Unit 751 CO

[RemiR7]

Planning to hunt archery elk in the northern part of unit 751 and coming in from the north(76). I’m backpacking in and it’s roughly 5 or so miles from the truck to just to get into the unit. In doing so my hopes are too get away from some of the foot traffic crowd and guys who aren’t willing to go in that far and I realize there will be most likely outfitters, dropcamps, guys with horses, etc. I know I can’t be the only one who’s thought of this and if there is anyone who’s done this same thing if it was beneficial to getting away from guys on foot?

 

[rayporter]

there is a lot of traffic that goes in toward flag mt.
and a lot that goes in from granite to the pine.

but I have no idea about coming over the divide. I thought about it but never did it.

 

[CJF]

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[dirtytough]

I’ve hiked through 76 to 751 like you are talking about doing. It was a nice easy hike in. I didn’t see much for elk on the 751 side. Lots of elk on the 76 side. There was a camp right at the divide and also one a couple miles south of the divide. I was disappointed in the elk numbers in 751. I feel like for the effort required I can do as well or better in other areas.

Regards, Branden

 

[Tobe_B]

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[jonwstrother]

I’ve hiked through 76 to 751 like you are talking about doing. It was a nice easy hike in. I didn’t see much for elk on the 751 side. Lots of elk on the 76 side. There was a camp right at the divide and also one a couple miles south of the divide. I was disappointed in the elk numbers in 751. I feel like for the effort required I can do as well or better in other areas.

Regards, Branden

I was thinking of doing the same thing this year, what time of year did you go? Do you or anyone else think the southern part of 751 would be better than the northern part?

 

[Poser]

I haven’t hunted 751, but spent plenty of time in there hiking, camping, casually scouting. Same for 76. Horses are popular there. There is an outfitter and a Perineal gang of (fat, beer drinking) Texans who bring in boxcars worth of basecamps On the train, camp at elk park and access the CD area via the CO Trail. There is an outfitter that services the southern end of the unit during archery season with basecamps and drops camps. Oh, and sheep grazing, too. Don’t let that discourage you, but be realistic.

By hunting season, the scenic high alpine country is likely blown out for elk. I’d suggest seemingly inaccessible pockets of timber, consider the limitations of horses and go where they can’t.

 

[Newtosavage]

Would it be any better if they were fat, beer drinking slobs that brought in boxcars of basecamps from any other state? LOL

Slob hunters are slob hunters. I avoid them at all costs.

 

[swampokie]

60 % of the homes in pagosa r owned by outa staters. Possibly a few fat drunk Texans and okies. Lol

 

[jonwstrother]

I haven’t hunted 751, but spent plenty of time in there hiking, camping, casually scouting. Same for 76. Horses are popular there. There is an outfitter and a Perineal gang of (fat, beer drinking) Texans who bring in boxcars worth of basecamps On the train, camp at elk park and access the CD area via the CO Trail. There is an outfitter that services the southern end of the unit during archery season with basecamps and drops camps. Oh, and sheep grazing, too. Don’t let that discourage you, but be realistic.

By hunting season, the scenic high alpine country is likely blown out for elk. I’d suggest seemingly inaccessible pockets of timber, consider the limitations of horses and go where they can’t.

So you don't think that there is a lack of elk in the unit you just think they are tucked up in the nastiest terrain that no fat beer drinking Texan/Okie would go?

 

[Poser]

So you don't think that there is a lack of elk in the unit you just think they are tucked up in the nastiest terrain that no fat beer drinking Texan/Okie would go?

Exactly.

 

[jonwstrother]

Appreciate your help, this fat Texan has been trying to get himself in shape to be ready for that type terrain in September. Not sure it will be in 751 yet but I assume it pretty much applies to every OTC unit.

 

[Poser]

Would it be any better if they were fat, beer drinking slobs that brought in boxcars of basecamps from any other state? LOL

Slob hunters are slob hunters. I avoid them at all costs.

It wouldn’t make a difference at all, but they are over indulgent gluttons, they are from Texas and there are a lot of them recreating in SW CO. The fact that these attributes describe them is a factor to consider when accounting for pressure. In short, there’s different types of hunting pressure of which you can reasonably base your prejudices upon. For example, if I said there was a camp full of flat bills and compression socks, you might treat the area differently than you would to “beer drinking Texans.”

 

[KHNC]

In that case, it would be better to find another unit. You cant out hike those guys, there will be tracks everywhere and game scared to death!

 

[Newtosavage]

It wouldn’t make a difference at all, but they are over indulgent gluttons, they are from Texas and there are a lot of them recreating in SW CO. The fact that these attributes describe them is a factor to consider when accounting for pressure. In short, there’s different types of hunting pressure of which you can reasonably base your prejudices upon. For example, if I said there was a camp full of flat bills and compression socks, you might treat the area differently than you would to “beer drinking Texans.”

So it's like "dope smoking Coloradoans" then. Okay, I get it.

Beer drinking is the only two words I'd need to hear. Wouldn't matter where they are from.

When I was in Southern Illinois, it was "beer drinking Chicagoans"

Hard pass. I can drink beer at home. No place for it in the mountains IMO.

 

[Poser]

So it's like "dope smoking Coloradoans" then. Okay, I get it.

Beer drinking is the only two words I'd need to hear. Wouldn't matter where they are from.

When I was in Southern Illinois, it was "beer drinking Chicagoans"

Hard pass. I can drink beer at home. No place for it in the mountains IMO.

I think it’s more like this: if your base camp is setup around beer drinking, then it’s a different kind of hunting style. I know for a fact one of those basecamps once ran out of beer and paid the railroad a $400 freight fee for 26 cases of Bud Light.

A. They drink Bud Light
B. They need 26 cases of beer in Elk camp (and why 26? That seems like a precise number to have calculated. 25 cases wouldn’t cut it?)
C. If you need a 26 case resupply, how much beer did you start with?
D. If you allow me to suppose that they started with 25 cases and restocked with another 26, then we can reasonably extrapolate what kind of elk hunting is going on in this group of 8-10 Texans riding horses up to the Continental Divide. Since all hunting pressure is not created equal and since we know that at least one of these larger groups of pressure applying Texans are drinking 51 cases of beer, we can now adjust our tactics accordingly.

 

[LWC]

You didn't have to say beer drinking Texans. That is just being superfluous. Any true Texan would have at least a couple cases in the mountains for celebrating the kill.

 

[chasewild]

Posts with GMU numbers in the subject line are about as bad as the aforementioned FBDT's and Okies.

 

[Newtosavage]

You didn't have to say beer drinking Texans. That is just being superfluous. Any true Texan would have at least a couple cases in the mountains for celebrating the kill.

LOL unfortunately that is probably true.

My brother and I must be the exceptions to the rule. We both love beer (believe me) but neither of us have ever allowed beer in camp, in our life, and we've been hunting for 40 years now.

My wife swears half the reason I lose so much weight when I go elk hunting is because I don't take any beer. She's probably not wrong. LOL

 

[Newtosavage]

I should add that I've found aluminum beer cans in the woods above 10K feet multiple times, and I'm like who in the world would drink a beer, up here, this far from any trail? It's truly a mystery to me.