For the first time in life I drew a pretty good limited tag. It was in Idaho, sub 10% odds, very limited tags especially for NR, western side, good deer, my kind of physical hunt. If you know, you know what unit I’m talking about. I’m not here to ask about the unit.
I also drew a second rifle Colorado deer tag, and burned my 6 NR points before the draw. It’s a historically good unit, but nothing near what I drew in Idaho (hunt to hunt, the 3rd and 4th seasons are extremely coveted). It doesn’t have as good of dates, hunter pressure, etc… you get it, it’s Colorado.
My toss up is, should I return my Colorado tag, restore my points and solely focus on my Idaho tag?
I’ve been hunting the west hard from Wisconsin for the better part of a decade now. I know how hard it is to draw anything, and I mean anything out of the ordinary.
I’m self employed, so the time part isn’t necessarily the issue. I usually do 2 big trips a year. These hunts would have some overlap, so it would be just one very long trip. I will not be able to scout. I have a baby due in August, I’m very busy business wise in the summer, and I’m hoping the rut will partially negate lack of scouting, I plan on devoting a good 12+ hunting days to just this tag.
I will also add in full transparency I’m much more of an elk guy. I’d be quite bummed to miss some of my normal country I hunt.
So, I’d either hunt both of these deer tags and some crappy second rifle elk tag during my CO deer hunt; or devote more time to solely the Idaho deer tag, and finagle a tag for elk that wouldn’t overlap so much.
I also drew a second rifle Colorado deer tag, and burned my 6 NR points before the draw. It’s a historically good unit, but nothing near what I drew in Idaho (hunt to hunt, the 3rd and 4th seasons are extremely coveted). It doesn’t have as good of dates, hunter pressure, etc… you get it, it’s Colorado.
My toss up is, should I return my Colorado tag, restore my points and solely focus on my Idaho tag?
I’ve been hunting the west hard from Wisconsin for the better part of a decade now. I know how hard it is to draw anything, and I mean anything out of the ordinary.
I’m self employed, so the time part isn’t necessarily the issue. I usually do 2 big trips a year. These hunts would have some overlap, so it would be just one very long trip. I will not be able to scout. I have a baby due in August, I’m very busy business wise in the summer, and I’m hoping the rut will partially negate lack of scouting, I plan on devoting a good 12+ hunting days to just this tag.
I will also add in full transparency I’m much more of an elk guy. I’d be quite bummed to miss some of my normal country I hunt.
So, I’d either hunt both of these deer tags and some crappy second rifle elk tag during my CO deer hunt; or devote more time to solely the Idaho deer tag, and finagle a tag for elk that wouldn’t overlap so much.
