Colorado OTC archery

[B0whunter]

Limited means there will be a set number of NR archery tags for units that are currently OTC for NRs. It doesn't mean there will be vastly fewer NRs hunting those units. If CPW actually does what they said they would (MIGHT) do in there initial preferred alternative, which was to address crowding and cut total hunter numbers by 10%, they would need to cut NR tags by greater than 20% over current levels in currently OTC units as the majority of hunters in OTC archery units are NRs. Some OTC units were nearly 70% NRs in the past.
My bet is that they crawfish and make a token attempt to address crowding by proposing a cut to NR tag number by well below the 20%+ needed to achieve a 10% reduction and/or add PLO NR tag codes to the draw.
The good thing about the decision to limit NRs during archery is that if crowding persists and CPW doesn’t cut NR tags, it makes it easy for us to call bullshit as CPW now has tool they claimed they needed.

Hi, well they haven't cut the 2000 tags in unit 80 yet and it's more crowded now than when it was an OTC unit. It's been 5 years! With no numbers on these OTC units going to a draw it's a crap shoot on the number of tags to issue but I don't think they will cut the number. It's all about revenue. Just my NR two cents.