Recent content by Cohntr62

Talk about the resource being stretched thin. We have about 700,000 resident deer hunters in a much smaller area and very long seasons. I agree not many western hunters would make the drive to hunt deer in this situation.

I love preference points. They are the epitome of fair and make drawing pretty predictable, allowing hunters to plan. Many workplaces require vacations to be scheduled by the beginning of the year.

Agree. I'm a NR and we come to Colorado every other year, getting a PP in the off year. We study the draw histories and know what we can draw. How can you make plans and schedule vacation if you don't have a good idea what you can draw. A random draw kills that. As for the premium units, I...

I'm a NR and I can't believe how you residents think you have so much more right to hunt than NRs. Here in NW Pennsylvania, we have tons of Ohio hunters and no one argues they shouldn't be here. My sons and I look forward to our Colorado hunts every other year. If they cut the NR % of tags, that...

If that happened, it would probably end our Colorado hunting trips. What we've been doing is coming out every other year and getting a PP in the off years. This has enabled us to draw our tag consistently which means we are able to make plans and schedule vacations from work. Not having that...

Great bucks. We hunted 3rd in unit 3, but I don't know how to post pics from my phone. Two of us tagged out with small bull elk and one pretty good buck and one smaller 3x3. We saw lots of game and were happy. As we were on heavily hunted public land we really didn't expect trophies. In my book...

Excellent bucks! Significantly bigger than ours.

Yeah, me too. We've hunted NW Colo. for years, but this will be our 1st time in the Maybell area.

My wife and I and another couple are coming out mid-July for a week. We are flying to Denver and making a loop in the NW part of the state. We will finish up at RMNP and yes, we have our permits.

I got mine last Thursday, but my son hasn't gotten his yet. We are NRs.

Nothing yet.

What I've read is that a grad student at Colo. St. Univ. and future wildlife biologist named Gene Schoonfeld {sp.?} was doing a study on mule deer and put them in an enclosure with sheep that had scrapie. It is a very similar disease that mutated a little and jumped to the deer. Schoonfeld...

My son and I drew our 3rd season tags with 1 PP.

I think unit 4 had the 2nd highest buck kill in the state in 2020, only behind unit 3.

When I saw that there is a 24.7% decrease in buck tags for NW Co., I was worried about drawing for our planned hunt this fall. After scrolling way down, I found that for unit 3/301, 3rd season, there actually is an increase in tags from 980 to 1100, which should help us. However, for the unit 4...