Private Land Tag Strategy for Elk

[sniper7]

If you want to hunt a couple elk, put in your normal muzzleloader first choice. Then put in this 501 cow tag second choice.
Assuming you draw the muzzleloader tag, once the leftovers are available just buy the 501 cow tag online as well.
You don’t have to draw an A license to get a B license. You can have 2 licenses (A+B or B+B) and an unlimited number of C licenses.

I would look at the elk draw statistics for that code and make sure they went to leftover last year (highly likely). As long as they did follow the above advice. If not, I might just put in for a preference point first choice and on your second choice put the cow rifle tag in 501.

[CO Hugh]

If you want to hunt a couple elk, put in your normal muzzleloader first choice. Then put in this 501 cow tag second choice.
Assuming you draw the muzzleloader tag, once the leftovers are available just buy the 501 cow tag online as well.
You don’t have to draw an A license to get a B license. You can have 2 licenses (A+B or B+B) and an unlimited number of C licenses.

I would look at the elk draw statistics for that code and make sure they went to leftover last year (highly likely). As long as they did follow the above advice. If not, I might just put in for a preference point first choice and on your second choice put the cow rifle tag in 501.

Yes try to find out whether there will be leftovers: look for undersubscribed codes/units/ and also the draw summary. You can call the division and they can tell you in years past how many licenses and how many applied.

The PLO license sounds better so I'd pick that as first choice.