feedback Robby, the gaming the system falls in line with what I’ve heard

I can add a non desirable tag to my cart so seems I’m doing it right but just not right to get the half decent tags


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[SandyCreek]

the old way was by far better and more “fair”. I’ve yet to grab a tag since they changed the system

 

[Johnson27]

We're in the same boat.
I tried again this morning and the list was gone before 11am.

 

[5MilesBack]

I tried again this morning and the list was gone before 11am.

They move the reissue list to the leftover list before 11am, but they don't start dropping tags until 11am.

 

[PathFinder]

Leftover is worse than the draw, you're likely one of hundreds of people trying to get each tag. All of the YT videos of idiots "we got this tag on the leftover" sure haven't helped. Now there's one more thread about it...
Basically the odds are terrible, and software is faster than you can click. Like so many other things, it's been ruined by a massive spike in demand driven by attention seekers.

 

[fishslap]

I doubt anyone is going to share tips since it just increases the competition.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Pathfinder is right… if you were dedicated you could all but guarantee a tag with the random release, now that it’s organized it’s a complete goat rope, might as well just go buy scratchies ever Wednesday and then buy a landowner tag with the winnings…

 

[Rich M]

We used to do similar down here with duck tags - would take about 2 minutes to go thru 300 or more duck tags. Had to log in and get there as soon as it hit 10 or 11 or whatever and go straight to your desired tag, drop it in cart and hit pay. Best have your CC preloaded. Faster computers did have better results.

Not sure if any of this helps but it was how we could get a tag or two each year instead of losing them when entering CC numbers.

 

[5MilesBack]

might as well just go buy scratchies ever Wednesday and then buy a landowner tag with the winnings…

Can't even get one of those anymore.

 

[Bkottke35]

This new system they have in place is garbage. Good luck trying to pick up a desirable tag. Have yet to get one with the way they do things now. Keep trying or give up, that's about all you can do.

 

[taskswap]

rumors are any tag with any quality are picked up by software engineers gaming the system. There was a guy on another forum offering his service for this. I saw screenshots of the PMs. Not illegal as I understand, but even if not true, very hard to get a decent tag on this system.

If you're not sure you're doing it right, try and grab a private land doe antelope and it'll land in your cart. You don't have to buy it.

anyone else?

This seems a little hard to believe even with some supposed PMs as evidence. I'm a software engineer myself and build sites like CPW's for a living. I want to be clear that I'm not saying it's impossible, but we've yet to see any solid evidence to that end. What I would add is the possibility that it's more likely to be a scam. When you say "not illegal as I understand" I think you mean there doesn't appear to be a rule against it in the hunting regs. But it can absolutely be considered illegal under other statutes that cover fraudulent statements and activities.

What hunter is going to come out and say "yeah, this guy scammed me out of $200 to get me a tag"? It's a perfect con. And posts like you may have run into feed into the scam so there's no reason for the posters to take them down, either.

Fair queueing systems are extremely challenging to write, and surge behaviors like this type of sale are the worst. Some of y'all may remember in the past seeing "waiting room" indicators on the site, and while frustrating, it was at least better than the 5,000-people-at-once mad rush through the late 2000's. I really wish they would drop this "fight the others at Walmart for the last TV" nonsense and just keep re-running draws that you can apply for ahead of time. They're very fair AND very easy to code for. But what do I know? I've only been doing this for 35 years. Maybe I missed a trick.

 

[JRay]

There’s not a secret sauce that I’m aware of. I once grabbed a 10 point tag, but continually fail on low point tags.

I think taskswap has it right. A weekly draw would be the most fair system.