Colorado unit 22

Mattfish7 · Jan 9, 2018

Ok need a little help from you seasoned rifle hunters, I'm an archer don't rifle hunt much, but I've 10 MR points to burn and think I'm settled on 22 3rd season. please any input. would be helpful, I'm not looking for GPS numbers..just general input on the unit and hunt tactics, as like I said I'm an archer..on any other day..

Thanks

Onehuntingslim · Jan 9, 2018

I've hunted 22 maybe four times back in the late eighties be happy to give you what I remember. Call me 559 750-1311

ABQHUNTER · Jan 9, 2018

My friend had a 3rd season tag in there this year. We hunted hard and couldn't turn up a buck over 180. We had fun but didn't see the buck he wanted to pull the trigger on. I'm not sure if the bigger bucks were still up higher or we just weren't in the right places. Very cool deer country.

Mattfish7 · Jan 9, 2018

thanks for the response, how was the weather on your hunt?

Mattfish7 · Jan 9, 2018

Thanks for the response, I'll call ya in the next few day.

liecabucks · Jan 9, 2018

I've hunted 21 and 30 during 3rd the last two years. 22 is a mix of sage to juniper to oak brush to thick stands of endless pine at the high elevations of the unit. Lots of easy to access area area along the 21/22 border. The further south you go it seems the more private ground and that's probably where I'd be hangin my hat on the edge of those deep pine stands but the migration on that general side of the state(book cliffs) can be very screwy in general from north to south. The last two years the temps were 60s and 70s with you being lucky to get a freeze. The deer were scattered from hell to breakfast.

Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...

ReinerDude · Jan 10, 2018

Scattered from hell to breakfast, that's a good one I'll have to remember (descriptive for lots of my experiences)!

Mattfish7 · Jan 11, 2018

thanks for your input, Ive decided to pass on Colorado rifle hunt and go with my true passion an archery hunt in Utah.

MuleyFever · Jan 12, 2018

I had a 22 3rd deer tag last year and hunted whole season i wanted to kill a 180 buck and never pulled the trigger it was a fun hunt seen lots of deer but hard to find something over 170 not sure it was worth 9 points

El Gringo · Jan 25, 2018

>I had a 22 3rd
>deer tag last year and
>hunted whole season i wanted
>to kill a 180 buck
>and never pulled the trigger
>it was a fun hunt
>seen lots of deer but
>hard to find something over
>170 not sure it was
>worth 9 points

This was the case in alot of units that last couple of years. There are big bucks in those units that historically produce big bucks. The weather during the hunt has a ton to do with some of those big boys actually showing themselves. The best units in the world are "overrated" when the weather doesn't cooperate.

Apply, Draw go hunt hard and roll the dice...... that's about all any of us can do. You definitely won't kill a big buck at home.....