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    CO Elk huting newbie/ Unit choice

    Big fires in the Sangre De Cristo last year moved a bunch of animals north of the Great Sand Dunes and west into the San Juans south of Monte Vista. Many Elk were in the San Luis Valley this winter in areas they had not been in much for years. Unit 82 should have some good elk in it this coming...
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    6.5 Grendel hunters?

    I have hunted with a .243 for many years. I have Elk hunted with a 45 Colt handgun before. I don't take risky shots. I would only elk hunt with 125gr Partitions or Trophy Bonded projectiles. My rifle has a accurate Sig scope on it. Were I to take a shot on an elk I have no doubt it would do...
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    6.5 Grendel hunters?

    I built an 18" upper for my AR in the Grendel. Accurate, flat shooting and hits the gong hard out at 600 yds. I was going to try some Nosler 125 gr Partition handloads running as close to 2500 fps as I can safely push them out of the 18" barrel. Should be enough power for.most of my hunts, even...
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    If it were not for bad luck, I'd have none at all

    The same day the Colorado Wildlife tag book came in the mail, so did the Dr report on a MRI I recently had done in Pueblo on my neck. Medicare summed it all up when I talked to them, "You will need to purchase additional insurance because the 20% Copay you will be responsible for on any...
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    FYI Sig .22LR 1911 conversion kit NOT compatible with Ruger 1911's

    An update, home gunsmithing worked. I was able to remove the offending firing pin safety detent, so if I am carrying a round in the chamber, theoretically, the firing pin could hit the shell if the hammer hits the firing pin end. DUH, So use common sense with the 1911 safety, always be safe in...
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    FYI Sig .22LR 1911 conversion kit NOT compatible with Ruger 1911's

    Ruger lower frame does not support the firing pin safety detent on the Sig Sauer conversion slide I ordered one and could not get it to fire and finally figured it out. Kit works good on other 1911 frames but not late model Ruger SR1911 or Commander sized guns
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    Bundy's acquitted in Oregon Case

    My great grandpa was way more like Lavoy Finicum than Obama is like Teddy Roosevelt. BLM & Nat'l Forest & Nat'l Parks system make horrible decisions about wildlife, resource access and use They could have allowed harvest of a bunch of this beetlekill we have around here, it was easily...
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    Learning to elk hunt, what would you ask/prioritize ?

    how high can your body take you on a mountain without needing a rescue helicopter? how much higher on the mountain are the elk standing watching you get carried off the mountain? When are they not high on the mountain? Apparently around here during season, never
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    diy elk hide idea's.

    There is a recipe that uses Alum that I have used before. Mix up Alum in water with Kosher salt and submerge in a big plastic barrel, I did a whitetail buck that way and the hair stayed tight but over the years hairs started to break if it got handled rough like when we moved to a new house...
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    Favorite "Celebratory whisky"

    I carry a flask of 108.4 proof Wild Turkey Rare Breed in my survival gear and have another for my daypack. Had occasion once while turkey hunting to fall and bang up my knee, had to sit tight and wait for my buddy to go back to camp and get help. That little flask of pain relief was dang sure...
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    Some hunter lost his skinning knife on the mountain

    I found this skinning blade up in the drainage about 10,000ft while elk hunting Sunday, it is still extremely sharp if the owner recognizes it and contacts me I will get it back to him or her........
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    2 days in unit 68, Wind wins round 1

    Sat my blind Saturday and then Sunday morning, wind blew pretty hard all day, so then I made a hike mid day Sunday and late Sunday afternoon, I spotted some elk bedding about 10,800ft, gave me some hope. I had a way to get within 1000yds of them no problem and hoped that they when they got up...
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    School me on Bison/Buffalo Hunting

    my neighbor has a herd of about 120 right now. He has a couple of larger bulls. Getting a chance to get kind of close to them in the pens, they are huge, I can imagine one can soak a bunch of energy before he goes down, so I would think the 375 Ruger would be top choice. Gonna need help to get...
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    Saguache Park Unit 68, yesterday

    I will gladly shoot any you spook off and they come my way
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    Saguache Park Unit 68, yesterday

    I went up and worked on a ground blind, did not see any elk out in the open at all will be up here next Saturday morning with a bull tag and my 300 win mag Ruger #1 spit snow on us while we were building the blind.
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    Ross and Adam: First CO Elk Hunt Planning Thread

    My home made rocket stove was able to boil water almost as fast as my Coleman Peak one liquid gas stove at 10,600ft. If I would finesse the construction and assembly a bit to control air flow better, it would be even more fuel efficient and great heat output on twigs and pine cones. I made it...
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    Colorado legal question

    so prairie dog vaporization with 55gr bullets in my 243 is illegal when deer, pronghorn or elk seasons are in session? good to know
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    Anybody have Colorado 1st gun season tags for Oct 15-19?

    I have one for Unit 68/681 I am curious about how many might have gotten that lucky draw besides me. Does anyone know if CPW puts out a listing of how many tags draws per unit? I was wondering what kind of other hunter pressure might be in the area if any
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    Where to hunt

    I drew for a Oct 15 Bull tag in unit 68, but had I not drawn that tag I was going to go out north of Cortez near Dove Creek and Egnar on the west side of the Dolores river canyon, lots of canyons and arroyos and such for a later season rifle hunt to be good. Not much hunting pressure in some of...
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    I finally did it!!

    I hunt with a recurve also, sometimes I get frustrated, seeing you score will keep me trying

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