They are paid to run the process not the IDFG site. The process is outsourced to a third party, as per ID website. Someone pointed out that IDFG was obligated to rake the lowest bid, which must have been FL co. Other countries, India, China, etc, have nothing to do with this. Hell, if it was run from one of those countries it probably would have worked better. That’s the sad part.
I'm kinda on board with your post with a few modifications.
AMEN!
Most states don’t run their own licensing systems but hire a firm to do it that includes supplying the vendor terminals. The Florida company idaho uses does the exact same work for other states
Ain't that the truth, I can remember buying them on our way out to Idaho in September
The good old days when, as a resident, you could tag out then swing by the store and pick up a NR tag and head back to the woods.
Clearly not the “exact same”
Fair enough; I’d guess some of those states have way less non resident interest and/or much less OTC opportunities
I am not an IT expert(I am a technology guy for a living), but I know enough to be dangerous. This is 98% likely how it went down. In a nutshell, this was a legitimate, planned and orchestrated DNS attack by non-residents hunters. (IE Exactly what the Chinese do from that gray building in Beijing you see pictured!) And it was approved by Idaho state policy makers!
This is probably true. The system sucks but… all the NR tags sold. Thousands of tags. Demand is still strong enough to outweigh the horror. A lot of NRs did get the tags they wanted.
I think the problem is the waiting room. Rather than a true draw where people put in 1st choice, 2nd choice, etc. They make you wait in a waiting room. Then you get into the store and THEN tell them what you want and hope it is there.
service with a smile, at least.
This is not the draw.
