Thanks Roughwater! Yeah, I chose to leave out a few OTC options with Utah (relatively low success rates/hard for nonres), arizona (late season/low quality), Oregon (rosies, limited rockies), etc etc since I feel like CO or ID are better options for most folks. Good point though
Whoops, I didn't translate into kiwi but just substitute wapiti for elk and you're good to go. Joking of course, can't wait to get down and do another tahr/stag/chamois hunt one of these days, you guys have some great hunting...
They really need a sarcasm indicator in these posts. You're in luck with all those OTC units moving to draw this year, hopefully those stay low points for residents, you guys put up with a lot of traffic, much respect
Joking about the final answer, that's never gonna happen. This question comes up allllll the time so I thought I'd pull together a really deep dive on Colorado vs Idaho for OTC elk for the folks that ask the question.
Bet that even guys with decent amount of experience in both will find...
Back up all the posts above that the 140 TTSX is a proven killer.
If your gun doesn't like barnes I've had really good results with the 139gr hornady GMX in 7mm. And their factory loaded ammo works well in a lot of guns (superformance, full boar, or outfitter).
A few things to know: make sure...