I'm not getting any younger....Lived out my hunting and fishing dreams in AK in my early twenties. I would still like to cross archery hunting for Antelope, Mule deer and Rocky Mountain Elk off my "Bucket List".

Any ideas on whats the easiest to get a tag for, and where? Thoughts on which species to start with?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Over the counter elk in Colorado would be a good place to start while applying for the other tags.

Shoot an Elk behind a high fence in Texas, no tag needed, just a license. And you may not even need that, I can't remember for sure

I keep putting in for a PA all tag. They started the season when I was WCO trainee for the Pennsvlvania Game Commission. It would be something to get one with my recurve from my home stompping grounds. They are sometimes behind barbed wire fences in farmer's corn, and beans.

dang auto correct...elk tag

you should be able to draw a deer tag and antelope tag in Wyoming. not over the counter but some areas you can draw pretty easy

The places in Wyoming that a nonres can draw over the counter antelope are generally in the eastern half of the state - which of course is mostly private land. Good public access on the west and southwest part of the state - but you'll need maybe 4 to 6 points to draw. For deer, best bet for over the counter is (my opinion) Idaho. OTC tags for elk in Colorado is very popular, and they have elk to be sure, but you'll have lots of company.

Thanks for the imput. I'll start doing some research this winter. Just needed son opinions, I don't know much about Western state hunts.

Checking out the application deadline for each state would be good information . I think some may be before the winter is over.

I think goldentrout_one is spot on. I have never hunted Idaho though. You do have to draw for an antelope tag in Wyoming but it is almost guaranteed if you go through an outfitter. An antelope outfitted hunt is one of the most reasonably priced hunts I have ever seen. I do suggest that if you go that route to make sure the outfitter is used to hosting stickbow hunters. I have been placed in pop up blinds on fence crossings, waterholes and in alfalfa fields. Most of those sets were longer yardage sets than most would shoot a stickbow.....more for compound shooters. There are tons of hunters in Colorado but make a decision to get well off the roads. If you backpack in away from the crowds, I think you can exponentially increase your odds. The down side is you have a long way to pack one out. Good luck.

I'd do OTC elk wherever you choose, but all the while you're going after them be putting in for a Colorado mulie and antelope tag...the mulie you can draw your first try in some areas, and by the time you get an elk and mulie you'll probably draw the antelope...which when you do draw offers very high chance of success.

I've found the best way to find a big bull elk in Colorado is to simply buy a mule deer tag, and hunt sans elk tag in pocket. Guaranteed to get into elk that way....

Definitely not Nevada-no antelope draw in 4 years and no buck tag in 5, and we are residents!

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