Life of the draw

[Will_m]

I didn’t come around until after the establishment of the BP/PP/lottery system for a lot of big game. Granted, back then, everything was still pretty easy to get drawn. Then again, I didn’t have the resources available now to even know about difficult.

I was talking to an old timer who was telling me that “back in the day” there wasn’t any draw (in any state presumably, but he was specifically talking about Colorado) and that they would just pick a place and get after it. Same guy also told me he went for Dall diy in AK back in the 60’s or maybe 50’s.

Anyway, he’s not good much for much anymore other than drinking a little whiskey and entertaining.

Were these stories entertainment born of too much whiskey or is there some truth?

 

[pirogue]

Depends on how far you go back.

 

[Will_m]

I guess I’d say far enough back that somebody could have experienced it between 20-40 years of age and still be living to tell about it in exchange for whatever liquor you had to trade.

 

[Rotnguns]

I started hunting in Idaho in 1975 and they had a draw for moose, sheep, antelope, and goats back then.

 

[Rich M]

I'd say it was truth.

CO is just thinking about doing away with OTC tags.

 

[5MilesBack]

Back in the early 80's we used our points on cow tags because bulls were OTC.