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    What are the odds?

    That a wildlife officer randomly walks right through the spot where you left a bedded muley buck that you had been stalking all morning and had intended to circle around and come in from another angle later in the afternoon in a 200k acre area that is closed to the general public?
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    Moving from seeing sign to seeing elk..

    OK, this is about OTC units in Colorado that are heavily hunted. I am self employed and can rarely find the time to take multiple days off in a row and travel to what I know would be a better unit so I am stuck with what I got. Been archery elk hunting 4 years now and have been visiting the...
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    Bowhunter shot in Colorado

    Be sure of your targets out there.. A bow hunter from Texas was shot by a muzzleloader guy from Pennsylvania in southern Colorado this past weekend. Not a lot of details but the guy is being charged with criminally negligent homicide...
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    New Colorado gun laws..

    The governor signed in to legislation a new law today which removes the state pre-emption laws in regards to firearms. This will mean that individual cities may now create their own gun laws as long as they are not less strict than the state laws. Anyone travelling to Colorado with firearms in...
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    Backpack "creeking" noises.

    One thing that drives me nuts about my pack is that it makes a lot of creeking noises as I move. I assume it's just straps rubbing on straps and so on but it gets annoying when you are trying to hunt dark timber and every time you move your pack makes a noise which more than anything just...
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    First mule deer stalk..

    Last weekend I finally got in to some mule deer. This is my first year hunting them archery. I am a 50 year old late onset hunter and have been after elk for about 4 years now. Anyway had several opportunities last weekend and man it was a blast. The area I am hunting is rolling prairie with...
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    Colorado forest closures and license refunds

    The USFS just closed a large area of National Forest in the Front Range region to all recreation along with the numerous other fires and closures around the state. Here is a link to the CPW web page that lists all tags that are eligible for refunds...
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    1st day of the Colorado 2020 elk season..

    Well, I made it out today, winds were gusty and constantly changing directions, just when you would make a gameplan and get half way through the execution the wind would do a 180 and blow it out of the water. Had an interesting encounter at 10,000 ft though. Took a break around noon along the...
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    Grouse..

    Ok, after having the shit scared out of me by grouse on pretty much every day spent in the field last year during elk season I'm bringing judo tips with me this year. After field cleaning your grouse leaving you with the breast meat/rib cage and the thighs how are you packing the meat while you...
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