Had no luck in elk tag lottery? Your hunt doesn’t have to end before it even begins. Some states have over-the-counter elk tags, and here’s how you can get them.
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Nonresident Western Hunt Planning Guide: Limited Draw Deadlines, OTC Tags, and Point Systems
This blog gives you application deadlines for limited draw hunts, bonus points, landowner tags and OTC tag options, for the most popular Western states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming
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Moose Hunting in the Lower 48: Problems and Opportunities
The Lower 48 may not be on top of moose hunting destination lists, but the core America does offer some amazing opportunities! Updated for 2025.
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Heads Up for 2025: Limited draw application dates, OTC tags availability, and other essential facts on the most popular Western states
Planning a hunt in the American West? Here are the dates you don’t want to miss and other information on the most popular states.
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Heads Up for 2024: The dates you don’t want to miss for limited draw in the most popular Western states
A quick heads up on the 2024 deadlines for big game limited draw hunts in the most popular Western states.
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2023 Heads Up: Draw Applications, OTC Tags and Preference Points for Most Popular Western States
Deadlines for limited draw applications in the most popular Western states, along with OTC tags options, preference and bonus points, and other things you don’t want to miss!
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2022 Heads Up: Draw Applications, OTC Tags and Preference Points for Most Popular Western States
Here are a few dates and facts for the states most popular with non-resident hunters that you don’t want to miss.
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2021 Heads Up: Draw Applications, OTC Tags and Preference Points for Most Popular Western States
The world of limited draw, application dates, preference points, and alternative over-the-counter options in the USA is so wide and various that a comprehensive review for any given year could easily fill a 1,000-page volume. In this post, we’ll give a brief overlook on a non-resident hunter’s prospects of hunting in the most popular states in the West.
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Wilderness, Limited Draw, and Bipolar Weather: What you need to know about hunting in Wyoming
Non-resident hunting in Wyoming is as bipolar as the state’s weather: large tracts of public land wilderness and healthy herds of elk, cougar, bear, deer and antelope on the one hand, no OTC tags and a requirement to hire a licensed guide on the other. This blog will provide the most essential information for planning your hunt in Wyoming.
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Big Game Draw Deadlines A-Comin’!
While OTC tag options are available, most hunters who want to hunt elk, moose, antelope and other big-game animals in Western states such as Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, etc., have to obtain their permits by limited draw. This post gives application deadlines for most popular species and states.
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Turkey: All about All-American Game Bird
This post tells about turkey hunting. It describes all six subspecies of wild turkey found in North America: Eastern, Merriam’s, Rio Grande, Osceola, Gould’s and Ocellated, seasons for hunting them, the most popular ways of turkey hunting, the best places for hunting a turkey, and prices for outfitted hunts.
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When Does the Deer Season Open in 2018 – Dates for All 50 States
When does the deer season start? The North American Conservation Model implies there may not be a simple and straightforward answer to this question. What deer – whitetail, mule or blacktail – are we talking about? What season – archery, gun, or maybe youth? This post tries to give the basic data on deer seasons for all 50 United States on one page.
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