Point Strategy Change - Moving to Colorado

[barrettm95]

I have been accumulating points for quite some time now with the hopes of starting to draw some higher quality unit tags, however am moving from Washington to Colorado here in August. Decided to save my nonresident points with the assumption these turn into resident points upon gaining residency so will be in a significantly better position to draw tags in Colorado next year. Maybe get lucky in the leftover draw to get a tag for something in Colorado this year. I have 8 points across the board in Wyoming and 7 points across the board in Colorado. Will only be living in Colorado for 2-3 years so my goal is to burn these two states up while I am close for scouting and maximizing hunt dates.

Anyone local have any recommendations on how they would approach the draw? I have limited experience elk hunting (YouTube, reading, exposure to elk here in Washington and tagged along on a Nebraska elk hunt) and a good amount of experience mule deer hunting. Spend a lot of time in the mountains so fitness and mountain knowledge isn’t a huge issue and I will certainly begin ramping up my backcountry programming this summer in anticipation of next year. Also do both archery and have a high end rifle, so my preference certainly is to rifle hunt but the allure of tagging an elk with an arrow or the high country buck tags interest me.

Would love to hear how you would approach it and help me brainstorm some thoughts. Also happy to meet up with any Denver area based guys to maybe do some trout fishing or scouting this summer. I am 29 and a CPA. Feel free to PM if you want to keep it off the main thread.

Thanks!

 

[intunegp]

I'd review the draw recaps to see what tags I could likely draw with that number of points, decide whether I'd rather hunt archery or rifle, scout and learn as much as I can about the unit and elk hunting in general between now and the potential hunt date, and hopefully draw and fill the tag.

 

[ElGuapo]

I lived there for 10 years, and hunt Colorado just about every year. I can help you quite a bit. Send me a DM and we can connect offline.

 

[Phaseolus]

Use your deer points as soon as you can, there is no point in accumulating many deer points, our units are just not worth it anymore. If you hunt every other year you'll have better chances than once in ten years.