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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    Good stuff. Just added a lot of this to my summary doc of all the best advice I've received thus far. I've been working through the Elk Nut app on calling. I'm improving, but the biggest thing I've learned is that I'm not even close to being a competent caller. I think I'll take a similar...
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    Using Osprey pack for backcountry hunt

    I started training for elk hunting a few months ago. I have a cliff/hill behind my house with a set of stairs that runs most of the way up it to a J ditch. I basically walk up and down those stairs for an hour with 60# of water in my pack. I've had an Osprey Kestrel 48 that I've used for...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    I don't have a ton of experience here so I'm not going to say that going the OTC way is better, just that there might be other considerations for a lot of OTC hunters. I will say that there is something about hunting (or fishing) areas that you have a connection to that is different than just...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    This is a gold mine of information and I appreciate y'all taking the time to advise a new guy. I've got a word doc of all this advice going and I'll be keeping it in mind while I do my scouting this summer. Counting down until September. I'll drop a report afterwards to let everyone know how...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    I think I was thinking about doing things in the wrong order. My plan was to go to areas where elk "should" be and then set up shop and start glassing morning/evening and still hunting during the day. Now that sounds like a recipe to waste a lot of time. It sounds like the better plan is to...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    Amen on the overwhelming terrain / altitude. The first time I visited family up there I was in college and was on our triathlon team so I thought I was an endurance badass. There was a local triathlon that was being held the same weekend I arrived and I thought I'd casually do it... I ended up...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    Haha I'd like to be hunting un-pressured elk from a tent too, but I don't know where that happens. So instead I'll be hunting pressured elk from a tent... I'm choosing to go to an area where I already have spent time backpacking and running. And I have a house in the area to regroup and catch...
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    Finding Elk Sign in High Rugged Country

    That paper map to look for patterns sounds like a good approach to understand an area. I do the same thing with reefs that I hunt here in SoCal. That's the kind of map you keep locked away for your sons and no one else...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    Sounds like our Saturday lobster opener in San Diego... minus the crying hammys
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    @Gerbdog @bsnedeker that's good to know, and it's different than the mulie experience I've had. I've blown out mule deer before and then checked the area and have barely noticed any sign. It sounds like this is different where it's pretty clear once you find the areas they've been in recently...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    That makes a lot of sense. I'll see what kind of flexibility I can get to move meetings around. I thought of the pressure being driven by hordes of out-of-staters coming in for a week long hunt, but I'd imagine locals mostly get out on weekends.
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    @Gerbdog just double-checked the 2022 big game digest and confirmed OTC archery. Wouldn't be surprised if it switches next year, which might be a better experience for everyone if it was an easy draw instead of OTC,
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    @bsnedeker I appreciate the advice. I guess I'm trying to understand what type of things I should look for when I get there that would prompt me to say I need to throw this plan in the garbage and re-think it? Haha maybe not identifying the state is overkill... but better than saying I'm...
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    Rip my rookie OTC elk plan apart

    I have experience hunting whitetails and mulies in California, Texas and Arizona but this September will be my first time chasing elk. I thought I’d throw my plan out to the brain trust here and see if you guys can tell a rookie where he’s thinking about this wrong. I’m not going to identify...
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    Colorado elk movement between archery and 2nd rifle.

    Much appreciated. So I guess it did end up passing at the commissioner's meeting? I'd hate to be someone who hunts 65. It's going to be busy this year.
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    Colorado elk movement between archery and 2nd rifle.

    I've seen the rumors/reports. I was just wondering if anything official had been put out yet? Did I miss that?
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    Colorado elk movement between archery and 2nd rifle.

    Where are you getting the new info on that unit not being OTC for 2020? Everything I've been finding is dated.

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