a little help with Colorado preference point system
12-24-2014 | 03:44 AM
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Fork Horn
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Thanks for all the info. I'm starting my training now so I should be good to go in 2 years . Started running with an elevation training mask a few weeks ago and it seems to help a little. Can only run short burst of 2-300 yards before I need to take it off but I feel like I'm getting better at it.
As far as unit 55 , you say it's not one of the better ones, is it a bad choice??
As far as unit 55 , you say it's not one of the better ones, is it a bad choice??
12-24-2014 | 03:46 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Kerrville, Tx. USA
We really are in agreement Muley. The most important thing IMO for a successful elk hunt is to be in shape! And you are right, it helps you adjust faster to the feeling you can't get enough air and that lack of energy feeling. As well as allowing you to go farther afield, and packing the elk out!
However, what I am referring to is actual altitude sickness. That is different from the above issues. I have had trouble with altitude regardless of how good in shape I am. From what I have read, you can be in world class shape and still get altitude sickness. Luckily mine is mild (headaches, pounding heart, insomnia, etc). But I got the same symptoms when I was mid 20s and running 3 miles a day when I lived at sea level. I just felt awful for the first 3-4 days after getting to the high country. Diamox is what I used back then, but discovered that the herbal ones worked just as well. My daughter also has problems but can get by with taking 3 antacids 3 times daily and nothing else.
However, what I am referring to is actual altitude sickness. That is different from the above issues. I have had trouble with altitude regardless of how good in shape I am. From what I have read, you can be in world class shape and still get altitude sickness. Luckily mine is mild (headaches, pounding heart, insomnia, etc). But I got the same symptoms when I was mid 20s and running 3 miles a day when I lived at sea level. I just felt awful for the first 3-4 days after getting to the high country. Diamox is what I used back then, but discovered that the herbal ones worked just as well. My daughter also has problems but can get by with taking 3 antacids 3 times daily and nothing else.
12-24-2014 | 07:25 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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txhunter58---I've also read various studies where they say certain people are prone to it, regardless of their age or shape. I think we're all in agreement that you should be in the best shape possible and then when a first timer gets out there he needs to know the signs of it to be ready to do what's necessary, including go down low ASAP. I read not too long ago about a guy going to CO on a high country guided hunt and he was so bad the outfitter forced him to let them take him down and he was then taken to a hospital for several days because of the severity. I'm going on a horseback hunt next September for mulies down in the high country of Region G in Wyoming and I'm going out a full week early to get acclimated so what happened this past season up high in the BigHorns doesn't happen down there!
