As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days in the field. This show is about translating

my hard-won experiences into tips and tactics that will get you closer to your ultimate

goal, success in the field. I'm Remi Warren. This is Cutting the Distance.

Welcome back to the podcast, everybody. I hope you guys have been doing good. Today,

we're going to be just diving into part two of our Tag Draw series, where I've been

covering various Western State application processes and helping you figure out how

to secure a tag for next season. If you missed it last week, I gave a rundown of the types

of tags and the types of points in the draw system to help kind of ease some of the confusion

and get you started. This week, we're going to be covering a few of the over-the-counter

options. I'm going to talk about how OTC tags should be implemented in your hunting plan,

and then I'll also give you tips on other tags to look for. I'm going to be breaking

down a few of my favorite states that we did not cover last week and then just go through

the opportunities that might be available. And then finally, I think I'm just going

to give everybody my hot tip on the best place to kill a bull elk this year, so you won't

want to miss it. But before we do that, I want to share the story of a general area,

monster bull, that ended up coming home in my backpack.

Now if you were to ask me what would be one of the epitome of hunting, one thing that

comes to mind would be harvesting a large, mature bull in a general elk area. To me, there's

just so much involved in that. Yes, there's a lot of luck, but there's also a lot of time.

They can be kind of few and far between. Most general areas are more just kind of managed

for opportunity. And that's not to say that there's not really big bulls in there. Most

of my experience elk hunting is in general type units. I pretty much cut my teeth growing

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