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From the report: Between 2007 and 2013, Colorado’s estimated statewide deer population declined from roughly 600,000 deer to approximately 390,000 deer; The product of this public process was the 2014 West Slope Mule Deer Strategy (WSMDS). The WSMDS identifies seven management priorities to...

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Did you have any success?

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I have shot a lot of coyotes, and never shot, nor seen, a black one. Late one snowy afternoon, I crested a ridge and saw a coyote maybe 150yds away. I sat down to shoot, and an Irish Setter appears in the scope, next to what I thought was a coyote, so now I don't trust that I actually saw a...

I had that tag in 2014. What questions do you have?

I use a 3.5x10x50, on my favorite calling rifle. My best equipment is one of my calling rifles. It's a Sako, L461 in 222RemMag, topped with a Kahles 3.5x10.50. I figure I get to use my best equipment a lot in real hunting situations, and, the Kahles let's me stay in the field later at the end...

"A major improvement would be putting the BLM office in Eureka NV, or Price UT, or any little town in any BLM state." "The Trump administration moved the BLM headquarters to Grand Junction last year (2020) as part of a plan to relocate more than 300 positions to Colorado and other western...

Blackhorn 209 is in stock at the Lone Tree, Colorado Cabelas., as of Tuesday, 01/25/2022.

When you called one in, did you kill it? If yes, then go back and call the same area again. If no, then wait a week or 2, and use a different sound. I used to have a private duck hunting club that allowed me coyote hunting. This property was 710 acres, and I would hunt it twice a month, killing...

Great buck!

Watch the wind. Coyotes will always (99%+) try to get downwind of the calling site. Elks has very good info listed. Try learning handcalls instead of an Ecall. I can put 'emotions' into a handcall that an ecall with a looped sound can't. Watch the wind. If you can, go out to a State Park...

"The old population objective for this herd was 67,500 deer. At the time of plan approval the population was estimated at 36,000. The new objective in the approved plan is 25,000-35,000." So, is the CPW moving the goalposts?

Follow the money. More tags, more 'revenue' to keep Parks afloat.

It's a Sako! It will shoot.

Camp at Big Creek Lakes, and drive around the lake to the South. There is a big basin with great moose habitat there. Good luck, and keep us posted.

Camp at Big Creek Lakes, and drive around the lake to the South. There is a huge drainage, with lot's of moose habitat there. Good luck, and keep us posted.

Wow, nobody has spent $1,300 on a Savage?

Both are good rifles, very accurate. I'd consider them about equal in quality, and accuracy. Pick the one that feels the best to you, or has the caliber you want.

Not knowing your experience level with coyotes, I'll start with the basics: Watch the wind. They almost always, 99.99% of the time, try to get downwind (DW); the stand selection can make or break, the hunt. I always set up with a large opening DW of me. It discourages coyotes from going DW, and...

A few years ago, I was reading an article on lions from British Columbia. Researchers had collared several lions and then followed them to kills. One big boy, a tom of about 180lbs, only killed elk and moose, and was the only lion to focus specifically on elk and moose.

"So you have never used said bullet but make recommendations about it. " Well, no, I have never made a recommendation about Bergers, either way. How could I? I've never used them, and have stated so. From what others who have used Bergers have written, the Berger appears to be a soft bullet...

Not a one. From other's description's, a Berger sounds more like a raw egg, a Partition/Accubond/TBBC, etc, are more like hard boiled eggs, lol. When I started big game hunting, I used a Partition. They always worked well. I was reading an article in Precision Reloader way back in Feb 1992...

I'm a Barnes fan, been using them exclusively since 1992, out of a 243, 270win and 30-06, starting with the orignal X, then XLC, TSX and TTSX. They work, and very well at that. Bullet construction is important. Look at it this way: you are about to get hit in the side of the head with 2...

You want confidence to punch through a shoulder on Elk? Use a Barnes TTSX or TSX, any weight that will shoot accurately, and these are very accurate bullets. Since I switched to Barnes in 1992, I have not recovered a Barnes out of any big game animal, whether I used my 270 (130gr) or 30-06...

If you are new to coyote calling, try to go to a State Park, Open Space, basically somewhere you can't hunt them. Then, pick a spot that looks good to you, and try calling. These coyotes will respond like their 'wilder' cousins, but are easier to call in. Since you aren't trying to kill them...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-27-19 AT 12:45PM (MST)[p]"Now there is no way that 4 legged predation can increase so fast given birth rates, to say nothing about no increase in sightings or sign in the case of kitties." If we have a bad winter that reduces the deer herds, having even the same amount of 4...

I would like to hear that story as well, and, of course, pictures.

After sitting down, and before I make a sound, I glass the area thoroughly. I am looking for any coyote that has seen me get into position. If I see one that I think has seen me, I will not call. I do not want him to associate me (human) with a prey distress sound. Once that coyote is out of...

Every study on lions I've read, says one-deer-per-lion-per-week. So, Colorado DOW says we have between 3,000 and 5,000 lions. Doing my common core arithmetic, it appears that lions will kill between 156,000 and 260,000 deer per year. Colorado has a deer herd in the mid-350,000 range. Bear...

Watch the wind. They almost always try to get down wind of the call. Most any E-call will work well. Watch the wind. They almost always try to get down wind of the call. Your 223 will work fine. Watch the wind. They almost always try to get down wind of the call. I don't go out until the...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-11-19 AT 02:39PM (MST)[p]toklat, Did you try different ammo?

A 2nd one. About 13 years ago, a buddy and I were hiking down a trail near Evergreen,CO, on a muzzleloader elk hunt. We heard the sirens from emergency vehicles racing up the canyon, and then later on, saw the Flight for Life copter flying toward the sirens. My buddy and I were maybe 1 mile...

This happened this past Saturday on the duck hunt opener. On Wednesday, our Denver temperatures dropped from about 80 to 35, between 5pm and 10pm. I arrived to my hunt area (Colorado reservation system) Saturday morning about 6am, and it was 15 degrees and the pond was frozen, edge to edge...

RE: Gunnison basin Deer Tag demand. Learn how to use a Fawn-deer-in-distress call. This call has brought does literally charging towards me when they hear it. If a buck is hanging with them, the buck usually comes as well. This type of call is not magic, but, when it works, it works very...

>My elk points are gone, all >27 of them. Wow, you were a young'un when you started collecting points. Let me guess...Unit 201?

>Nope just one Species Per Day > > >Monday- Moose > >Tuesday- Deer > >Wednesday- Elk > >Thursday- Bear > >Friday- Pronghorn > >That's my guess on the order > I got a point for Antelope already, but nothing shows for elk, deer or moose.

Good luck! I've seen some very nice antelope bucks on the Res. The Base is huge, about 230,000 acres with very wide open spaces. Check this link: https://fortcarson.isportsman.net/pcmsinfo.aspx, for additional details.

In an easy to draw Unit, 'bang' first day. When I cashed in 14 PP in Colorado, I would have taken him later in the hunt, but not the first couple of days. My goal was 190" or better, and I came home empty, after passing up 150's almost every day, and 170's a couple of times.