Brian mar

Review of Colorado Parks and Wildlife

I'm 47 years old and have lived in Colorado my who...

I'm 47 years old and have lived in Colorado my whole life and have hunted approximately 23 years of that. When applying for my license online this year something happened where the resident bubble didn't get or stay clicked.

Come to find out, they charged me for a non-resident license which is 10 times the amount. I called and was told it was an issue with numerous people and they were discussing how to handle it and that I believe they said "John" would call me to follow up. Never received a call... keep in mind I have had the same Colorado Driver's License number and CID number forever, definately showing I'm a resident.

When I called today, I spoke with "Michelle". She told me that if their people made the same mistake keying it in they would fix it, but being that I did it online myself that I was out of luck and her attitude was "Too bad so sad!". Now my only choice is to surrender the license for a refund and the sad part is we applied as a group. Michelle refused to give me contact info for anyone else I could speak to and directed me to a website if I wanted to file a complaint. Bottom line is she could have cared less about me or my contributions.

Big game hunting was something I always did with my dad who recently passed and with family. Sad to say this will be the last year I apply for a hunting license because apparently Parks and Wildlife don't need my money or care about me hunting. I hope by me doing so and others that have experienced the same "I don't care attitude", these bad employees will lose their jobs due to lack of resources.

I will say that over the years I always had good experiences with CDOW but apparently that is changing as the employees are rotating out due to retirements etc.

Sad to see what once was a good thing go so bad....