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What to do in CO... an aimless rant against picking a unit.
Living here it is easy for me to keep up with the summer weather patterns. It does affect where the elk will be. The drier it is, or the lack of a monsoon season,means they will be higher. The wetter it is, the less they will have to move around for feed.I archery hunt and the weather is by far... -
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CO harvest/hunter #s for '17 are posted.
Hunted here all my life. Cover hundreds of miles archery hunting, and our herd is hurting. I can see 20 cows and there may be 2 calves. Wildlife Commission, like any government ran agency, looks at the money. Bear population is flourishing, so are lion's. Have a Commission round table in our... -
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When is the peak rut in Colorado
You had better be prepared to have competition if you find a bugling bull. Archery numbers have been on the increase for 10 years, and the number of bulls on the decrease. Do not believe all you read in magazines about hunting here. Most of the bulls have been called at, worked, or have winded a... -
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Apparently every unit everywhere sucks
Makes a guy scratch his head. Why do we do what we do? Some are just into the kill, some into the total experience, some for the challenge, some as a way to get away from people, some for the camping, and some for all of these reasons. Some chase horns, some chase meat, some do both. Some like... -
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Thoughts on OTC Colorado
Let me expound on archery for you. The days of calling in bulls in are few and far between. There is so much thrown at them now that sometimes a bugle pushes them away, not towards you. The last 5 years have been relegated to location bugles and the some cow calls, maybe a few grunts, growls... -
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Thoughts on OTC Colorado
Born,raised, hunted my whole life in Colorado. You need to at least put in for a preference point, dont know your age, but that way, you can still get an OTC tag, start accumulating points, and once you hunt out here, you may want to switch to muzzle loader, try for a cow tag, or if young... -
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Colorado Archery Elk
25 years chasing wapiti in Colorado. 15 years ago, would wear your butt out chasing bugles and working bulls. Now, with the popularity of elk hunting, especially archery, and with the Colorado OTC tags, not so much anymore. With every one armed with a multitude of calls, these elk get call shy... -
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NFL guy says he'll quit before standing for the flag
Some very, very good dialogue on this subject. Personally, as i was raised, i try to treat everyone equal. As the Bible says, paraphrased, " do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Many people try to live it, especially in this country that was founded on biblical principles, many...- sundance
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A little elk help wanted....
The rut is a bit late in Colorado this year so be sure and have a call or two handy. Before sunrise bugles are commonplace if the rut is even in the winding down stage. South slopes are feeding areas, north slopes for bedding and being in the area early is a necessity to catch them moving . Pay... -
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Colorado unit 61 again
My son has a Eblerstock Blue Widow and I have an old Dana K2. The Eblerstock on my 36 year old sons back probably had 100 lbs of meat, and on my 62 year young back, i probably had 80 lbs. Was all we wanted and without a good pack it would of been two trips for sure.My son did a ton of research... -
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Colorado unit 61 again
final thoughts Quite a September. My son probably had the first archery kill in Colorado as this bull steamrolled us right before sunrise on the first morning. Right place at the right time and with two bugles ringing in his ears from me, he came in so fast on my son that we both were in shock... -
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Colorado unit 61 muzzleloader ob servations
As it seems with all things now days, the 9 day season flew by. When you have three months to plan and anticipate a quality unit hunt, it becomes like what an extended Christmas might have been when I was a boy. And that probably is as much fun as the hunt. It lasts longer. Anyway, the hunt was... -
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Colorado unit 61 again
A week from this Saturday I will be doing the unthinkable, hunting this unit for the second time in seven years. Yes it's possible. Resident archery 6 years ago with 14 points, hybrid muzzleloader draw this year with 6 points, is how crazy things happen. Excited? Yes. But at 62, it will be my... -
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2016 OTC 2nd Rifle Season - 1st time CO Elk Trip
Sir. I live in Cortez, so am very familiar with these areas. I primarily archery hunt but have hunted these areas off and on. Sorry, but that is the way it is in Colorado nowdays. It is one of very few OTC states left for elk so it is a bullseye for any hunter wanting a chance to chase elk. For... -
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Elk Calling, these times, they are a changing
During a recent escapade into a local nationwide retail supercenter,they were setting up an aisle display of elk calls. You name it, grunts,squeals, estrus, lost, all the vernacular us callers know, were being set up for sale by the dozens. It got me to thinking about way back when, in the mid... -
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Colorado Unit 61 Elk Episode
Am Colorado resident and archery hunted 61 7 years ago. Got in a three ring rut party with around 30 bulls and 40 cows in a small meadow. The air was heavy with the smell of rutting bulls and it looked like a cattle round up because of the dust being kicked up by bulls fighting. After a 3 mile...
