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Sneaking up on elk while knocking out 2200 feet of elevation gain at an average grade of 36 degrees over broken and often open terrain, while laden with hunting gear is a very different proposition from simply "climbing a mountain."
It's called Schuykill Mountain. What route do you take up? I talked to a guide late in my vacation. He said they call this heart attack hill locally. He doesn't hunt it. Too many open areas, too many escape routes, too many technical and tactical challenges.
I have been posting some wildlife pics on Facebook. A friend of mine from North Carolina responded that he was elk hunting in the Pagosa Springs area. We have been exchanging messages. He messaged me today. They were up in high timber yesterday. They heard what sounded like elk activity in...
I was in Walsenberg gassing up on Sunday September 3. A guy in a diesel truck pulling a side by side on a trailer wheeled in next to me. I asked him if he was going hunting. He said he was coming back. He had gotten word that his father-in-law had died. So he had to bail out. He had driven...
Just out of curiosity, do you know what the total annual economic impact of non-resident is to the state of Colorado?
If what I have witnessed over the past week and a half is any indication of impact to the wildlife populations, these hunters aren't doing much damage.
While I was out and about yesterday, I encountered hunters from Minnesota and North Carolina. A few days ago, one from Arkansas. It would seem that these OTC tags and hunting tourism are big bucks for Colorado.