JustEffort
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I’ll try to keep this short. I’m a WA resident that has finally got his career and young family in a position where I feel financially comfortable to go out of state on some huntsI’ve chosen this year to start with Colorado pending the upcoming draws. I’ve only ever hunted my home state of WA. I have a job that is pretty flexible within reason. There are certain weeks in the fall I absolutely cannot be gone from work and some weeks they encourage us to get out and use vacation while nothings going on. Because I prioritize October for the WA general rifle season, Colorado’s 3rd season rifle dates make the most sense. Idaho dates coincide with WA season too much for the upcoming year otherwise I would have put in the Idaho draw this year. I just picked up a bow for Xmas and plan to hunt Idaho archery in coming years.
The battle I’m having has to do with whether I should try to hunt CO this year or not. I’m having a tough time with these options, just build a pt this year in CO (I have 0pts currently) and try to hunt in a year or two for a better unit, head to a 0pt CO unit this year, or build a point this year and try to pickup a leftover unit or something in the secondary draw. If it weren’t for the 2028 upcoming changes I would almost certainly just head to one of the leftover units and try to build a pt. But I don’t know that heading into 2028 having 1-2 pts is going to be any better than having 0. Anyone else in this same boat?. I’m 26, been hunting Muleys in WA since 14 years old, so not a newby but not quite old and wise either so I came here for advice.
Im not looking to kill the biggest buck of my life out of state. I hope to do that here in WA, I know im crazy but I love the challenge of the rugged cascades here and prioritize killing a trophy buck here just with the time I spend scouting and hunting my home state. I’m looking at these out of state hunts as a chance to go on a fun adventure, see different parts of the country, and hopefully return with life long memories. A 140-160” 4pt buck would be a cherry on top. I don’t have plans of ever hunting any CO units that are worth more then 4-5pts.
Appreciate any insight, been going back and forth with myself on what I should do for a couple weeks now.
I’ll try to keep this short. I’m a WA resident that has finally got his career and young family in a position where I feel financially comfortable to go out of state on some huntsI’ve chosen this year to start with Colorado pending the upcoming draws. I’ve only ever hunted my home state of WA. I have a job that is pretty flexible within reason. There are certain weeks in the fall I absolutely cannot be gone from work and some weeks they encourage us to get out and use vacation while nothings going on. Because I prioritize October for the WA general rifle season, Colorado’s 3rd season rifle dates make the most sense. Idaho dates coincide with WA season too much for the upcoming year otherwise I would have put in the Idaho draw this year. I just picked up a bow for Xmas and plan to hunt Idaho archery in coming years.
The battle I’m having has to do with whether I should try to hunt CO this year or not. I’m having a tough time with these options, just build a pt this year in CO (I have 0pts currently) and try to hunt in a year or two for a better unit, head to a 0pt CO unit this year, or build a point this year and try to pickup a leftover unit or something in the secondary draw. If it weren’t for the 2028 upcoming changes I would almost certainly just head to one of the leftover units and try to build a pt. But I don’t know that heading into 2028 having 1-2 pts is going to be any better than having 0. Anyone else in this same boat?. I’m 26, been hunting Muleys in WA since 14 years old, so not a newby but not quite old and wise either so I came here for advice.
Im not looking to kill the biggest buck of my life out of state. I hope to do that here in WA, I know im crazy but I love the challenge of the rugged cascades here and prioritize killing a trophy buck here just with the time I spend scouting and hunting my home state. I’m looking at these out of state hunts as a chance to go on a fun adventure, see different parts of the country, and hopefully return with life long memories. A 140-160” 4pt buck would be a cherry on top. I don’t have plans of ever hunting any CO units that are worth more then 4-5pts.
Appreciate any insight, been going back and forth with myself on what I should do for a couple weeks now.
