Help with Colorado License

[Roosterstraw]

If anyone is familiar with Colorado elk license I could use some help. I am a non-resident and I was awarded a cow elk tag through draw. I paid $505.75 for the cow elk tag, license & preference point. I am now wanting to purchase an OTC bull tag. I called fish and game and they said I am required to pay the tag and license fee although I already have a elk license through the cow draw. They said it is a different license. The cost is $661.75 for the OTC bull. Can I not just buy an OTC bull tag and not the license? Together I will be paying $1167.5 for a cow and bull elk tag and license? Does this sound right?

 

[sodaksooner]

Sounds right to me. You are confusing Tag with License. In CO they are one in the same. I don't know the A, B tag system works as I only ever buy one license, but I do believe you have to pay full price for each.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Gunnersdad49]

I think the confusion is that you get, as a nonresident, a fishing license free with your elk tag. I know, "free", right?

So for your cow tag, you paid $496.75, plus a $9 application fee, plus a $10 habitat stamp, plus a $81.75 small game qualifying license, right?

"NEW QUALIFYING LICENSES All applicants, including youth, must purchase a qualifying hunting license to apply for the big game draw. Annual small game.............$81.75 (youth: $1.25)"

That would put you at $597.50 for the cow tag, soup to nuts. Then the cost of the NR bull tag at $661.75, for a total of 1259.25 if my math is correct.

I think that the terms "license" and "tag" were probably used incorrectly by the CPW person you talked to. The license is the small game license, whereas what many states call a tag is what the CPW was referring to as a license.

I also don't know if your cow tag was a first, second, third, or fourth choice, but if it was your first choice, you don't get any preference points.

 

[Gunnersdad49]

Sounds right to me. You are confusing Tag with License. In CO they are one in the same. I don't know the A, B tag system works as I only ever buy one license, but I do believe you have to pay full price for each.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

You are correct, but his confusion is warranted due to Colorado's weird language. List A and B tags are both full price, but in order to hunt 2 elk or other big game critters, you can only have one tag from list A. You can either have 2 list B tags, or a list A and a list B tag, but not two list A tags for the same species in the same year.

 

[loggerchas]

@Gunnersdad49 hit it on the head.

 

[Roosterstraw]

Okay, I understand. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[5MilesBack]

List A and B tags are both full price, but in order to hunt 2 elk or other big game critters, you can only have one tag from list A. You can either have 2 list B tags, or a list A and a list B tag, but not two list A tags for the same species in the same year.

Correct.