Undersubscribed in Alberta????
- Thread starter Hoser99
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From the Albertarelm.com website:
2009 Key Dates
May 8 Special Walleye Licences available for purchase online or at licence issuers.
May 13, 8:15a.m. to March 10, 2010 midnight Undersubscribed Special Walleye licences available for reservation, only on the 1-900-451-3474 line ($1.25 per minute) on a first come first served basis.
June 2 - June 25 Hunting draw applications may be purchased online, at licence issuers or 1-900-451-3729.
July 14 - August 17 Hunting draw results available.
August 1 Licences available for purchase online or at licence issuers.
August 11 Antelope and Goat results available.
August 20 (8:15am) NOTE: EARLIER START DATE FOR 2009 Undersubscribed hunting special licences available for reservation online and by phone 1-900-451-3729.
August 17?!?!?? !W-A-A-A-Y too late!
I guess I missed that one! August 17 for underscribed listings is WAAAAAYY too late. They need to publish them now so people can make tentative arrangements for time off...at least for those who still have a job.
I am gonna call them when I get back home a b?tch a little. Who knows. It is probably written in stone for this year but might help for next.
I guess I missed that one! August 17 for underscribed listings is WAAAAAYY too late. They need to publish them now so people can make tentative arrangements for time off...at least for those who still have a job.
I am gonna call them when I get back home a b?tch a little. Who knows. It is probably written in stone for this year but might help for next.
Suka
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I found it a little odd that there's only 3 days to decide as well. The plums are always gone in short order, so that doesn't give much time to confer with any hunting partners.
Keep in mind though the supp. tags are just to shore up light applications where needed, and in Alberta we hunters are the tool of population control. Could be they have to balance June draw apps. with populations and limited budget for gamecounts?
But...you can always figure on supplemental mule doe tags pretty much across the S, moose tags available if you're willing to toss a drum of fuel in the back and head N, it's the few elk tags that are the wildcards.
And then WT buck is a general, and there are lot's of areas where moose or bull elk are general tags as well, so there's always options.
Personally I just LOVE our draw system. With 999 and draw success history available you can plan your draws with your hunting partners and pretty much know what you'll be hunting this yr, and the next, and the next....
Certainly beats the "old" system, where the local assoc. put everyones name in a bowl, and the same few guys always seemed to tag out, and no one else ever got drawn. That really sucked.
I view the supp. tags like, "Wow, a bonus round!"
Sorry for the verbal diahrea(sp?), I'm just excited about the coming hunts. (it's moose and antelope for me
)
Keep in mind though the supp. tags are just to shore up light applications where needed, and in Alberta we hunters are the tool of population control. Could be they have to balance June draw apps. with populations and limited budget for gamecounts?
But...you can always figure on supplemental mule doe tags pretty much across the S, moose tags available if you're willing to toss a drum of fuel in the back and head N, it's the few elk tags that are the wildcards.
And then WT buck is a general, and there are lot's of areas where moose or bull elk are general tags as well, so there's always options.
Personally I just LOVE our draw system. With 999 and draw success history available you can plan your draws with your hunting partners and pretty much know what you'll be hunting this yr, and the next, and the next....
Certainly beats the "old" system, where the local assoc. put everyones name in a bowl, and the same few guys always seemed to tag out, and no one else ever got drawn. That really sucked.
I view the supp. tags like, "Wow, a bonus round!"
Sorry for the verbal diahrea(sp?), I'm just excited about the coming hunts. (it's moose and antelope for me
)The antelope and goat draws have to wait till the surveys are done to do population estimates.
Then they need a few days to get the draws done and info up on line for that and then they can get the undersubscribed figured out and on line.
I doubt that we will get it much earlier than AUG 17th. A lot better than previous years when it was in Sept.
Then they need a few days to get the draws done and info up on line for that and then they can get the undersubscribed figured out and on line.
I doubt that we will get it much earlier than AUG 17th. A lot better than previous years when it was in Sept.
You're wrong, Duffy
They posted the list in early August, long before they became available. You could look at the list and make plans with hunting partners well in advance of when the undersubscribed became available for purchase which was usually Sept 01-03.
They posted the list in early August, long before they became available. You could look at the list and make plans with hunting partners well in advance of when the undersubscribed became available for purchase which was usually Sept 01-03.
