Near Total Eclipse on the CO rifle opener

[Poser]

The 4 corners area will experience a 90% eclipse on Oct 14th at 9:15 AM. The rest of CO will be more like 50-60% sun blockage.

Doubt this changes much for elk hunting strategy, but positioning yourself to experience such an event in a grand location might be something to keep in mind.

 

[Roguemountainhunter]

Weird place to hunt elk!
It should be pretty cool to see from some of the mountain tops in the region.

 

[rommesc]

Thanks for the heads up! Will be in the forest at that time as well. Would be awesome if the eclipse gets them moving more mid-morning on the 14th.

 

[Phaseolus]

I’m going to head to Utah’s San Rafael Swell for this!

 

[Elkhntr08]

Southern Colorado that day with a Leupold VX5HD FireDot!

 

[KsRancher]

Bringing this to the top. My son has his first elk tag and and we will be hunting the western slopes of Colorado. I told my wife about it when I read this thread and forgot about it. Going through my gear this past weekend my wife handed me something and said " throw these in your pack for you and Ethan". It was 2 pair of the paper framed dark tinted glasses for looking at the eclipse. She ordered them 2 months ago and never told me. I thought it was pretty cool. She's a good one

 

[Marble]

That's a good idea!

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[Poser]

Bringing this to the top. My son has his first elk tag and and we will be hunting the western slopes of Colorado. I told my wife about it when I read this thread and forgot about it. Going through my gear this past weekend my wife handed me something and said " throw these in your pack for you and Ethan". It was 2 pair of the paper framed dark tinted glasses for looking at the eclipse. She ordered them 2 months ago and never told me. I thought it was pretty cool. She's a good one

Promptly orders eclipse sunglasses.


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[ORJoe]

An idea if you have a spotting scope, tripod and some other chunks of cardboard:


Supposedly 80mm scopes will grab enough light to overheat the insides, but 65 and under will be fine.

 

[Poser]

Also, we get a new moon on opening day. Finally, some dark nights during the best elk hunting season segment in CO and the hunting gods are blessing us this year with a new moon and up to 90% blockage of the sun between 9:15 and noon aka legal shooting hours.

 

[well_known_rokslider]