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    Elk archery setup

    Hardly the "bad guy"! I personally shoot a 750gr setup with tapered shafts, single bevel broadheads, and 70lbs (you do the math). With this there basically isn't an angle that won't provide that shaft very high possibility of a complete pass-through as that system will break shoulder blades, or any other bone it encounters along the way. That said, I also limit my shots to what I can shoot accurately (more below on this). There is the main point, "Shoot them in a good spot". That said, one also should know their personal limitations, as well as their setup's limitations. A "super fast dart" has a much smaller pin gap than a heavy setup, and the added weight makes it more difficult to shoot accurately out farther, but the added KE opens up a lot more angles. I've hunted OTC CO elk, primarily in the Mission Mtn. and Engineer Peak (Cascade Creek) area. It's rugged country, so you better know what you're getting into. Also, the elevation is extreme, so you'd better be in good shape. I was living in Flagstaff at the time and ran a lot, so the elevation wasn't much of an issue, but you may want to consider help, not only during the hunt for safety reasons, but if/when you get something down, unless you're very very fortunate, it could be a "mountain" of work to get it out properly.
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    Longest two weeks of the year

    She admitted the system was "screwed up", or something like that. While we all applied (manually), our portal accounts are evidently not linked to the app process as we don't enter the app process through our portal accounts, but rather through the "draw" system. Don't worry though, it'll work seamlessly and nobody will be "deprived"... haha
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    Longest two weeks of the year

    I just spoke to the G&F. My wife's app doesn't show up on her portal account so I called... The lady I spoke with said there were 215K apps received & they are entering them manually into portal accounts. They expect to be complete in a week, but wouldn't run the draw until they were. She could see her app btw. They still hope to run it next Friday, but it depends on them completing the portal updates & when that's done.
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    Longest two weeks of the year

    maybe both at about the same time, ... or neither! 😁 I remember when you could just go down to the G&F office & pick up one of the 800 archery bull tags for units 1, 2, 4, & 27 (combined units) if you didn’t draw a 5B or 6A tag!
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    Longest two weeks of the year

    I am for an elk tag!
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    Trail camera rule changes!

    It was both, as IMO some of the changes are needed, but other proposed changes are both unenforceable and too far reaching. I also asked them to produce data for their claims. That may have been too much... to think we shouldn't just blindly believe them in everything they say!
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    Draw

    Elation starts hitting some of us somewhere between 7:30am & 8am, serious anxiety starts occurring in the rest of us at about 8:15am...
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    Trail camera rule changes!

    I did not receive any such message...
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    Draw

    No, once it's sent you're done, even before the deadline.
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    Application

    While most agree with you, its a $ thing with the G&F that they will never back down on.
  11. I've seen both, some reappear, some don't. I'd call my bank if it were me...
  12. well, all of our"pending charges" have already posted, but I for one was certainly thinking of the horror stories from the past who had charges hit only to disappear later. We still have 6 "unhit" apps...
  13. absolutely would, but I for one would probably never get an archery bull tag ever again.
  14. well, not sure what you're applying for, but will assume its 27 or 1 archery bull only. I gave up on that strategy long ago as the "odds are NEVER in your favor..." You could probably go almost every year if you relaxed your minimums... just saying because life is too short to not go often.
  15. That's certainly one of many options, but probably wont have much support... especially if you're a 65 year old grandmother & get issued a tag for late archery hunt when you don't even shoot a bow, or have the physical capability to hike deep rough canyons but that's what is awarded you have to accept it... You're right about one thing however imo, draw odds will go up! 😉
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    Credit Card Hit

    you'll know when the portal lists it... 😕
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    Credit Card Hit

    I was referring to those who posted today... I believe your son's tag hit was yesterday at the beginning, right?
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    Credit Card Hit

    when did your card post the hit?
  19. there is no way anyone can get a prime tag in anything but a first or second choice. I heard the same thing years ago from an acquaintance, but it turned out he too was lying, not only about his tag, but in reality he wasn't even drawn.
  20. seriously doubt it (& hope not)... some banks don't post right away, some seem to lag behind quite a while.
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    Credit Card Hit

    It seems so slow this year... 5-1/2 hours in and only 39 "adult" tags posted as having been collected (both threads, that is if I can count!), plus 7 youth elk tags... and only 3 goat tags. 😐
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    Credit Card Hit

    do you hunt in 8?
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    Credit Card Hit

    Unit 1 is (was) my favorite unit...
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    Credit Card Hit

    You should put in with her!
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