There is a post on monstermuleys.com and a NR who has a lifetime license got a call from G&F and said they messed up, and a 3a-3c early archery bull tag was coming his way. He also said they told him NR's with a lifetime license get put into the non-resident draw, not the resident. I always wondered how it worked because numbers on reports never seemed to match.
Moving forward it would be nice if their bonus pass and regular draw reports showed all the nr's with lifetime licenses and had a separate column listing the hunts they draw. I think the reason so many people knew they should have drawn was a lot of high point holders cashed in their points and applied this year due to heavy precipitation, late start date for early archery and the realization they probably aren't going to get the hunt they really wanted due to point creep. When a guy with 18 points doesn't draw a tag that can normally be drawn with 14-15 points that makes you do a little research.
I'll be honest, I really have my doubts on the soundness of the AZ draw system now. An outside audit of the system looks to be in order.