It's not that clean cut on tags, some states/areas are OTC, but sometimes only for certain weapons, some
are draw, some are OTC until they are gone, some have outfitter/landowner tags.

If you are going guided, here is what I suggest, in this order:

- Decide how much $$ you are willing to spend, things to add on top of what the guide costs:
- the tags/license, this will run you upwards of $500 - $1000 for a license and tag
- you need to get there somehow, airfare, car/hotels etc
- butchering is typically not included and this also means additional "luggage" to fly home

- Once you have that, figure out what weapon you want to use, this decides what time of year. Typically archery comes first and includes more bugling and calling.

- What part of the country do you want to hunt?

- Now find outfitters, if you are doing a "special" weapon like archery make sure the guide understands what this means!

- find the outfitters, check on here and other sites, hunting/fishing expos, etc. This is the long drawn out part, you need to be comfy that you are not getting ripped off, there are many outfitters that will give you an excellenet hunt for all price ranges, but there are some who will rip you off.

- CHECK REFERENCES, make sure to check unsuccessfull references as well as the list the outfitter gives you, if he won't give you more, then run and find another one.