check out the draw report to see where it drew out at 2023 and 2024 and you can usually extrapolate that out to 2025
In Colorado- West of I25 there’s been more LE units than OTC units.Most of those OTC units going to draw you’d have to pay me to hunt for the next 3-4 years…
Appreciate the advice. I'm super green trying to interpolate all of this info. Super complicated as I've never had to apply for anything here in the south. I just get 5 deer tags and 2 turkey tags as a given.
Just sent you a message
I'm getting ready for my first ever Elk, Deer, Pronghorn, Grouse and Quail hunts in 2025. There is so much to learn and buy between now and then.
I see that now, I think it’s funny how common it is for hunters to get more excited about hunting something different than what they grew up with or have locally!
Part of the draw to me to the west is the mountains, which we don't have that in KS. Elk still tastes better than deer, so we have that too. I have deer points in every state i apply for elk in but i don't ever look forward to using them...i do apply for the AZ strip every other year, just in case i hit the jackpot. I see your point about wanting what we don't have. I can hunt WT and/or mule deer in KS but there is very little public land compared to the West. Yes there is walk in (WIHA) but there are roads everywhere, so you can't get more than a mile from someone except in a few spot...unless you have your own land or a lease, you really can't get away from people. In the West I feel if i put in the work i can get away from people, especially the ones just driving the roads. To each his/her own, my 5 year plan is to retire and move to WY, so i can hunt there every year. Before i leave KS, i will by a lifetime hunting license and maybe then i will see your perspective.I see that now, I think it’s funny how common it is for hunters to get more excited about hunting something different than what they grew up with or have locally!
I cut my teeth hunting and living in elk country Utah and Colorado (now live in AK and hunt more in the L48 and international than I do at home !) but the hunt I get excited for is Kansas whitetail
Helps to have a good lease and family nearby to visit- Here is the buck I chased last year:
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They will still allocate so many tags to many of those units it will essentially be the same thing as OTC. Just put in for a pref point for 1st choice, and then whichever of those previously OTC units as your 2nd choice, and there you go. Only differences now are you have to 1. commit to a specific unit, and 2. you have to do it in May instead of waiting until the last minute.
