What If Tomorrow Is Too Late

By Jason Campbell

Wow, I just can’t believe that we are in the middle of another show season and spring is just around the corner! I have been talking to our WTA outfitters and they seem to all be doing well and have caught up on the missed sleep from last fall. We are very busy this time of year booking trips for our clients and what I’ve been hearing is that most of you are tired of trolling the shows looking for hunts. What a crap shoot that is. I appreciate the feedback from all of you about how much you appreciate the hard work we do for you in the decision making process to book your next trip. It does make a difference that we have been in the field with our outfitters as full paying clients. Because of this, we had our best booking season last year of all time! Of our entire bookings, we had ZERO customer complaints in 2011! We are confident that this year will be even better. Those of you that haven’t tried us, really should.  WE DO THE CONSULTING FOR FREE! I just can’t say it any louder than that.

As I have talked to many of you at the shows, a couple of questions keep coming up; When is the magazine coming out and when is the television show debuting? Sorry guys, we just thought we could get them done faster. With the new Joint Venture with Sportsman’s Warehouse came a number of responsibilities, including installing our IN-STORE-PRESENCE in each of the store locations nationwide. This has taken up most of our free time this past year, but the good news is that the installs are almost complete. We moved into the new office and have been writing the most comprehensive software in the industry. While very expensive and time consuming in development, this software will allow Worldwide Trophy Adventures to handle more customers and still keep the level of personal service that so many of you have come to expect as part of the superior customer service that we offer. Josh and I are very proud of these new tools and are excited to introduce even more of them this year that will help each of you in planning your future trips.

One of the brand new tools that we are proud to offer is called HuntDraws.com. This reminder tool is FREE for GOLD MEMBERS of Worldwide Trophy Adventures. And, it’s the deal of the century for those of you that are not members. For the incredible price of only $2.99 per state, HuntDraws.com will notify/remind you of the application period dates for almost every species application period in that state, SIX times for each application period, that’s three texts AND three emails for a total of six reminders for each application period. In some states there are up to nine different draw periods. For these states, you will receive up to FIFTY FOUR notifications for the very low price of only Two Dollars and Ninety Nine Cents ($2.99)! Uh huh! You read that right! $2.99 per state!
So here’s how it works:

HOW MUCH DOES THIS SERVICE COST?
HuntDraws.com charges $2.99 per state with unlimited application period selections for each state. Whether you select one species or application period or all of them, it only costs $2.99 PER STATE!

HOW FREQUENTLY DO I RECEIVE MY NOTIFICATIONS?
You will receive your reminders according to the following schedule:
(1) HuntDraws.com notification on or about the day the hunt application period opens.
(2) HuntDraws.com notification on or about 7-days before the hunt application period closes.
(3) HuntDraws.com notification on or about the day the hunt application period closes. This will be the final HuntDraws.com notification that will be sent during the final hours of the application period.

IF I SIGN UP AS A MEMBER OF WORLDWIDE TROPHY ADVENTURES DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE?
NO! All states and notifications are included in the annual membership fee as a Gold Member of Worldwide Trophy Adventures. If you sign up as a member of Worldwide Trophy Adventures as a Gold Member, please contact us and we will set you up for this service for you. This advantage is only applicable as long as you are a Gold Member!

CAN I CHOOSE TO RECEIVE ONLY EMAIL OR TEXT ALERTS INSTEAD OF BOTH?
Yes and no. Email notifications are required upon signing up for HuntDraws.com. Text notifications can be turned off at your discretion.  However, we strongly encourage you to do both Email and Text. Email has problems that surface that include spam, maybe your email provider has a problem or the notification is accidentally deleted and you can’t recover it. Having two different notification avenues allows you to double your chances of not forgetting to apply.

CAN I TURN OFF MY NOTIFICATIONS?
Yes. Go to the Contact Us section of the HuntDraws.com website and fill out the contact us form. In the notes section of the Contact Us form you can list which notifications you would like to adjust or turn off.

WILL HUNTDRAWS.COM SUBMIT MY HUNT APPLICATIONS FOR ME?
No, BUT WAIT! We have a solution for this! HuntDraws.com sends its customers to Worldwide Trophy Adventures to take advantage of their state of the art Application Service. Worldwide Trophy Adventures has a dedicated application service manager that runs this part of their business using cutting edge technology and they do the entire process for you. By using their service you will have the peace of mind that you are being applied for in every state that you want and won’t have to so much as pick up a pen or log onto the internet. They do it all for you! More states are adopting a variation of the point system and your best odds in these states will start with having the most points possible. Don’t miss these up-coming opportunities! Some states are considering dropping or severely modifying the system that they have had in place for years and years. This will change the draw process and impact the draw odds and Worldwide Trophy Adventures can help you capitalize on these opportunities.

HOW CAN WE DO IT FOR SUCH A LOW PRICE?
The truth is, we have invested in custom software that allows us to handle thousands of notifications automatically. While our initial investment is high and on its own HuntDraws.com is a low profit company, we feel that it complements our Booking Agency and Application Service. The fact is that HuntDraws.com will expose a number of customers to the pitfalls of doing their own applications and we will be in position to help them by introducing them to the WTA Application Service. We are also counting on continuing our relationship with you, the client after you draw by helping you to book your hunt or fishing trip. We have honest intentions to be a profitable company that is based on superior customer service. These tools are part of that customer service that has made us the successful company that we are.

WHERE DO I SIGN UP?
SIMPLE, SIMPLE, SIMPLE! EASY, EASY, EASY! Just log onto HuntDraws.com and follow the simple and easy directions to receive your notifications. The website is designed to be SECURE and FAST.

HuntDraws.com uses one more example of the cutting edge software that Josh and I are investing in. No one else in the industry seems to be keeping up with cutting edge technology like Worldwide Trophy Adventures and its partners. The true winners are you, the clients. Our tools all support and complement each other. For example: if you choose to use HuntDraws.com and are successful in drawing a tag in any state, you can then can call Worldwide Trophy Adventures to have us consult you on the trip for FREE. We will book you with one of our outfitters that we have spent time in the field with as FULL PAYING CLIENTS. That is completely FREE. It just doesn’t make sense to troll a show or to pick an outfitter out of the back of a magazine when you can book with one of our proven WTA certified outfitters and take advantage of these cutting edge tools.

I truly do wish you all a great year and hope to see your success photos and stories when you return from the field. And remember to take your children hunting, they are our outdoor future!