LAST EDITED ON Jun-10-14 AT 07:54PM (MST)[p]The Landowner tags in my unit,12, are ranch only. Deeded lands.
One of the top BC producing counties in country,Catron county,NM.
You can get anyweapon elk tag good for any 5 consecutive days,Oct.1st-Dec.31st.
Buy the LO authorazation,the lic and you can get a OTC deer tag for same ranch you elk hunt,or nearby.Not many deer but some decent ones.
Elk are the real deal. Lot's of them here. Check the books.
You can get UW tags for nearby units,13,15,16's ,etc. ,but UW tags are for same areas that draw hunts are,and same time.Way more hunters then.
The OTC deer tags are for deeded ranch lands.
So it's a tradeoff. Private lands to yourself. Or tons of public and some private lands and all the other hunters too.
And the ES LO tags in my unit are for most of Sept. Not broken into 3 hunts like draw.
But you said any weapon,that starts in Oct.,right at peak of rut,into winter.
Now by opportunity hunt, do you mean meat hunt? Get a cow tag.
Otherwise be ready to pass on 340 bulls,to get to the real big ones.