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    The Other Side....

    Back when there were not that many people out looking for sheds we matched up elk sets 4-5 miles apart a couple of times, usually just stumbled on the second side a couple of weekends later looking in an entirely different area, if an elk is moving when it sheds the first one it could be a long...
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    Colorado unit 61

    Is this whole thread a guy using chat GPT to post the entire litany of excuses for not finding a good bull in 61 in an attempt to get people to back out of the draw or turn in tags?? there's plenty of pseudo-science to be found on the hunting forums but this appears to be an attempt to cram it...
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    Archery- In front of or behind cover?

    I'm not a fan of "always" but this is one of those cases where it's like 95% at least, set up in front unless there is a really obvious reason not to, if you are getting busted you are too far away from cover or you are moving too much or both... FWIW I don't wear gloves, a facemask, a ghillie...
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    Bulletproof instant coffee- diy

    if you can find it Laird's superfoods instafuel is a perfect base for high calorie coffee, it's instant coffee with coconut creamer and MCT, add some powdered butter and you can get your coffee up to almost 300 calories, easy to get down and actually delicious... I roll with this and feel like I...
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    What pace when searching in archery season?

    I tend to move as fast as comfortably possible and not worry at all about noise most of the time, if I start getting into an area that feels "elky" then I slow down as needed, if it's nasty and thick that can be really slow, way less than a mile an hour... if it's pretty open that can still be...
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    ID Tag Sales 2022

    This... I never thought 5 years ago when I rolled into my unit and bought two non-res tags in the middle of the season that I'd be hoping for a low random number to get a tag... that said, for everyone complaining have you tried all the other systems? you had a really good idea if you were...
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    Elk 2022 ideas?

    I'd say you pretty much need to suck it up and get in the points game in the states that make sense, I love OTC elk hunting and have hunted most of the states that offer true OTC tags but in general, even easy to get draw tags are noticeably better... as far as glassing opportunities... CO is a...
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    4 points Colorado

    4 NR points puts you pretty much in no man's land as far as drawing anything much better than an OTC tag... I'd be applying for first rifle tags in units that you have a decent chance of picking up second choice and waiting a couple of years to draw a first rifle or archery tag in a unit that is...
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    CPW seeks input, allocation of licenses

    On the bright side for CPW is that parks passes are now a part of Vehicle registration so with some luck that should help with the funding issues that parks cause... but it is a government agency so I'm not holding my breath... Non-hunting recreationalist are subject to the same fees as hunters...
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    What’s does your fitness routine look like to get in(and stay in) elk hunting shape?

    yoga is a good way to figure out if you can actually use your strength in odd positions, I do less than I should but I've never regretted it, I also try to do balance intensive exercises as much as possible, Turkish get ups and box steps while holding a weight in one hand are great...
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    Co 2nd-4th Rifle ELK Glass/No Glass and Burn/No Burn

    I'd be glassing, you don't need big glass to find elk at reasonable distances, I use 10's far more than I use 15's or a spotter for most elk hunting. Also, you don't necessarily need to be far from the road, look for places where the terrain isolates the road, small ridges right next to the road...
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    Needing some post rut Uinta advice

    tracks in the snow, we were getting a nice refresher of about 3-6" of snow almost every afternoon so it was easy to keep up, in my brothers case the bull crossed his track when he left the trail to look in a meadow so he knew he wasn't more than 10 minutes behind it at the start. the tracking...
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    Needing some post rut Uinta advice

    As of last week, the bigger bulls up there were still close to the cows but not with them, what we saw was a lot of bulls cruising and checking out cow herds, covering a ton of mileage and looking for the last hot cows. if you were on cows and could watch from a distance a bull would probably...
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    Early post rut behavior?

    my experience in WY is that the bulls are mostly still with cows for the first couple days of rifle season at least, after gunshots start going off I've seen more bulls heading to sanctuary zones by themselves...
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    Your solo packout woes are N/A

    that's a bold strategy...
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    Colorado-The right way to seek unit information????

    I'm not opposed to asking for info but in my experience, any info from the internet is suspect at best, and may even be worse than going in blind, the people willing to give out info online about easy to draw areas tend to not be the ones killing elk every year... even E-scouting on a map is at...
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    Bad Elk Callers in the Woods

    I think you can get away with some terrible sounds as long as you keep them within the realm of something a real bull can do a place it would do them, what ruins the hunting for everyone in an area isn't someone sounding like a sick spike, it's the guy who you can hear extend his pack bugle...
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    Moving from seeing sign to seeing elk..

    If you can figure out a terrain feature that consistently funnels them to a particular spot and the wind doesn't suck I'd consider setting up there and waiting, in general, I find that elk avoid spots like this that don't allow them to have the wind in their favor most of the time, sometimes you...
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    Spotting

    for elk I'd go with the spotter all day, but get a tripod adapter for your 10's and use that as well... I have 15's and they are the only way to go for Coues deer or tough Muley glassing situations but they don't really give you much advantage for elk, elk are big and not that difficult to see...
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    Colorado Unit 66 Gunnison Co ATV / UTV Laws

    the BLM has an interactive map, link below... good luck with the useability of it in the field but you can at least get an idea of what's ok, the forest service MVUM is also linked, there's not a ton of useful info as there really aren't a ton of useable roads on NF in 66. FWIW a quick glance at...

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