Need Help with Colorado Elk!!
08-11-2006 | 05:54 PM
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Need Help with Colorado Elk!!
Going to Colorado for the first time in the fall of 2007!
Where do I go? and Why?
What do I bring?
What to watch out for and what to make sure to see?
I have a lung diease that slows me down, I need atv access, where?
Best times?
Archery? Rifle? I know the muzzleload is a draw....
From the ground from a stand?
Ground blind?
How's the weather that time of year?
Anyone with a phone number that would like to educate my hunting buddies and myself?
Where do I go? and Why?
What do I bring?
What to watch out for and what to make sure to see?
I have a lung diease that slows me down, I need atv access, where?
Best times?
Archery? Rifle? I know the muzzleload is a draw....
From the ground from a stand?
Ground blind?
How's the weather that time of year?
Anyone with a phone number that would like to educate my hunting buddies and myself?
08-11-2006 | 06:37 PM
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RE: Need Help with Colorado Elk!!
The most hunted area with a good chance of getting a animal is Units 23,24,25, and 12. Its the area around White River National Forest. There are over-the-counter bull tags and lots of roads but there are also lots of hunters. If a any bull is what your after thats a good place because theres a lot of animals around there. If you think you can hunt elk with a bow it would be a little better because of the longer season and the weather for a first timer. I like to hunt the rifle seasons and this year the third season should be the best if some weather moves in. Second rifle season has a full moon in the middle of the week so I would so home for that season. ATVs are not allowed off trails and roads in most areas so I dont know how much they will help you. All you really need to do is get about 2-3 mile away from the road early in the morning before light and get high to glass. Call if you want and maybe I can point you in a good area. Jovan 720-217-5107
08-14-2006 | 11:31 PM
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RE: Need Help with Colorado Elk!!
Unit 84 has some great elk but being at the right spot at the right time is always the hand thrown out at you lol. 140 supposedly is one of the best places to hunt elk and i belive it. The only thing is, Most of it is private land except James john wildlife center. They only allow 10 hunters per year to hunt the area. its stiff draw. Ive hunted 84 a couple years for deer and seen some very nice elk. a big 7x7. I had an elk tag one year and a muzzleloader. I couldnt get into range so we went home with only a deer in the cooler. Next year we will be going back up there. If you want to hunt 84 you need either horses or 4 wheeler and lots of patience. Best time for elk is around 10am or so and catch them moving back up thru thick timber. Cow calls work great up there.
