OTC Elk Tag Question

[GilpinGuy]

I drew a muzzleloader cow elk tag but didn't harvest a cow. Can I still get an unlimited OTC rifle tag or am I shit out of luck until next year?

I emailed that question to CPW and got the answer of "Since it will be your first license for elk this year you can purchase it." But it's not my first license since I drew a tag. Confusion as always with these guys.

Anyone know the right answer?

[Irving]

I believe you should be able to purchase over the counter still.

[ACE2GOOD]

I think any left over license or over the counter tag is still fair game.

[ferrum]

You need to know if your first or second license is a "B" list license. You cannot have 2 licenses from "A" list in a year for the same species.

[GilpinGuy]

Hmmmm. The guy from CPW got back to me after I asked for clarification and he said WHOOPS, he was incorrect. Since I drew a cow tag, I'm done for the season. But I'm still not sure. I may just go to the hardware store and give it a try if I really want to go out again.

[XJ]

More than a month ago the guy at the local CPW office said don't bother with OTC, everything would either be on private land or too crowded to be safe.

[Hummer]

More than a month ago the guy at the local CPW office said don't bother with OTC, everything would either be on private land or too crowded to be safe.

Who said that? It's bullshit, untrue, and unacceptable. Name names.

[XJ]

Who said that? It's bullshit, untrue, and unacceptable. Name names.

Just the guy working the counter at the main office in Colo Spgs. I'm paraphrasing of course, but his message was clear.

I did check the online list of units and tags afterwards, and most did say private land only. For both deer and elk.

[TheSparkens]

What is up with that? Colorado has a big problem with opening up private land for hunting, other states do a much better job of that.

[jslo]

Just the guy working the counter at the main office in Colo Spgs. I'm paraphrasing of course, but his message was clear.

I did check the online list of units and tags afterwards, and most did say private land only. For both deer and elk.

First off, there is no OTC tags for deer, besides whitetail in maybe a dozen or so units and mainly private lands. And not sure what list your looking at, maybe leftover, but there's probably about a hundred units for OTC bull tags with plenty of National forest land available for hunting.