Originally Posted by
Big Uncle
For some reason the OTC units seem to get hit much harder than the draw units. Herds have not been to the targeted numbers in the OTC units along the San Luis valley for some time now have they?.
The guys I hunt with have had some pretty good luck and a high success ratio hunting the eastern side of the SLV. It does appear that the numbers have fallen off lately though. OTC can be a crap shoot because after a good couple of seasons the hunting pressure can be high resulting in a bigger harvest than targeted by managers. There is a large part of the state that is OTC with a ton of public land so I can understand if harvest numbers came in higher than expected.