Colorado unit 80
04-05-2005 | 04:45 PM
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RE: Colorado unit 80
Hope this helps. Looks like Wolf Creek Pass and South Fork are right on the boarders of Unit 80. Get some maps and make sure you're in the correct unit. Here's the Colorado Division of Wildlife web page. [link]http://wildlife.state.co.us/index.asp[/link]
Unit Description:Those portions of Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral and Rio Grande counties bounded on the north by US 160; on the east by the Rio Grande Riv-er; on the south by La Jara Creek, the Alamosa River, USFS Rds 250 and 380 and Elwood Pass; and on the west by the Continental Divide.
Elevation: Ranges from about 8,000 feet to 13,500 feet.
Terrain: Mountainous.
Vegetation: Agricultural lands in the lower elevations. Vegetation changes from desert shrubland to pinons and junipers, aspens, Douglas firs, spruce-fir forests and alpine tundra, as elevation increases.
Weather: Extremely variable with typical fall weather usual in the first hunting season. Hunters can expect snows any time after that.
Land Status: About 30 pecent private and 60 percent national forest with some BLM and state lands.
Hunter Access: Lots of good access roads. The main ones are Park Creek, Pass Creek, Beaver Creek, Willow Creek, San Francisco Creek, Dry Creek, Rock Creek and Alamosa River roads.
Elk: Elk hunting is good throughout the entire unit, regardless of season. In early seasons look on Hogback Mesa, North Mtn., and Bennett Peak. After the fist heavy snows the elk will begin to move down to the BLM land south of Del Norte and West of Monte Vista.
Unit Description:Those portions of Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral and Rio Grande counties bounded on the north by US 160; on the east by the Rio Grande Riv-er; on the south by La Jara Creek, the Alamosa River, USFS Rds 250 and 380 and Elwood Pass; and on the west by the Continental Divide.
Elevation: Ranges from about 8,000 feet to 13,500 feet.
Terrain: Mountainous.
Vegetation: Agricultural lands in the lower elevations. Vegetation changes from desert shrubland to pinons and junipers, aspens, Douglas firs, spruce-fir forests and alpine tundra, as elevation increases.
Weather: Extremely variable with typical fall weather usual in the first hunting season. Hunters can expect snows any time after that.
Land Status: About 30 pecent private and 60 percent national forest with some BLM and state lands.
Hunter Access: Lots of good access roads. The main ones are Park Creek, Pass Creek, Beaver Creek, Willow Creek, San Francisco Creek, Dry Creek, Rock Creek and Alamosa River roads.
Elk: Elk hunting is good throughout the entire unit, regardless of season. In early seasons look on Hogback Mesa, North Mtn., and Bennett Peak. After the fist heavy snows the elk will begin to move down to the BLM land south of Del Norte and West of Monte Vista.
