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colorado cow elk
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:30 am
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:30 am
curious for the guys who have been to colorado during rifle season...did you see alot of cows while looking for bulls? WE've had success in montana for 3 years hunting mule deer. This is our first elk trip. there is 3 of us. We plan to buy 1 bull and 2 cow tags for our unit. We're looking for the experience and the meat. Horns are a bonus. Seeing that at one point there were 900 cow tags on the leftover list, it makes me think there are an abundance of them out there. thanks ahead of time
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Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:36 am to Success
When are yall heading out and what general area? (not asking for specific unit if you don't want to share)
We are leaving tomorrow morning for the last week of archery in the Gunnison area. 4 guys, 3 either sex tags
We are leaving tomorrow morning for the last week of archery in the Gunnison area. 4 guys, 3 either sex tags
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:40 am to mylsuhat
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mylsuhat
Good Luck!
I am missing my elk hunt in MT this year. Pretty depressed.
Give us a run down when you get back please!
I'll hunt through you!
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:40 am to mylsuhat
We're going NW of Denver for a cow 3rd rifle split. No clue what we're doing. Packing backpacks and bringing a gun and bullets and going try to kill shite
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:42 am to mylsuhat
3 guys 2 either sex otc tags in our group. Leaving BR at noon. Pagosa Springs to Durango areas
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:43 am to mylsuhat
11/1--3rd rifle
gonna hunt 24 just for odds of getting some meat. plan to spike camp.
gonna hunt 24 just for odds of getting some meat. plan to spike camp.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:50 am to Success
any insight on the cow status? will they be running around like rabbits?
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:55 am to Success
Never hunted CO, but last year in MT similar time frame...
We had good snow on the ground and good snow falling during the week. Elk were herded in large groups at low elevations feeding in hay fields and such at night, during the day they'd move to benches overlooking the private probably 250-500 up slope right on edge of private/public boundary.
A lot of guys trying to catch them slipping, but they seem to know where that damn invisible line is.
We had good snow on the ground and good snow falling during the week. Elk were herded in large groups at low elevations feeding in hay fields and such at night, during the day they'd move to benches overlooking the private probably 250-500 up slope right on edge of private/public boundary.
A lot of guys trying to catch them slipping, but they seem to know where that damn invisible line is.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:02 am to Success
I agree with Dirty Mike, they will likely be very congregated in lower elevations where they can find food.
Lots of time they will be close to private land so if you can find a place where they're transitioning from private to public and back you should have success
Lots of time they will be close to private land so if you can find a place where they're transitioning from private to public and back you should have success
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:06 am to mylsuhat
thats our plan. Watched some randy newberg videos describing the same tactics.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:25 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
whats considered low elevation in co? In MT last year, the same time, we hunted 3-4k the whole time and elk were around but we strictly focused on the deer.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:35 am to Success
Just here to say I’m jealous of all the guys going elk hunting.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:50 am to JakeMik
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Just here to say I’m jealous of all the guys going elk hunting.
I agree, Yall go on and have fun and kill some monsters, I will sit here and monitor Tiger Droppings
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:02 am to Success
Good luck everyone. These next 16 days are going to be agonizing until I head to Wyoming Unit 60.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:27 am to JakeMik
Do it dude.
We were saying the same thing last year and just decided frick it, we're not saying this anymore. Put in for tags, bought some mil surplus shite, and we're going try. Worst case we are out a few days of vacation and a grand or so. Best case we have the trip of a lifetime.
As far as just getting a tag and making the trip, ain't nothing to it.
We were saying the same thing last year and just decided frick it, we're not saying this anymore. Put in for tags, bought some mil surplus shite, and we're going try. Worst case we are out a few days of vacation and a grand or so. Best case we have the trip of a lifetime.
As far as just getting a tag and making the trip, ain't nothing to it.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:31 am to mylsuhat
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the Gunnison area
Hunted there for several years. The problem we've run into in the specific area we hunt is the private land below us run cows on the public land. The cowboys are constantly running the "cows" down the mountain. That also pushes the Elk down to the ranch too. Very frustrating to spend the time and money and stuff like this happens.
Lots of cows though, typically with rag horn Bulls in tow.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 12:40 pm to mylsuhat
Hunted gunnison for the first 2 weeks of archerY. They had a seismograph crew in the area until opening day.. I shot a cow and saw 1 6x6 .. out of the 10 camps I didnt see anything else brought off the mountain.. rifle season should be easy. Snow pushes them down to the private land . Hunt the edges of private . Rifle hunting elk is like shooting fish in a barrel..
This post was edited on 9/19/19 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 9/19/19 at 12:48 pm to Success
quote:low in Colorado is going to be somewhere in the 8000-5000' range depending where you are
whats considered low elevation in co?
This post was edited on 9/19/19 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 9/19/19 at 1:04 pm to Success
quote:There is a big 2016 burn in the south part of the unit in the 10,000' range. If it's not snow covered by then, should be loaded up with elk
gonna hunt 24 just for odds of getting some meat. plan to spike camp.
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