CO 3rd Season Unit 61 Elk tag hunter

Marine4life · Oct 22, 2021

If you happen to have a CO unit 61 3rd season elk tag and want to swap info let me know. I have a deer tag for the same hunt and will be scouting 3 days prior to the season.

Elk_Nuts · Oct 29, 2021

I'll be in 61 hunting cow Elk. If I see anything I'll hit you up. I've seen a lot of nice bucks over the years chasing cow in 61. Seen some great bulls too.

BeanMan · Oct 29, 2021

I’ll be up there too helping a friend who has a cow tag. I will be camped at Windy Point.

coloradoman · Oct 29, 2021

BeanMan said:
I’ll be up there too helping a friend who has a cow tag. I will be camped at Windy Point.

Good luck bud!

AaronS · Oct 31, 2021

Piggy backing on this post with same purpose for 67. Don't want to hijack the thread, but figured it would be better than starting a whole new one. Dad and I will be muley hunting 3rd rifle. The country I'm planning to start in looks less attractive for elk than deer, but my backup plans put me in more "elk-y" territory. If anyone wants to trade info in case I run across a good bull or you find a shooter buck, PM me. Thanks!

Marine4life · Oct 31, 2021

Thanks everyone

wildfin · Nov 1, 2021

I was wondering if divide road is always accessible or how much snow can shut down access

Elk_Nuts · Nov 1, 2021

wildfin said:
I was wondering if divide road is always accessible or how much snow can shut down access

I've been up there is some pretty serious snow. We still made it through Divide. My Cousin used to run the blade to blade the snow off. That said, It's been years since It has snowed very much during 3rd season. At least any that I've been hunting.

wildfin · Nov 2, 2021

thanks elk nut going for 62 third deer and was not sure what happens to access if a good storm come through

Marine4life · Nov 19, 2021

Closing the loop here. I had a very enjoyable solo trip even though the weather was way to warm and dry for this late of a 3rd season in Colorado but sometimes that is just my luck and served as a good reminder that waiting so long to burn points isn’t the best option for me. Not being much of a mule deer hunter I was very happy killing this buck and he was probably the second biggest buck i had seen in 4 days of hunting. Thanks for the few guys who shared some info on this hunt.

elkhunterUT · Nov 19, 2021

Beautiful buck-congrats!!

Snoopdogg · Nov 19, 2021

Marine4life said:
Closing the loop here. I had a very enjoyable solo trip even though the weather was way to warm and dry for this late of a 3rd season in Colorado but sometimes that is just my luck and served as a good reminder that waiting so long to burn points isn’t the best option for me. Not being much of a mule deer hunter I was very happy killing this buck and he was probably the second biggest buck i had seen in 4 days of hunting. Thanks for the few guys who shared some info on this hunt.

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Thanks for following through. Congrats on a fine-looking buck.

sjhgraysage · Nov 19, 2021

Nice buck! Congrats!
Did you see many elk?

BeanMan · Nov 19, 2021

Marine4life said:
Closing the loop here. I had a very enjoyable solo trip even though the weather was way to warm and dry for this late of a 3rd season in Colorado but sometimes that is just my luck and served as a good reminder that waiting so long to burn points isn’t the best option for me. Not being much of a mule deer hunter I was very happy killing this buck and he was probably the second biggest buck i had seen in 4 days of hunting. Thanks for the few guys who shared some info on this hunt.

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Great buck! Thanks for following up with a successful hunt report.

Ranger1 · Nov 19, 2021

Nice buck.

wapitiman · Nov 19, 2021

Nice work

RR2012 · Nov 19, 2021

Beautiful buck bud! Congrats on your successful hunt.

Marine4life · Nov 19, 2021

sjhgraysage said:
Nice buck! Congrats!
Did you see many elk?

I seen one herd with 3 small bulls and about a dozen cows the day before the season while scouting. They were up on the plateau at higher elevation. The areas I ended up focusing for deer was down low and there was no elk sign.