I have been hunting the same area(s) for about the last 8 years, I believe. This is an OTC tag that I purchase when I don't draw a Bull tag (Never 
. The cool thing is that the area is close to my home, muzzleloader only, antlerless only.This combination keeps the crowd down to a reasonable level especially since there are two units you can hunt. Only open for two weeks but with the exception of one year, I have been able to take my cow here. Really open country, they can dissapear like you can't believe though, due to the dips, lava blows and draws that run through it. I spotted the herd at about 2:00 PM on the 5th day I hunted (second trip) and was fortunate enough to slip into 30 yards of the sleeping herd. The bulls antlers sticking up out of the tumbleweeds gave their position. I cow called twice to get them to stand up BANG! 3/4 mile pack out, by myself as usual. It was awesome. I used a .58 caliber Investarms rifle and cast some 445 gr conicals this year for the first time, it makes a great elk gun. I still love my round balls for everything else. I see one killed with a 50 caliber ball and am not saying it can't be done but I just chose to go this route this year.
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. The cool thing is that the area is close to my home, muzzleloader only, antlerless only.This combination keeps the crowd down to a reasonable level especially since there are two units you can hunt. Only open for two weeks but with the exception of one year, I have been able to take my cow here. Really open country, they can dissapear like you can't believe though, due to the dips, lava blows and draws that run through it. I spotted the herd at about 2:00 PM on the 5th day I hunted (second trip) and was fortunate enough to slip into 30 yards of the sleeping herd. The bulls antlers sticking up out of the tumbleweeds gave their position. I cow called twice to get them to stand up BANG! 3/4 mile pack out, by myself as usual. It was awesome. I used a .58 caliber Investarms rifle and cast some 445 gr conicals this year for the first time, it makes a great elk gun. I still love my round balls for everything else. I see one killed with a 50 caliber ball and am not saying it can't be done but I just chose to go this route this year.
