COLOelkman
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Anyone else listen to the CPW meeting? I heard them talk a little about eliminating all OTC archery elk tags and going draw specific. I hadn't seen anything about that previously however more than 1 person lobbied for the commission to vote on it right away. It would become effective in 2024. However, I didn't hear any specific vote on it so I'm not exactly sure what the plan is as I got distracted and may have missed what was decided. It's seems obvious to me that each year they have been cutting out some units from the OTC list which pushes all OTC hunters into other areas (assuming they don't want to use points or try for their unit 2nd chance.) Overcrowding is the reason they've justified this action. However, they never seem to mention anything about overcrowding in rifle seasons and those remain OTC as always. One public commenter noted the data which shows that non-resident archery hunters outnumber resident hunter by a significant margin and they suggested limiting NR OTC tags. Their response was that it nothing is OTC, it would therefore limit NR hunters because they'd have the 65/35 split. Anyway, stay tuned I guess. Meeting info is posted on the CPW website and it continuing today (Wed. 18th) starting at 8 am. https://www.youtube.com/user/coloparkswildlife/live