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Old 03-25-2009 | 01:18 PM
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Default First time going out for Elk in CO

im and looking at taking a trip to CO on a DIY elk hunt....will more than likely take my brother with me and he has been out there a few times over the years and i have never been...we are going with Archery gear and im looking for any kind of info i can get...i have been on the CO DNR website quite a while today looking at info and maps and harvest stats from last year and so on but am still trying to figure out where to go....last year my brother and some friends went to units 41,42,441 there were a few elk taken but not a lot which im sure is normal but looking for some good info on areas to gofor my first one.....another friend of mine that has been out there quite a few times suggested unit 85 looking at the stats from last year there were 50 bulls harvested in this area and 499 hunters...but also on the stats i see that unit 12 had 175 bulls taken but there were 655 hunters and from what the map shows a lot less area ground wise...so im still kind of up in the air...i have looked at a map with elk migration routes..cant remember the name of the site and unti 85 looked pretty good but i really dont know what im looking for or anything like that so im looking for any kind of info...would really like to get a decent bull and that would suit me jsut fine i dont need to take one thats 400" or anything but would be nice but i aslo know its not easily done so any chance that i could get would be great...so im jsut looking for any kind of info i can get....i know its a pretty general question but anything would help right now

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