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    2024 Best Archery Week

    I really don’t think it matters anymore. It’s all about weather, location and pressure. I hunt otc CO typically and last season the hunting was amazing starting the last weekend of ML through the end of the of the next week. Where I was the weather was cool and rainy. It was some of the best...
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    Based on your comment of front range draw unit two guys and I now know approximately where you are hunting. You would be amazed how far a little info goes for someone who is vaguely familiar with the area. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the thread. Those pictures got my blood flowing. Think...
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    Meat back at the car/trailhead

    Hang your game bags in the shade over a stream with fast moving water. It will last for days even in fairly warm temps. There is also a butcher in Walden that I think will store meat.
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    no

    +1 Covey. You've already said and shown too much.
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    Colorado

    I've hunted the areas you speak of for years. I feel like I know 16 and 161 as well as any living person. Be prepared for a very difficult hunt in terms of actually finding and killing an elk. These units are very popular and very crowded with hunters. High, low, close to the road, way back...
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    Best book to take backcountry elk hunting?

    I like books about survival and suffering when I go on hunts. When you read about guys surviving in the toughest conditions, it really puts your situation in perspective when you are just a little wet. Two books I really love are "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer and "Endurance" by Alfred...
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    10 year old first buck

    That poor, poor kid...he is officially ruined:D. It's hard to start off that good, then reality sets in the following seasons.
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    Do really big bucks rut differently?

    Thanks for the help guys. I really appreciate it. I getting pretty excited for this hunt.
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    Just got home from first true DIY muley hunt

    Nice Job!
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    How much snow is too much snow?

    I have probably the least experience of anyone else on this thread, but I have found myself hunting the snow almost everytime. If someone else has information that conflicts with mine-listen to them. I have always been surprised by how deep of snow deer will tolerate. Like Robby said, I look...
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    Do really big bucks rut differently?

    "Don't we all...." Ahhh yes...but I'm willing to wait:D. I know big bucks live here. I've seen them. Everyone who has hunted the areas for a couple years has seen them. All the local ranchers and the C.O. have seen them. They will have had TONS of pressure by this point. Bigmoose and...
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    Do really big bucks rut differently?

    Thanks bigmoose, Would you please elaborate on this: "I think the really exceptional bucks don't hang much with the does during the rut " What are they doing? Are they not participating in the rut? If that is the case do they never loose their caution?
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    Do really big bucks rut differently?

    I really want to kill a big (hoping for 180 or better) buck during an upcoming rifle hunt. It is a CO 4th season hunt that should be during the rut. I have seen plenty of good bucks lose their senses during the rut, but is it common for big bucks to really let down their guard or do they...
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    Spotting scope for 4th season mule deer

    I have a tag for a 4th season rifle deer hunt in CO. I hunted the area last year and killed a decent buck but I know there are some stud bucks around. I plan to still hunt the dark timber but the terrain is extremely varied. In just a few miles you will find open sage, dark timber, alpine, aspen...
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    Bugles: Am I doing it wrong?

    I forgot to mention that bugle you heard right before he took his cows and left is not the bugle you want to hear. It's just the bugle you think you want to hear. Let me guess, it was RANK! you could probably hear the snot and spit blowing out his nose and mouth. It sounds like he is pissed...
    • AndyJ
    • Post #12
    • Forum: Elk
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    Bugles: Am I doing it wrong?

    IMO the get in close then fire a challenge bugle is some of the worst calling advice out there. People need to think about what is being said in the interaction. -You blow some cow calls. You, the cow, are announcing your presence and maybe that you are looking for a mate. The bull bugles...
    • AndyJ
    • Post #11
    • Forum: Elk
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    Elk vs. Mule Deer Archery Hunting

    My two cents- The deer you are referring to are immature deer. Mature bucks tend to be pretty no nonsense about things. Bump them and they are gone. They usually don't go too far though, typically just down to the next thickest area (ex-primary ridge to secondary ridge. Secondary ridge to...
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    Ultras marothons

    Endurolytes don't hold a candle to S-caps or salt stick. I have had many discussions as to why anyone would take endurolytes. I know of a few runners that would take up to 8 at a time until we turned them on to s-caps and salt stick. They have all the electrolytes but in very low...
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    Ultras marothons

    "Andy- Which distance are you doing?" I'm doing the 100 miler. Also, Z, you sound like you know what you are doing so please forgive me if this next comment sounds like I am talking to you like you are a newbie, but be careful with a lot of B2Bs. One a month is usually pretty good. B2Bs put...
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    Body Fat %

    7-11% is considered a well trained athlete by most nutritionists and exercise physiologists. If you have even 7% body fat, you have enough reserves to go literally hundreds of miles using only your body fat as fuel. You would never want to do this, it is really just hypothetical. There are...

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