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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Coosa1]
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09/04/22 07:11 AM
09/04/22 07:11 AM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 817
Huntsville
thayerp81
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 817
Huntsville
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I feel like most of the guys that complain about never getting drawn for an SOA hunt are also the guys who go through and cherry pick certain areas/dates. If you only register for 5-6 hunts you have a lot less of a chance of getting drawn than if you’d registered for all 100+ hunts. I’ve registered for every single hunt they’ve offered since the program began and have gotten drawn or gotten to go with a buddy who drew every single year.
You have extraordinary luck sir, both me and my dad have also registered for every adult deer hunt (with the the exception of two weekends in October for VT grouse hunting) and I have been drawn once (and it was not for one of the coveted areas). I think I remember some speculation that for the first few years, anyone who was picked in previous years got added to a different pool that actually gave them significantly higher draw odds. It seemed like there were a LOT of people who were drawn the first year that also got selected in years 2 and 3.
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: thayerp81]
#3739323
09/04/22 09:29 AM
09/04/22 09:29 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,755
Coosa County, AL
Coosa1
SOA Professional
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SOA Professional
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,755
Coosa County, AL
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You have extraordinary luck sir, both me and my dad have also registered for every adult deer hunt (with the the exception of two weekends in October for VT grouse hunting) and I have been drawn once (and it was not for one of the coveted areas). I think I remember some speculation that for the first few years, anyone who was picked in previous years got added to a different pool that actually gave them significantly higher draw odds. It seemed like there were a LOT of people who were drawn the first year that also got selected in years 2 and 3.
I definitely think you’re right about the first few years. When it first started I got drawn for Stimpson and got the exact same section there every year for about 3 years straight. I know that section like the back of my hand now.
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Antelope08]
#3739586
09/04/22 05:49 PM
09/04/22 05:49 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,103
McCalla, Alabama
MarkBAMA
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,103
McCalla, Alabama
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I get the message that I "Do not have the required privileges for the hunts I have registered for" I have my Lifetime License, CID number, HELP ID what the frig else am I supposed to have?
ROLL TIDE !!!
Enough Said....
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: MarkBAMA]
#3739596
09/04/22 06:04 PM
09/04/22 06:04 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,763
Clanton
Turkey_neck
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,763
Clanton
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I get the message that I "Do not have the required privileges for the hunts I have registered for" I have my Lifetime License, CID number, HELP ID what the frig else am I supposed to have?
Wma license. If you read the requirements you would have seen that.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: 270 guru]
#3740236
09/05/22 05:45 PM
09/05/22 05:45 PM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 817
Huntsville
thayerp81
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 817
Huntsville
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Soa hunts is a money pit for the state plus cost of staying somewhere at nights during hunt. SOA hunts don’t cost anything other than a WMA license? I apply and hunt out of state all over the country, I can say without hesitation that our SOA hunts are one of the absolute cheapest hunts to apply for (by orders of magnitude) and I haven’t run into another program that would provide such a high opportunity for harvest short of buying self guided access or paying trespass fees to landowners. It’s a great opportunity IMO
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: treemydog]
#3740330
09/05/22 08:15 PM
09/05/22 08:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,080
Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,080
Round ‘bout there
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I have 2 friends that have had tremendous luck getting drawn. One has been selected 2 out if the last 3 years and the other was selected the last two years in a row. I've got my fingers crossed that I get lucky this year. This is why I have no faith in the "random" draw here. Some folks with 28 points and multiple years are still waiting. "But it's random that someone got drawn two years in a row, or two out of three years." Um, OK. Perhaps? But it gives little to the pubilc for trust and faith when things like that happen.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Antelope08]
#3740375
09/05/22 09:15 PM
09/05/22 09:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,080
Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,080
Round ‘bout there
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I couldn’t apply last year due to the state being a bunch of dumbasses and lost all my preference points. Gosh, they didn't have any record of it and couldn't do anything? Shocked. Shocked, I say.
Last edited by Clem; 09/05/22 09:16 PM.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Clem]
#3740398
09/05/22 09:45 PM
09/05/22 09:45 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 14,142
Mobile, AL
SouthBamaSlayer
Gary's Fluffer
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Gary's Fluffer
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 14,142
Mobile, AL
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I couldn’t apply last year due to the state being a bunch of dumbasses and lost all my preference points. Gosh, they didn't have any record of it and couldn't do anything? Shocked. Shocked, I say. I moved back to AL and went to buy my WMA license and they said I had an active DL in Mississippi which I hadn’t lived in MS in 3 years prior to that point. They told me I had to call MS and deactivate my DL and I did and Ms said it was deactivated. DCNR here said it was still showing as active and therefore I couldn’t purchase a resident WMA permit. Oh and I couldn’t buy an out of state one because my current address was in AL. I spent HOURS on the phone with those idiots.
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Antelope08]
#3740494
09/06/22 08:19 AM
09/06/22 08:19 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 16,028
Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 16,028
Brierfield
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It's a huge cluster just like the alligator tags. They have all this money for the SOA areas but they can't fix the roads on the regular wma's?
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Antelope08]
#3740673
09/06/22 01:50 PM
09/06/22 01:50 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 16,432
Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 16,432
Montgomery
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I registered myself and wife for 15 hunts on SOA's that are close to our camp. She's got a few preference points so maybe this will be the year for her. I got chosen last year so my chances are about zero.
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1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
LTJG, USNR
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: TATUM]
#3740754
09/06/22 04:33 PM
09/06/22 04:33 PM
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Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 7,101
Shelby Co, AL
CatHeadBiscuit
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 7,101
Shelby Co, AL
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I wonder how many opt for the alternate and don’t get to hunt. That would stink to not hunt and have the points reset.
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Re: SOA Registrations
[Re: Beadlescomb]
#3740809
09/06/22 06:06 PM
09/06/22 06:06 PM
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Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 598
Mobile/Akron
Boathand
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 598
Mobile/Akron
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They have all this money for the SOA areas but they can't fix the roads on the regular wma's? This!
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it does help to have a bunch of buddies who put in for the SOAs that also like to hunt with me
