Colorado DIY Archery Elk Hunt
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When you do let me know and I can give you the little knowledge I do have.
You wanna start off with a fun hunt do MT mulies or WY Pronghorn, MT mulies you'll see 50-100 deer a day and have a half dozen stalks a day (rifle season)
The boys are on their way and should pick me up this afternoon to head for unit 45 near Red Cliff. We will pack in early tomorrow. I haven’t seen an elk since we left RMNP but it’s been a great vacation. If you ever get the opportunity to visit the Garden of the Gods - do it. Stunning. There are also a lot of mule deer inside the park along with Bighorn sheep. I saw 4 full curl rams but they were too far for good pics.
Wish me luck...sleeping on the side of a mountain at 11,000’ has me concerned. Hopefully, we get into some elk at some point.
Wish me luck...sleeping on the side of a mountain at 11,000’ has me concerned. Hopefully, we get into some elk at some point.
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I would like too do it again as well, I loved every second of the trip i made last year
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Teej89,
How hard is it to draw a MT muley tag, should I start putting in now to biuld points?
As a dad, if one of us gets a chance I hope it’s him. But if I do get one bigger he will probably hear about it.
I believe you can buy a point this summer if you didn’t do the draw(a new thing started last summer) and then next year when you apply buy a point then as well and you’ll start with 2 points. With that... you should draw a general tag(what I do). There’s some big ones for every dozen 2 and 3pts and 50 some does you see lol if you don’t draw just get put on the leftover list and you’ll probably hear in August someone returned a tag and you got it. That’s what my bud did this year.
Wyoming you can buy PP now, $25 for pronghorn, $35 deer and $50 for elk
I will give a detailed account when I get home but what a week. We did not kill any elk but we did come close. Not bad for some rookies. The pack in was the most physically demanding thing I have ever done. Our hunts weren’t that far from camp because the terrain was brutal. But the bulls were in that steep rocky nasty stuff. They were in a big cove with constantly swirling winds.
The boys heard 1 cow all week. We never found them.
We all had opportunities at bulls. I had 2 studs come in within 15 minutes but no shots....25 and 35 yards. One busted me after the wind swirled. Not sure why other left.
The boys heard 1 cow all week. We never found them.
We all had opportunities at bulls. I had 2 studs come in within 15 minutes but no shots....25 and 35 yards. One busted me after the wind swirled. Not sure why other left.