For rec.gov river permits, of course... Believe it is midnight mountain time.
Got mine in for San Juan, deso/gray, middle salmon, yampa/gates of lodore.
Got my first, a cow, this year. Fifth year, fifth tag, hunted every day of each season (until this one), but they're short Colorado rifle seasons. Hadn't ever hunted before that first otc bull tag, and no mentor, so it has been a steep learning curve.
After I got the trim, neck, quarters, backstraps, and tenderloins and moved it all a few hundred yards and hung it in a tree, it was 6:30, just after sunset. Yes, I’m a slow butcher. I brilliantly decided that I’d carry my rifle, all my day-hunting gear, a rear quarter, and the backstraps and...
Not wanting to bump them again with the shifty winds, I backtracked to the bottom of the meadow to investigate the other bugling I had heard that morning. Wandered for a while, didn’t find anything exciting, so around 10:30 I decided to head back towards the other side of the basin where I...
In the meantime, I talked a lot of elk hunting with my new boss, who knows the unit and elk in general way better than I likely ever will. Amongst other advice, he pitched me on checking out a different, closer-to-home section of the unit. While there would surely be hunters, he thought the...
Apologies for the long-windedness, but I don’t contribute much so gotta share sometime!
My career as a hunter started when my wife and I moved to Southwest CO in the fall of 2019. I had no job, and decided somewhat randomly that I should try to contribute to the household by getting us an elk...
I did get a 76 rifle tag! ...cow second rifle, but hey, when you're 0/4 lifetime on elk, that seems like a pretty good chance. Just around the (long) corner for me in Bayfield, so I'll be able to get up there a time or two to scout.
Hit on my two secondary apps - late rifle whitetail doe and muzzleloader pronghorn buck (to go with my muzzy pronghorn doe tag in the same unit). Didn't even try for elk, now have two pronghorn and two deer tags, even though elk are my greater obsession. Still hoping to be able to avoid OTC rifle...
Interesting, I'm going to try to never finger pull quills again, as within about half an hour of pulling some from my pup I had some sort of allergic reaction and lost my vision/couldn't keep my eyes open for a few hours. Anyone else allergic to porcupine quills?
Ever been distracted by the view of north twilight driving south on 550?
This is from Tuesday - you seem to like camping and skinning, next year come in May when it gets good/safe, come down to the San Juans and I'll lead you on a tour.