My $.02 as there seems to be a lot of requests for drop camp recommendations. While there are certainly some good outfits and exceptions, most of the time you are hiring a company that also does fully outfitted hunts. The obviously problem with this is that the outfitter is going to give preference to the fully paid client vs. the drop camp hunters, basically putting them in the better areas. This is especially true for OTC hunts, and easier to draw tags. Personally unless it is a wilderness hunt or there is some obvious advantage to being dropped in one particular location I would rather have the option of being mobile if the area is not producing. Obviously there are exceptions to this, such as top tier draw units where there is less competition and/or more opportunity. 3 pts in CO / AZ won't get you much, 3 in WY might get you a general tag (which may be good option). Personally I would recommend NM, as there are outfitters who will do partially guided/drop camps and you can apply under their outfitter number, although still a very tough draw. Landowner tags are an option if you want to guarantee a hunt or if you don't draw.
With that being said, I was lucky enough to draw a unit 16B archery tag several years ago and hired an outfitter for a drop camp, and it was incredible. But as I mentioned above this was a LE hunt that was difficult to draw and the outfitter only had two fully guided hunters at the time. PM me and happy to provide more info. Good luck.
