Colorado 2nd/3rd season elk

[fulldraw1972]

Following this thread, beginning plans to go to CO for the first time in ‘27 (absolute newbie)

In my honest opinion. if next year is your first elk hunt ever I would look over the draw odds and find half a dozen units you can draw either an either sex tag or cow tag. Then research the access, terrain, herd numbers and harvest percentages to pick the one you want to draw.
A lot of this info can be had off the elk statistics page on the CPW website.
Use 2nd and 3rd season otc tags as your last resort not for future hunting plans.

 

[jwoods1213]

What season do you guys prefer in Colorado? Buddy and I are planning on Montana next fall but am thinking of buying an over the counter tag in Colorado to get some elk hunting in this fall as well. Leaning towards 3rd season, am guessing you could be running into a good bit of snow depending on the year? What sort of country do you typically hunt that time of year, old burns?

I know last year we hunted Montana first week of November and it was crazy warm out still and all our tags got punched around 7-8k elevation. Would the elk still be high at that time of year in Colorado as well? I’m planning on either camping at the truck or spiking out, whatever seems most logical with what I may be seeing.

Thanks for any help!

3rd season over 2nd. The colder the better, as long as you're prepared for it and ready to put miles on the boots