Let's talk tags

[elk_sniper]

What do you consider the best tags to put in for? I never try for them but 2026 year I am. Do you go for special locations or multi season? How does it work how do you get chosen? Imma tag virgin. Oh and I'm disabled with a placard and companion card if that helps.

[Kingofthemountain83]

Just browse through the special permit apps in the regs and see how many applicants put in for each tag... Pretty easy to see the more popular in areas... I doubt many will say what they apply for but I'll tell...    For quality modern deer I use to put in for Desert and Cowichie... In 2020 I decided to try Chewuch... Now I apply for quality deer in Chewuch and Perrygin after learning the area a little... Buck modern I usually points, this year I did Alkali... I don't put in for any other deer tags... Quality muzzy elk I choose Cowichie and Rimrock, bull usually points but chose Alkali this year, antlerless Cowichie... I have no clue if these are the best areas... I know Cowichie well... Have hunted there since I was a kid, 30 years... I've drawn a Cowichie quality bull tag and filled it... Drew a Rimrock quality bull tag and filled it... Drew 2 cow tags in Cowichie and filled them... I've never drawn a deer tag... Oils tags I only put in for moose bull and antlerless... I forgot which ones... I feel Ram and goat tags I have a better chance out of state... No clue why I keep applying for moose...     

[Kingofthemountain83]

What I'd be after for regular season since you said you're disabled is the key to gates for disabled access in certain areas... I walk in some of these areas... Some of these areas are to much to cover on foot so I have no clue what it's like past a few miles in with a bunch of roads off main lines... And you can put in for disabled special apps too...