A late rut, Mmmmmm.... lets hope they keep "dragging it out."
Hopefully they will still be in the tail of the rut on October 11th,
The Colorado opener forfirst season-rifle only-elk only.

Always nice to hear the bugling while waiting in spike camp, waiting on stand in the darkness an hour before sunrisefor the opening day.... music to my ears, and then.... all hell breaks loose.

I always figure the guys that come in the next week for the mixed elk and deer season must have a hard, hard time finding the elk, as the elkalready know it is "that time of year" again.... they sure can make themselves very scarce. Of course, I hunt high pressure public ground, it might be a little morecasual overon private land like the Three Forks Ranch.