Colorado Muzzleloader

[ashersdad]

That's a dandy buck! Glad it worked out for you.

 

[elkfanatic]

Congrats on a nice buck!!

 

[Mountain Man]

Hell yeah! Congratulations on an amazing buck!

 

[Sask hunter]

Congrats!

 

[perma]

Randy said it best, peace not justice. I believe you got both here. Amazing buck

 

[bullkillintime]

Great buck!

 

[Irrelevant]

"never miss a sneakem thread"
words to live by.

Great buck, way to keep your cool and seal the deal. Hope you still turned him in. We have to self regulate or others will be forced to regulate us.

 

[RunNGunSC]

Nice one, way to tough it out and stay positive

 

[CPAjeff]

Congrats on a great buck!

 

[MT_elk]

Congrats on a great buck!

 

[BlakeA]

Awesome buck! Wow people are just pathetic. Great job and happy to see you were rewarded with such a fantastic buck!

 

[txco]

Awesome outcome!

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Absolute stud! Congrats
Matt

 

[NECALI]

Great buck. Gotta be happy with that. Congrats.

 

[Redraider7]

Great buck. What muzzleloader set up do you have?

 

[sneakem]

Great buck. What muzzleloader set up do you have?

CVA Accura LR .50 cal. Williams western precision sight. 300 grain Thors with 79.9 grains by weight of 209 (117ish by volume)

 

[BradA]

That’s awesome great goat! Congratulations

 

[MtnElements]

Great buck!

 

[Clintos1980]

That is awesome!

I'm new on Hunt Talk as of about 20 minutes ago. I am from Tennessee. Pronghorn is on my list in the next several years....I've done one guided cow elk hunt in WY, but that's all I've done out West.

I was looking to get the same muzzleloader setup you listed above for hunting CO. I have a .45 cal CVA Accura MR that does great on whitetail in TN, but CO requires .50, so I'm probably gonna get one of those. Are you happy with those Williams sights (it definitely seems that way)?. Also, is it appropriate to ask which unit or just general area you were in? If not, set me straight.

Like I said, I'm a non-resident in CO, so I'm trying to determine if I should go the outfitter route for the first time to get some education or play the game until I (hopefully) draw a unit and hunt it on my own.

Any advice is appreciated. Great harvest!

 

[Sheltowee]

That is awesome!

I'm new on Hunt Talk as of about 20 minutes ago. I am from Tennessee. Pronghorn is on my list in the next several years....I've done one guided cow elk hunt in WY, but that's all I've done out West.

I was looking to get the same muzzleloader setup you listed above for hunting CO. I have a .45 cal CVA Accura MR that does great on whitetail in TN, but CO requires .50, so I'm probably gonna get one of those. Are you happy with those Williams sights (it definitely seems that way)?. Also, is it appropriate to ask which unit or just general area you were in? If not, set me straight.

Like I said, I'm a non-resident in CO, so I'm trying to determine if I should go the outfitter route for the first time to get some education or play the game until I (hopefully) draw a unit and hunt it on my own.

Any advice is appreciated. Great harvest!

You can use a .45 conical on pronghorn in Colorado. You will need to build quite a few points for Colorado pronghorn (certainly for any unit worth hunting) although muzzy will make it significantly easier to draw (but significantly harder to tag one). I'd be putting in for NM and building WY pronghorn points/straight up applying in WY while playing a long game in Colorado.

In the eastern half of the state, the majority of pronghorn are on private. Public will have some herds but they get shot up and bumped pretty quickly. The Western Slope is going to have more pronghorn on public (by virtue of having more public land to begin with) but the tags are going to be all that much more competitive.

If you want to hunt soon- like in the next year-- you're better off buying a landowner tag on a guided hunt, either in CO or NM.