Well, this past week, I used my last 3 days of vacation, being that this was probably the only time I could take them. So last Monday, I called out to Colorado Bend State Park to see if they would have any stand-by positions available for their either sex hunt Wed thru Fri. They did. I was told that we needed to be there at 10 am and the drawin, if any, would be at 12. So I had my dad drive the 3 hrs to my house and spend the night. Then we left early Wed morning and drive 3 hours to Colorado Bend. When we arrive, there are 5 other stand-bys for 4 openings. Our chances looks good. Then at 11:57, a guy strolls in, wearing a nice pair of dress slacks and pull over type shirt, hair all nice and neat and in place. Looked like he just came frome the "office" or just off the golf course. You know the guy. The rest of us are all in camo, ready to get drawn and go hunt. Well you guessed it. At 12 o'clock, this guy was the FIRST one picked. Talk about me gettin ticked off. Here we've been sittin around for 2 hours and this guy was there for a whole 3 minutes. I'm gonna send in a complaint to TPWD on how they conduct their stand-by drawings. The draw hunters have a dead-line to send in the money part. I think there ought to be a deadline on what time the stand by hunters need to be there as well. That way, if they really want to hunt, they will be there on time. It sucks sittin around for 2 hours and then see this happen.
What do yall think??
What do yall think??
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