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    Diaphragm call with dome?

    Domed doesn't work for me. I've tried some different ones over the decades, and at this point I use the Phelps Dragon Slayer for every elk sound that I can't make with my voice. YMMV
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    Snowbirds

    The timing also works well so cnelk can help remodel our house while we're gone for two months! Our RV spot is about 100 yards from the water, and we can fish without driving anywhere. Love leaving winter behind for awhile.
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    Snowbirds

    We will be landing on the Texas Gulf coast tomorrow afternoon to camp and fish by the water for the next two months. Love it. We live in the CO mountains at 8600', and March-April are usually our worst weather months. Ironically we had to drive 50 miles through a hellacious snowstorm in Texas...
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    2025-2029 BGSS

    And reducing archery licenses by 10% "initially". Which means even more in the future. CPW hates bowhunters. That has been clear for a long time. They acknowledged that this was the least preferred alternative, but screw 'em, we don't care what the testimony, surveys, and public input say...
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    Leaving Trail Cameras over the Summer

    Lots of hunters do that in elk country. Don't worry about wallows - they won't be relevant in summer. Instead, focus on transition/travel routes between feeding and bedding areas. Edges of clear-cuts, edges of burns, edges of wet meadows are all good choices, as are well used waterholes...
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    Wyoming HB 00600: Dang those "grass-gobbling elk"

    One of the ranchers leading the charge on this initiative said the reason why he didn't want hunters coming in to thin the elk was because they would run the elk off his ranch. Ironic, since he purports to want elk off his ranch. What he really means is that a bunch of hunters shooting cows...
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    Colorado 2024 LE elk tag allocations?

    I'm betting a large number of the "regulars" in those units are collecting points and after the die-off won't want to burn them there. When deer went all draw, I burned a ton of points to to draw my longtime unit because I had a killer place to hunt big bucks with a bow. Would have drawn...
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    Elk Guide/Lodge Recommendations

    It's still "Bear Mountain Ranch" as far as I know. Has had several owners and name changes over the years but that sort of stuck. I have a friend who still guides for them, and he reports back to me every year. Still great hunting ranches, gobs of elk.
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    Elk Guide/Lodge Recommendations

    I have hunted and guided on what is now Bear Mountain Ranch off and on since the late 70s, until 2011. Much of it used to be BLM before several big land swaps, and the previous owners of the private allowed me to bowhunt after the land trades with the BLM. Then it sold and the new owners...
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    Elk Guide/Lodge Recommendations

    Bear Mountain Ranch near Kremmling CO will fit your bill. OTC licenses, beautiful lodge or a more rustic backcountry cabin, lots of elk, beautiful country. They may be booked for this year. Haven't checked prices lately but probably around $7500-$8000 (each) for a five day hunt.
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    Wyo Special Apps are down in #’s

    $35 in 2000 is worth $63.79 in 2024. So one could make the point that resident tags are cheaper. I did a graph for Colorado once for an article, and found that big game tags were roughly the same now, inflation adjusted, as in 1970. But the opportunity and quality has really diminished.
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    Wyo Special Apps are down in #’s

    I suspect there were a lot of smiles when their demographics study team estimated that $1200 would sell out.
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    Wyo Special Apps are down in #’s

    I've lived in CO my whole life, and absolutely understand the politics. I've been involved in the bear initiative, trapping, wolves, and now this. But the difference is, nonresidents don't vote on our ballot initiatives, don't vote for our Leftist politicians, don't pay our property taxes...
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    Wyo Special Apps are down in #’s

    Nope. Because NR hunters won't stop hunting western states. There will always be more demand than supply, even if prices continue to rise. But what I said was that nobody is making anyone come to the west to hunt, when they can stay home and hunt for cheap.
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    Wyo Special Apps are down in #’s

    You are referring to nonresident western hunting when you say "hunting", I assume? Anyone can hunt their home state for not much more than the cost of a Starbucks and a bag of chips.
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