RE: CO elk tag questions?
"Season 1 is cow only and draw only and I believe is resident only. "
Not true. The first season is generally either sex and is available to nonresidents with a cap of either 35% or 20%. However, this cap goes away after the first drawing if there are left overs.
There can be left over tags from any draw season if not enough people apply.
In general, for what is considered OTC units, here are the seasons:
1) Archery: OTC tags, with sometimes cow tags being sold as an "addtional" license (in other words, you could have two archery tags, one for either sex and one for a cow)
2) Muzzleloading: draw only. Tags are bull only or cow only. I have never seen any left over bull tags, but there are usually left over cow tags. However, the cow tags go to people who put that as their second choice. I have not seen any left over for sale in years
3) 1st rifle: Elk only, by drawing only, either sex tags
4) 2nd and 3rd elk rifle: OTC unlimited tags for bulls. Cow tags sometimes available OTC with a cap till they sell out.
5) 4th rifle: by drawing only. Don't expect any left over bull tags (or either sex)on this hunt because they only give verylimited tag numbers for this hunt. Although there might be some left over cow tags