Colorado Deer

[WyoBowhunter21]

Just curious if I could get some advice on deer in Colorado. I just found out I will be in Brighton for 8 weeks for training. Is it worth it to try and hunt while I am there? I would only get weekends to hunt.

 

[Shrek]

What else are you going to do for those weekends ? Blow your money hanging out killing time and drinking beer ? Take the killing time money and hunt you a** off. When is the best time to hunt ? When you can ! Where is the best place to hunt ? Where you can ! Within an hour of Brighton there has got to be a deer to be had.

 

[30338]

All deer tags are draw only so not sure how you get a tag now. I guess you can surf ebay and Craigslist looking for a landowner voucher. Or check leftover tag list for possible doe tags. I'd be thinking small game or coyotes.

 

[Shrek]

Otc elk maybe ?

 

[WyoBowhunter21]

Well dang. Thanks guys. I will look into OTC elk but not sure I feel like spending $600 on a non res tag.

 

[Shrek]

Bear ?

 

[Carlin59]

You still will options for deer. Leftover licenses go on sale at 9:00am local time on Tuesday, Aug. 6 (over the phone or in-person; internet sales start at 12:01am Aug. 7 but everything decent will be gone by then). Here is a list of all the available tags:

http://wildlife.state.co.us/apps/wildlifelicensereports/biggame/pdf/leftover.pdf

Hopefully you can find a tag/season/unit that mesh with your time in CO. Luckily, there are generally a decent number of deer tags available for the Front Range units, so you should be able to get something within a reasonable drive of Brighton.

Good luck with the tag and (hopefully!) the season!

Cody

 

[WyoBowhunter21]

Thanks for the link! I will take a look at it.

 

[WyoBowhunter21]

Shrek, not sure if I can afford to shoot another bear. Two is plenty for me right now but I will take a look into it.

 

[Shrek]

You don't have to rug every bear you shoot. Take the meat and the skull and go. If you feel bad about the hide see if your taxidermist wants it for a donor or to prep and sell to a decorator.

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

You don't have to rug every bear you shoot. Take the meat and the skull and go. If you feel bad about the hide see if your taxidermist wants it for a donor or to prep and sell to a decorator.

Exactly. I didnt rug either of the bears I shot in ID this spring. You do have to be careful about leaving the hide though. Some states require it for check in with the skull.


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[Rizzy]

Freeze the hide and sell it for gas money

 

[Shrek]

Freeze the hide and sell it for gas money

That's what I'm talking about ! I don't know if it's legal to sell the hide but if it is thats what I would do.

 

[Shrek]

Personally I'm a meat and experience hunter first and a trophy hunter a distant second. I'll work as hard as I can to get the best animal I can but I don't turn my nose up and walk away if it's not a mounting quality animal. If I can't reasonably expect a trophy animal in the area I'm hunting I will switch my hunting to the best management animal and/or eating and get my satisfaction from that. If I am not going to get a wall mount then how about the most mature deer with the worst horns , the bear with the mangey hide. I've done lots of cull hunting and enjoyed it just as much if not more.
So my bottom line is go hunting. Deer , elk , bear , or whatever. Don't need the meat ? Donate it to someone who does. Nothing like a good meal gratis from a hunter to make people pro hunting who don't hunt themselves.

 

[pawneepredator]

Pick up the leftover archery tag for unit 29 it is less than an hour from brighton, not sure how the hunting would be or how access would be but at least its close and all of CO has the potential to have big bucks. It also borders unit 20 where RMNP is so maybe some park bucks wander into 29.

 

[pawneepredator]

http://www.coloradowilderness.com/wildpages/indian.html

This link will help you get stared with unit 29.