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Got back from our ML hunt last week Sunday. We had great weather (we showed up after the snowstorm), almost too nice, and elk were nearly everywhere we looked. Areas where we didn't find them other guys we talked to said they had seen elk there either before or after we checked the area...
My first and only bull, so far... 2004 Unit 55 Colorado muzzleloader. Watched him work his way out above timberline with a herd of cows the night before and back into the timber in the morning. Hunted my way up during the day then waited for the herd to work their way up to timberline in the...
Watched it several times already, figured out pretty quick where it was by their general description of where they were going and recognized where they were pointing on the map. Got me fired up with all the elk they saw.
Maybe I can revive this thread instead of starting a new one. My buddy and I drew muzzle loader tags in this unit for this fall. So far from all the e-scouting I've done and calling the DOW, our plan is similar to what @Walkitoff had lain out, except for having llamas. We were also looking at...
Hunted first rifle season right near there just a couple months ago, camped by Ripple Creek Pass. First rifle is a draw but we picked up leftover tags, they may not even have sold all of them so it's not really "limited draw". Saw lots of other hunters in the area that season. I did lots of...
Just got back from hunting Unit 12 for the first time. We camped near Ripple Creek Pass on road #8 intending to hunt an area with fewer trails than farther west in the unit. On the drive in last Friday we saw camps set up all along 8. Others said there will be lots of hunters here, but I've...
Since I didn't draw the tag I wanted..., I got a 1st season bull tag for the conglomerate of units containing the Flattops Wilderness. I haven't hunted this area before but by reading previous posts it looks like there are lots of hunters. One question I have about hunting this area is if...
We have used a wood stove for tent heat in the past but it always burns out during the night, plus I'd rather hunt than find dry wood to cut and split. I emailed Mr. Heater about their buddy heaters and was told they may not work at 9-10,000 feet altitude because of the low oxygen shut off...