Best deer unit in Colorado

zekers

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Hey guys. My plans for deer hunting just fell through for this year so I'm scrambling. I have enough points to draw any unit in Colorado for archery, which is my preferred method. Which unit do you feel is the best? By best, I mean a unit with high scoring deer. I don't care if it's canyons or 14teeners, sage or desert. With the winter we're having, I'm staying away from Gunnison and Eagle counties. I've read about the northwest corner of the state, but looking through the p/y and b/c record books, there sure aren't a lot of entries from those counties. Maybe because of the low amount of hunters? So what do you think? If you had the points, where would you go? Or should I get another point and wait for Gunnison and Eagle counties to recover? Thanks guys.
 
I take it you are determined to use them this year? If not, if I had that many points, I'd wait and see how the whole "winter die-off of 2007-08" shakes out. The NW corner holds good deer, but it could be a tough hunt during the archery season. In even the best unit in the state, a high scoring deer is going to be hard to kill, especially with a bow.
 
Depends on what unit you are talking about in the NW corner of the state. Units 1,2,10,201 are very limited but quality hunts and your chance at a P/Y buck are good but if you are looking a 3, 301, 4, 14, etc there is a bunch of tags (you could draw 2nd choice for archery and not use any points) and lots of hunters with I am guessing more work/scouting involved with finding a P/Y buck.
Good luck.


Jeff
 
Is unit 10 everything it's cracked up to be? I understand with bowhunting that I may not kill anything, but it would be nice to hunt a unit where some big boys live. My largest is a 171 with a bow, and of course, I would like to top that. It doesn't mean I wont let the air out of a heavy 3 point with bladed eyegaurds.:) I've got all month to hunt and I'm in good shape and young, so I'm not worried about finding some nasty country to be alone in. I like that 10 is so limited in hunter pressure. Thanks for the help you guys are throwing my way.
 
I have a friend that hunted 10 for archery elk two years ago and he saw a lot of 170-190 class bucks. he has killed enough big bucks with his bow to know what they look like too. The biggest problem was access, there is a lot of private land that is not marked.
 
I know unit 10 pretty well, and it is way over rated, yes their are some good bucks but not as many as everyone thinks. Most the good bucks come of of private land and their is a ton of that in 10. I was putting in for archery up their, but I decided that it is not worthy of 8 or 9 points for an archery tag in that unit. I think I will wait for the basin to recover and keep building points.
 
Units 21 44 43........ no description needed 10 is definetly overrated hunted all fourth season for a cow and saw maybe one buck on public land that would make 180. I see at least one 200 inch buck every year in this units I listed. 43 is my gem unit cause I can draw it every year with my bow. Stuck a 183 inch typical and say 2 larger than that.
 
Unit 10 is supposed to be the best, have not hunted it myself, I would contact some hunters that have archery hunted unit 10 in the past before I put to much stock in the info you get here.
Unit 21-30 is an excellent archery hunt, with lots of public access if you like hunting lower sage type country.
Consider unit 61, its got alot of Deer and some giant bucks, you would need to spend some time scouting there.
 
huh? Unit 10 has grunt loads of public land. Yes there are pieces of private, especailly low in the valleys but you aren't sticking one off a hay stack.

I hunted Unit 10 with a rifle and had a ball. Moosehead Mnt and up at the park boundary can be awesome.
 

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