I got mine on Aug 28th at the town clerk. No one was in line and it went right through. I went to Walmart that evening to get some bow hunting stuff, and they were taking numbers, and having some problems. I'm sure the system is not the best, but I've heard of a few cases where the people inputting the information, were not well trained, and causing problems, that bogged the system down.
I expect it will be a whole different ballgame next year. My advice is....get your tag(s) as soon as you can. When crunch time comes, the system will probably not be able to handle it.