TBow Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 The results of the Ontario Moose Tag lottery is available on August 1st. I believe that any available surplus tags will also be up for grabs on the same date. Anyone going to be hitting the Ontario MNR's automated phone-in system to try for a surplus tag? I'm hoping for a surplus cow tag if one is available for the WMU that I hunt in, but there's no guarantee that there will be any surplus tags. They did increase cow tags in my WMU this year, so I'll be checking. I was also told that if you are fortunate enough to get a surplus tag, it does not affect your "POOL" status for next year. TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well here we are at August 1st and the moose tag lottery results are supposed to be available on the MNR Phone-in system. I started calling at 12:01:01 last night and got a heap of busy signals before I got through at about 12:10. Wouldn't you know it, they didn't have the moose results posted yet. So I started calling this morning and the system has been busy all morning what with virtually every other moose hunter in the province phoning in to try and get through. I just keep hitting OFF / REDIAL.....BUSY BUSY BUSY! How frustrating! I'll just keep trying all day until I get through I guess. And I think the surplus tags are available August 20th, if it's run like last year's draw. TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 That is such a bad system.....makes me mad every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Well we didn't pull a bull tag. There are surplus tags for archery cow in the WMU that I hunt, so I'll be on the phone when it comes up on the 15th of this month. I'm sure there'll be a heap of others trying to get a surplus tag as well, so I'd better be quick fingered on the phone. TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Man OH man! I was on the phone yesterday to try for a surplus archery cow tag in the WMU that I hunt in, but alas, they were all gone by the time I FINALLY got through. I started calling a couple minutes before the 5:30 PM start time and continued calling continuously for over 2 hrs. A couple times I was dialing with 2 phones, the house phone and my cell phone. I figured all in all I probably made between 800 to 1000 calls before I got through. Even then I was on hold for 5 minutes before talking to an actual person only to hear, "Sorry! All the tags are gone in that WMU." Man, that's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back! What a messed up system! TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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