Colorado Sooner
 

Hey all. I am new to the forums. I am currently stationed at Fort Carson Colorado but I call Oklahoma home. Married. Just had my first child, a girl born May 2014. Love all types of hunting. Job in the Army is a 1SG for an artillery battery.

Interested in browsing these forums and meeting new people to hunt with and finding areas where I can go in both Colorado and Oklahoma. I have not been hunting since 2010 due to deployments and a move to Germany. I cannot wait to get back at it now that I am back home.

Look forward to gleaming off y'alls wisdom on this site.

Welcome to the group.
Dan

Thank you for the welcome

I don't frequent this site like I used to say, 13 years ago. Former sooner resident here, from Tulsa actually, and in your neck of the woods in Colorado Springs. Thank you for your service btw. Used to hunt SE Oklahoma when we lived back in t-town. I have tried hunting in Teller county with no luck. Too many wild fires have taken away hunting land, so the locals are even more confined in 511 IMO. We'll be heading west to Gunnison for second season this year. I'm sure you've learned of a couple of places to shoot now. There's the Cheyenne shooting range by your base(too many caliber restrictions for me), Dragonmans(he's almost legendary), and a few national forest locations(what few are left now).

Welcome aboard!

I'm new to this site and well. Good luck and welcome!

Welcome
 

Welcome and Good to have another Okie here in the Springs. I have been here off and on for 15 years and lived in OKC, Tulsa, Bartlesville. Now I am here to stay in Monument, CO. 511 is becoming a dead area due to fires and tourist/target shooters. Open free public shooting off of 67 north of woodland park maybe 10 miles on left...Good 45 min from me.

colorado
 

Welcome to co!
I'm looking for tips on how to get started. I'm new to it all. :)

They allow hunting on Ft, Carson. Since you are active duty and stationed in CO you can hunt as a resident no matter where you call home. All you need to do is have a copy of your orders with you when you go get tags. They take some really big mulies off the Pinon Canyon Range area of the base. I'd be looking into that really hard if I was you.

Co gmu 511, 581, 59, 591
 

My son and I both drew muzzleloader tags for cow in these areas? Anyone willing to share a good spot? We have seen quite a few elk along Rampart Range road, but almost always on private land.

I would take a look at the atlas..
http://ndismaps.nrel.colostate.edu/i...p=HuntingAtlas

you can turn on the motor vehical map and see all the trails.

I'll be in area 80/ 81 Colorado 2nd season elk. I have hunted private land 083 for most of the past 9 seasons but this year we will be trying some new ground on pub lands.

Carson is good for Elk, Bear and Turkey, pm me and I can give you a good place to scout on Carson for elk and turkey if you like. I started turkey hunting there but it gets it's share of bad hunters not following the rules and making the day dangerous so keep your eyes open. ( that's why I will no longer hunt there.)