Curious to what everyone saw this year in Colorado for numbers and size of bucks during the early season high country hunts.
I had an archery elk tag for a unit that has an early rifle season hunt, and also is popular with archery guys for deer.
I spent a lot of time above timberline in the summer scouting and didn’t see the bucks I usually do. During the season, I talked with a lot of rifle and archery deer hunters who were disappointed with their hunts across this relatively smaller unit.
I have a small sample size and just anecdotal evidence, but there’s been some discussion about the quality of these hunts in Colorado in general.
We all know that big bucks are out there in every unit, some years are better than others, and that for the dozens of guys that say they had a tough hunt, there will be the same amount that will say their hunt was great.
However, curious about what others saw across the state.
I had an archery elk tag for a unit that has an early rifle season hunt, and also is popular with archery guys for deer.
I spent a lot of time above timberline in the summer scouting and didn’t see the bucks I usually do. During the season, I talked with a lot of rifle and archery deer hunters who were disappointed with their hunts across this relatively smaller unit.
I have a small sample size and just anecdotal evidence, but there’s been some discussion about the quality of these hunts in Colorado in general.
We all know that big bucks are out there in every unit, some years are better than others, and that for the dozens of guys that say they had a tough hunt, there will be the same amount that will say their hunt was great.
However, curious about what others saw across the state.