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Colorado Unit 18 Conditions following fire in 2020
Well you do have a lot of posts, you must be very knowledgeable. have a good hunt. -
Colorado Unit 18 Conditions following fire in 2020
So Togie How many elk did you count on the winter range this last year, how many the year before right after the fire swept thru? 2 years ago there was a group of approx 150 came out of the burn to that herds traditional range. I spent an afternoon glassing a hill that should have had... -
Colorado Unit 18 Conditions following fire in 2020
Where the winds kicked u to 70mph there isn't much left (and this was the majority of the acreage). Black stumps without even a horizontal limb. You don't ask the secondarily important question. How many elk still live there. Based on last years winter ( a very tough one where everything had... -
4th Season Mule Deer CO
Unless you are hunting after /santa comes you will not be 'post rut". thanksgiving is premium rut time. If you think having a wheeled vehicle and chains means you are "ready" you may very well be re-educated in a most forceful way. Of course being the CO mtns you may be able to road hunt out... -
Traditional archery season?
The same people with 120 yard pins on their compound will instinctively shoot to 50 (or 60!) with their recurve. The device in their hand doesn't alter what is in their heads. But. in spite of all that I would like to see archery as traditional and blackpowder go back to flintlock. Make it as... -
Poking holes in Wally
In the south they worship God, bass, and nascar. Not in any particular order. You can shoot trash fish, and Wally is trash, go figure. Wally is the alpha predator he comes to you, checks you out (to see if you are edible) and leaves cause I'm too fat. You have that one circle to see, judge...- squirrel
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- Forum: Fishing Hole
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Poking holes in Wally
A very interesting week. Usually takes 3 days to figure out the lake in any given year, this year it took... yep 3 days. Pretty amazing 10' thick thermocline thick as pea soup 19-20"Wally everywhere at 14' at the upper edge, zero vis till 25' and lots of 23-25" Wally at the lower fade into a...- squirrel
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- Forum: Fishing Hole
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To many pesky deer
What were some of these draconian restrictions inflicted upon the poor hunters? Ive been brainstorming (and had hardly a sprinkle) on how to best impose my wishes upon guests, both carrot and stick approach. Came to the conclusion that only allowing access during the doe only season was my...- squirrel
- Post #20
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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To many pesky deer
Most that want access just want to kill a "big one" and either waste it or donate it. "Doe only" permission is either turned down or exploited to "accidentally " shoot a nice buck and either plead for forgiveness or try to sneak it out without getting noticed. Hunters are their own worst...- squirrel
- Post #18
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Mule Deer Population trends
That is quite a buffet of info there. I am much better suited to sitting on a knob and dissecting sage but will spend some time chewing on all that, maybe I'll print it out and do both at the same time, since there is a distinct lack of antlers to glass up these days. -
Mule Deer Population trends
When we had these, running everywhere with does like flies on a buffalo carcass our herd estimate was running 10K-13K. Then when new mgmt took over we had 18K (same objective though). But to those who actually spend time on hills with glass??? 70-90% reduction between the two time periods. The... -
Mule Deer Population trends
True but it gets a little more complex when locked in by post hunt buck/doe ratios in addition to herd # objectives. They tried hard to get the B/D ratios lower when the local politics said no they just shoot more does, presto better B/D ratios. Need more deer just fly the better quadrants and... -
Mule Deer Population trends
All dabble on the fringes, quit killing them and they'll do fine, or at the least drastically better. As Antler radar says the issue is lead poisoning, eliminate the high velocity lead. Here we went from Plan A, kill 'em all to Plan B Kill a few (but ever increasing as politics $ took... -
Swift A frame vs Nosler Partition
Both have worked fine for me over 50 times, any failure was not a bullet problem, ever. Slight nod to the A frame on making a hole in the dirt on the far side. Now worry about what matters lose weight and get stronger, but bullets are way more fun! ONLY elk hunt??? You are just getting to... -
WY GEN Elk Tag is Virtually a Once in a Lifetime Tag---Change my Mind
Apparently all we need to do is give gov't agencies more money and our problems are all resolved. I never would have come up with this knowledge based on life experience, thank goodness for this site. Silly me if I want to hunt Gen WY I'd would've screwed up and moved there. -
Wyoming Commissioners Tag!!! Unit ideas?
Resident? Can he /will he walk or is that what you refer to as "access". (off the hood of the truck?). NW WY has some incredible stuff but it is not for the faint of spirit. -
East Troublesome Fire - 2020 to now info needed
My bad. 1320+ tags. Painted with too broad of a brush, plenty of edge for allofya -
Vail bighorn sheep
They do go on "walkabouts" that would embarrass Crocodile dundee. even the stubby legged goats do amazing adventures. I couldn't believe when they printed a made up tag to murder that Parkview billy a few years ago He had more growth rings than most book billies dream about. Sure would be...- squirrel
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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East Troublesome Fire - 2020 to now info needed
So they don't even pretend to sample with boots on the ground? I was curious when in the dead of December in -25 temps they came out with minimal soil damage for the entire burn. I was talking to a guy and we both were incredulous that lazy gov't slugs had penetrated deep into the back country...
