Drew a CO 80/81

[gmajor]

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Ready to go, heading out at dawn tomorrow for a week. Good luck everyone!

 

[switchback007]

Sorry for your loss. Hope all is going better with you and your family Elkhunter. I hope that I am not over stepping my bounds, Elkhunter but I am going on my first elk hunt in Units 80 & 81 for 1st rifle season. I have been putting in for NM for the last 7yrs and thought I'd try Co. as luck would have it, I got drawn. I have been getting my gear ready, looking over maps, studying weather forecast for the last 6 months. I have a ton of questions. Do you have any tips for that Unit that could possibly help me? I am a Houston firefighter and consider myself in decent shape. If round is still a shape...I have been walking trying to get my endurance up. However this Houston heat can take a toll on you. I am so green that I have never seen a elk on the hoof. So just seeing elk will be a success. I have hunted whitetails for 25 plus years and I consider myself better than average. I now that elk are a whole different game. Any help given is appreciated. Some of my questions are. Should I hunt high or low? Should I still hunt or walk? I will hunt the entire day of every day. I am not a hunter that will hunt for a few hours and then go back to camp. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I enjoy being outdoors. And the mountains make it even better. Thank you for your help

 

[steveo]

Myself and one other person will be in 81 this year for 1st rifle. IF you see an alaknak 12x12 tent and a A&M colored GMC pu stop by and say hello.

 

[switchback007]

will do Steveo. Good luck to you. Same applies to you. I will be in a silver Chevy with HFD on the back glass. Stop in and show me the bull...

 

[switchback007]

will do Steveo. Good luck to you. Same applies to you. I will be in a silver Chevy with HFD on the back glass. Stop in and show me the bull... When are you leaving out for Co? I am leaving on Oct 7th. Gonna try and get some Co air before opening day.

 

[Sapper]

No need for a satt phone. In the deep draws you will not have service from any cell phone provider but I have yet to not find a signal above 10k. If you find an open area just test your signal, usually you'll find a few different spots to use for calling home. I picked up a spot gen 2 on clearance from cabelas this year because sometimes you are just to exhausted or the phone signal area is in the wrong direction and it is late. I usually only call every two or three days but I now have a 3 year old and 7day old so figure it would give my wife a tad more piece of mind to get something from me daily.

I have Sprint service so can't say how AT&T is and I hear Verizon is good.

I'll be out in that general area next yr for archery and was wondering that myself, so good to hear! Congrats on the little one!

 

[gmajor]

We saw elk, but the hunting partner blew out his ACL a couple days in and we had to come down. Was quite devastating. Really a downer. Ended up hunting mulies with my in-laws and got one down. Just really bummed about the elk trip. All that time, money and planning. Sigh.

 

[Ruskin]

Gmajor sorry about your buddy and shortend hunt. Congrats on the mulie.

Anyone else hunting south San Juan wilderness in first season rifle, hit me up. I'll be there Friday - Thursday.