It's only the worst if, like us, you value hunting and ranching. But if you're Marlon Reis, and you despise hunting and ranching, then it's one of the best places to start.
All the wolves are collared. There are satellite collars which, much like a Garmin inReach or a SpotX, can send a GPS coordinate on a regular (daily, hourly) interval via satellite. There are also just regular radio collars which can be picked up by aerial flyovers. Not sure which type of collar...
One of the main boosters of the reintroduction prop is a guy named Larry Weiss. He's a far left wing, animal rights, Berkeley California lawyer, relocated to Colorado. Reading his past comments are instructive on what the overall objectives of the movement are. I'm sure he's well connected to...
Yeah you nailed it. I spent some time this morning on Google Earth and couldn't get things to line up quite right, but was looking south of the river, not north.
Right? The rapture on Polis's face when he opened the door, big yikes. His husband is a huge animal rights lefty so I'm sure things will be extra spicy tonight at the Governor's mansion.
Closing out my own thread; in my experience, it was pretty thin compared to previous years. We saw very little sign, heard no bugles despite being there at what should have been primetime for rut.
Talked to a local outfitter who said it was the worst he'd seen it in decades. He said that many...
I helped out with an electroshocking project on a river here (Northern Colorado). They electroshocked about 2 miles of river to collect all the brown trout, tagged them with RFIDs, and then relocated them downstream like 10 miles or something.
Their intent was to stock whirling disease...
I've got an pretty lightweight Outcast something-or-other and have used it plenty in years past to backpack up to random high altitude lakes and fly fish for cutthroat. But my experience has been that fishing out of a float tube kind of sucks. Slow air leaks, cold water, awkward to maneuver with...
And a just reminder to anyone who isn't familiar with it that the secondary draw is 100% weighted to youth, so even if there are a decent number of tags for the unit you want to hunt, chances are good they will be issued to youth hunters before you have a chance at them.