I guess I'm the odd duck, but I know a guy that puts up metal buildings and is pretty handy with most construction, so one big or several small buildings on decent sized lots, live there the minimum required days to qualify for residency, plenty of scouting time. Stay enough years to get a...
Those were in two different areas/units at different times. Hard to imagine I got that lucky on the only two hunts I've ever been on in that state. And didn't even see hunters on the highways traveling. If that was all luck, I'll take it, but I'm a bit skeptical based on how my luck runs...
I've hunted oregon and the two areas, Archery hunts, that I hunted had good elk populations, and zero hunting pressure. No idea after Archery, but to me has been the most underrated elk hunt I've found. But I wasn't on otc hunts. Drew with 0 and 1 point however.
We went when I was 13 and the biggest issue was that the adults couldn't keep up with my brother and I, 14 & 13. We were in September so cold wasn't an issue. The best memories were catching trout and shooting grouse. My brother killed a spike muledeer the first year, I killed a small mule deer...