Just because they take standby doesn't mean they will get all their money. I was just at matador for the archery hunt only 9 of 16 paid and only 1 standby showed up. TPWD needs to do something to stop people from getting picked and then not paying. May be more money up front.

had good time but hunting was terrible I only saw 3 deer in 5 days weather was real hot could be reason I don't know

Which compartment were you in?

Not quite!!!
Just like this hunt I went on, they had 20 permits at $130 each. Only 5 sent their permit fees in for a total of $650. By the other 15 not sending the permit fee in and not allowing stand-bys, they lost $1950.
That alone might could have paid for some plumbing work badly needed at the site.

Making a statement as you did without doing a little research only shows you made a judgement without the knowledge of the site itself.

I guess something changed. Are you saying the only way to pay for the permit fee when drawn standby on a hunt now is with a credit card or debit card directly to austion via the same machine they sell licenses with?

No, many WMA's and State Parks are able to take in checks, money orders or credit cards for the standby hunts as they have in the past; very few are unable to do so.

I guess something changed. People used to be able to pay with a check when drawn standby, but realize I have been going on these hunts for several years and before computers were the norm. Are you saying the only way to pay for the permit fee when drawn standby on a hunt now is with a credit card or debit card directly to austion via the same machine they sell licenses with?

No disrespect to you Chris, but if that is so, then I agree that it's silly for TPWD to throw away $1950 in revenew on that hunt, and tens of thousands of dollars combined lost on other hunts by not allowing or trusting area managers to accept check or cash payments for permits and just drop them in the mail to Austin the next day. Especially when the drawn hunters paid for their permits by snail mail and not electronicly anyway. Not to mention sometimes cutting the number of hunters in over half on hunts like that one, in effect removing half of the manager's wildlife management tool.

A call in public hunt on a national wildlife refuge I have done a few times as late as last year I have paid for my permit at the gate by cash or check to the area manager or biologist at the conclusion of the hunt. From there I suppose the paperwork and funds are either mailed to a main office somewhere or deposited into an account. It is not that difficult.

With area managers more than once telling me about how their budgets are cut, with tpwd all but begging for donations, with texas govt holding Pittman-Robertson funds for budget manipulation, it just makes no sense to not let those managers do old school pen and paper accounting and snail mail deposits.

Things like this IMHO is why the TPWD commission needs a real fishing hunting outdoors person on the commission rather than only appointees of whoever donated the most funds to the Governor's campaign. Sometimes like in the case of this one they can't see the forest for the trees. Guys like me and on this forum are actually in that forest hunting.

So it sounds like someone at TPWD needs to put their foot up the butt of the managers at Fort Boggy and Devils River.

^^^Best reply given to the standby situation