RE: East Colorado Walk-In Access program
I WENT FOR OPENING WEEKEND AND THE REPORTS ARE TRUE. NO BIRDS, TOO MANY HUNTERS. THE LAND THEY HAVE IS NOT THE BEST. IT IS VERY OPEN AND THE BIRDS RUN. YOU REALLY NEED PUSHERS AND BLOCKERS TO GET ANY BIRDS UP IN THE FIELDS AVAILIBLE. THEY HAD NOT CUT ANY CORN OUT THERE YET WHICH PLAYED A BIG ROLL IN NO BIRDS, WALK IN AREAS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO PRIVATE FIELDS WITH 5' TALL CORN. I HAD TALKED TO MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND DUE TO THE DROUGHT WE HAVE HAD THEY SEEN HENS NESTING THIS SPRING BUT, NO YOUNG BIRDS. A LOT OF DISSAPOINTED HUNTERS THAT WEEKEND. DON'T GET ME WRONG, PEOPLE SHOT A FEW BIRDS AND IT MAY SHAPE UP IN DECEMBER WITH A LITTLE SNOW AND LESS HUNTING PRESSURE. IT IS NOT THE BEST WALK-IN ACCESS PROGRAM BUT, I THINK WITH A FEW CHANGES COLORADO MAY EVENTUALLY TURN IT INTO SOMETHING. IF YOU DO DECIDE TO COME OUT THIS WAY THE BEST SUCCESS REPORTS I HAVE HEARD ABOUT IS AROUND THE HOLYOKE AREA.