Best CO Antelope Unit?

BigFin · Feb 12, 2008

I will be hunting antelope in CO this year. I have the points to get any NR antelope tag. Worried about the snow impacts in the NW corner. An outfitted hunt is not my style.

If you had one choice, where would you want to go for the best hunt?

Thanks for any replies.

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ColoradoBob · Feb 12, 2008

For sure not #2----IMO it was the best but the drought has hit it hard----antelope seem to have move to #3----down to the green fields, where there is itrrigation. They went down & then never came back to #2. Problem with #3----it's mostly private where the antelope are.

I'm in the same boat--I've got 8 points & don't know where to apply. CB

dadshemi66 · Feb 12, 2008

same here, 8 points. Looking hard for a unit to hunt in.
Funny thing was, last year I hunted unit 11 and there in the snow were 3 buck antelope just lying there.

If I come across anything, I will post

TheGreatWhiteHunter · Feb 12, 2008

I have hunted unit 4 twice in the last few years it is ok some big bucks. Unit 2 used to have some monsters but trophy size overall has suffered to due harsh weather such as droughts and tough winters. 2 is still a good unit though with 90% public lands you will have to do a lot of looking but big bucks still roam 2.

I bought a land owner voucher in 3 last year and the overall impression of the unit was not that good I did not see or hear about the bucks the unit is known for. Now on Priavte lands the usual 77-82+ were taken but these are large tracts of private ground. Peronally if I had the points I would look to the walden area UNIT 161 more than a few great bucks come out of the area.

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smilesgv · Feb 13, 2008

The antelope will be taking at hit from this winter. Got a friend with a ranch in Hayden, normally has about 100 antelop on his ground wintering has not seen one in two monthes.

zekers · Feb 13, 2008

Units 128 and 133. Most of it is private, but there are some public chunks of land with good bucks. If you can find a landowner who'll let you hunt, or for a trespass fee, you can get into great bucks that will rival anything the northwest corner has. Plus, no winterkill!

TheGreatWhiteHunter · Feb 13, 2008

LAST EDITED ON Feb-14-08 AT 04:01AM (MST)[p]I hunted the eastern plains once bought a voucher and the day before the season saw a easy 16 inch buck then opening day came and all the locals who had there tags were hunting the heck out of the place and the neighbors that buck never did get killed. I took a good one but not a monster I did see 2 great bucks though.

I would have to agree that some units in the plains would rival any thing in western Colorado.

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mntman · Feb 18, 2008

>Units 128 and 133. Most
>of it is private, but
>there are some public chunks
>of land with good bucks.
> If you can find
>a landowner who'll let you
>hunt, or for a trespass
>fee, you can get into
>great bucks that will rival
>anything the northwest corner has.
> Plus, no winterkill!

Isn't that the area that had the tremoundous winter kill last year? The gov't and air reserves were flying in hay and feed down there for the animals.

Mntman

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Feleno · Feb 18, 2008

North Park units

BigFin · Feb 18, 2008

Thanks for the advice, and for those who sent a PM. I have a month to decide, so I will keep updated on the reports of possible winterkill in these units.

Happy Hunting!

"Hunt when you can - You're gonna' run out of health before you run out of money!"