AspenAdventures
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-04-04 AT 08:40AM (MST)[p]My buddy and I drew for a high country hunt that started early in September. We scouted it out a few times before the season and only saw one buck. We believe the buck would have gone close to the B&C minimum. He was only 26 wide but perfectly symetrical, very tall, and very deep forks. He was hanging around 13,000 feet, at the tree line, and 7 miles in from the road. We were excited but worried about only seeing one buck.
On a later trip we saw a few other bucks in another canyon. One of them would go close to 30 and heavy but he had small forks. This buck was above 13,000 feet and in the rocks on a nasty ridge.
On our way back I got a ticket for speeding. The officer wrote down the wrong speed on the ticket. When I brought it to her attention she threatened to take both of us to jail. She wrote the ticket for 45 over the limit. It was a criminal charge and I had to get an attorney. I had to save my vacation time at work for court in Colorado. I had to miss the hunt I had waited 4 years to draw.
My buddy went to Colorado by himself. He hunted hard opening weekend and had an opportunity on a tall 26" 3x4. He went back and had an opportunity on a 4x4 buck he said would go at least 24" tall and 24 wide. He said it curled in a little on the tops. He passed because he wanted to get that bigger 30" buck we had scouted.
He never found that bigger buck and he didn't shoot when he should have at the taller buck. He came home empty handed. I got my speeding violation dropped to a minor speeding ticket. I paid $300 for the tag, $80 for the ticket, and $2000 to the attorney. Maybe I can draw again in 3 years.
Did anyone else have some luck on their early season tags in Colorado?
On a later trip we saw a few other bucks in another canyon. One of them would go close to 30 and heavy but he had small forks. This buck was above 13,000 feet and in the rocks on a nasty ridge.
On our way back I got a ticket for speeding. The officer wrote down the wrong speed on the ticket. When I brought it to her attention she threatened to take both of us to jail. She wrote the ticket for 45 over the limit. It was a criminal charge and I had to get an attorney. I had to save my vacation time at work for court in Colorado. I had to miss the hunt I had waited 4 years to draw.
My buddy went to Colorado by himself. He hunted hard opening weekend and had an opportunity on a tall 26" 3x4. He went back and had an opportunity on a 4x4 buck he said would go at least 24" tall and 24 wide. He said it curled in a little on the tops. He passed because he wanted to get that bigger 30" buck we had scouted.
He never found that bigger buck and he didn't shoot when he should have at the taller buck. He came home empty handed. I got my speeding violation dropped to a minor speeding ticket. I paid $300 for the tag, $80 for the ticket, and $2000 to the attorney. Maybe I can draw again in 3 years.
Did anyone else have some luck on their early season tags in Colorado?
