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General question on elk
So we have hunted Colorado for several years as a group. Next season it looks like only two of us can make it for sure and both of us are thinking about changing things up. We travel from the east (Eastern Iowa and further east) and are trying to decide on what other state may make sense... -
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Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice - 2024
I am carrying a Havak PH2 that was born as a 300 win mag but now identifies as a 7mm PRC. I have been shooting this PRC a lot this spring and summer and like the cartridge. Yesterday I was punching steel at 1,560 yards about 5 out of 7 shots out there. In total this rifle has about 250 rounds... -
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GoHunt vs. OnX
I just signed up for the OnX research tool and unless I am using it wrong it is pretty disappointing. I was looking to see what units in Colorado I could draw with X points and It basically included almost every unit in the state with my points and less. I know I can draw a unit requiring 0...- bmontang
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Base Camp Tent Options For a Family of 4
95 degrees? Camping? Nothing says RV with a strong a/c unit to me like that. I have a great wall tent but I will not tent camp in the Texas summer heat. No way I am sleeping outdoors in that heat. Just not physically possible. I have even thought about getting a window a/c unit for the tent to... -
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Best Bullett for 7mm Rem Mag
My 7MM rem mag used to be loaded with Nosler 168g when the rifle was my dad's. He had a recipe that was a damn tight grouping load. Now that it is my rifle and things have changed (I shot some of his loads that were over 40 years old). I find the ol' girl likes Hornady's ELDX in the 178g weight... -
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CO non-typical
Congrats on the bull. I can't imagine being such a POS human being that I steal someone else's game meat. I would rather starve. -
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Woman Killed by Elk
For real! They are soooo grumpy when you wake them up. -
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Tell me about your elk camp canvas tent setup! Add pictures if you got em
They definitely don't leak, but I disagree on the "need" for a tarp. Looking at the tarp I have over mine, it has saved many small burn holes from the spark arrestor not catching everything. The canvass is 100% still good and the tarp has 10+ small burn holes. Now maybe the tarp wouldn't have... -
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Unit 551 CO
Is it a private land hunt? The western 1/3 is pretty heavily private. The eastern portion is almost all public. Its steep and pretty rugged as it is where the Monarch pass crosses over the range. -
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Horses in elk country
For me, taking horses works depending on the where and why. When I haul them out there I usually use them for getting deeper in the back country each day. I e-Scout based on knowing I will have a horse and the usual distance I can cover with one in the back country. I use a highline AND hobble... -
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Tell me about your elk camp canvas tent setup! Add pictures if you got em
Here are some of the pictures I could dig up. Nothing of the inside so far. -
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Tell me about your elk camp canvas tent setup! Add pictures if you got em
I have a Davis (under old ownership) 16x20, we have hunted anywhere from 2 to 6 out of it comfortably. If you're like me, the thing you will miss the most going from a camper to a tent is the crapper. As far as my tent goes, I have a large stove and 3/4 floor. The stove is right inside the door... -
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Colorado changes 2023
Reasonable. We are in the draw for Unit 18 first rifle. That is usually an either sex tag, if they want to limit it to bulls only for a while that would be ok by me. I don't know what the full winter was like in that area though. -
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Crazy thing happened about 0330 this morning Unit 18
Colorado. Sorry for not being clear. -
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Crazy thing happened about 0330 this morning Unit 18
This morning about 0330 I was awakened out of a dead sleep by the most harrowing noise I’ve ever heard. It took me a minute but then I realized it was wolves - a pack of wolves at the very end of a hunt. The time they go absolutely nuts. Then it quiets down for about 30 seconds and I hear the... -
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Getting so fired up!!!
By this time next week I see myself already heading out of the woods with my first load. Of course, I think that every year about now, then reality sets in once I get there and remember I am no Big Fin. LOL. -
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11 days And counting!
Nice. Good luck to your daughter. I’m cooking today and tomorrow to freeze our camp dinners: Lasagna Chili Tacos Chicken & noodle soup Chicken enchiladas Steaks (will grill ribeyes Friday night) One thing is we don’t go hungry out there. -
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Getting so fired up!!!
I am starting to get that kid in the candy store excitedness about CO first rifle. It’s a little over a week away until I head west and it can’t come soon enough. So many possibilities and positive outlook. Even though two of my sons can’t make it due to personal reasons this season is still... -
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WY Rifle Etiquette Question
Everybody likes the guy buying when the check arrives... My guess is Randy is pretty cool to run into in a unit. Probably the kind of guy all of us (or most of us) would like to hunt with.
