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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...

There is a big reduction in deer antlered licenses for the NW units 3,4,5,301, etc. from 3842 to 2891, but an increase in the PLO and antlerless tags. This has me worried about drawing a NR tag this year. We have plans made as we were confident drawing with 1 PP. Could be a problem.

This is the 2nd or 3rd year for the qualifying license. It's a license increase without calling it a license increase.

I'm from Pa. and Dem. Gov. Wolf picked states with Rep. governors to put the 14 day quarantine on. There are a couple exceptions, Ca. is one. Definitely political, but as I understand it is only a recommendation, not a requirement.

Just got back from hunting unit 23, 3rd season. We saw plenty of does and young bucks, but few big ones. I got a very nice 26 inch buck and the other guys killed 2 mediocre 4x4s and a smallish 3x3. Like I said, lots of does. We struck out on elk, saw about 40 cows, all at a distance, and zero...

>Will be heading to the Flattops, >anyone know how much they >are expecting there?! They predicting 2-4 in Meeker, who knows as you go up in elevation.

>I was up there last weekend >as well. My one >question is we saw a >lot of Antelope but, not >a lot of elk sign. > Also, where the heck >do you hunt elk up >there? seems like a >lot of the area is >privately owned. Probably, the best public area for resident elk in unit 3 is the...

Wow!

I've been in contact with a guy from Meeker. He's been sending pictures of deer and elk that are not in velvet and says the elk started bugling this week.

I'm a NR from Pennsylvania and I've taken a couple bear here and eaten the meat. It's not great, but then I'm not crazy about mule deer either, especially 3rd season ones. One think I'll recommend is soaking the roasts in buttermilk. They're pretty decent that way. Other than that, dress the...

>We already have a huge pack >of wolves in southern Colorado >they are called Amish!!! I'm from Pennsylvania and we have a lot of Amish here. I have nothing against them and they give the area a lot of character, but yeah, they are avid hunters and on their own land, they don't have much...

Read that wolf introduction will be a ballot initiative this fall. If it passes and it will, introduction will be mandated. The reason it will pass is that the majority of voters don't have a clue and won't be affected by it one way or another. It seems totally wrong that people with little or...

>Oops, also got mine in the >mail this afternoon! Me, too.

Yeah, the website said the deer licenses would be mailed June 15th to the 30th. Bottom line, they lied.

The small game license came quickly, but I haven't received my deer license yet.

Looks like I drew the deer and my elk PP was updated. The only confusing thing is that my deer PP wasn't subtracted.

Applied for unit 23 3rd season deer and will later buy an OTC elk tag.

HSUS is a strident anti-hunting organization and anti-hunters love predators and are always trying to increase their numbers. They figure the more prey animals killed by predators, the fewer that are left for hunters, which will eventually erode hunter numbers. This shows they don't have a...

> >>The NRA is representing their membership >>of about 5 million, plus >>other gunowners. > >In an ideal world, you'd be >right, but I don't agree. >They repeatedly fight anything the >might infringe on profits, and >promote fear of seizure of >every gun to further an >agenda that...

>LAST EDITED ON Feb-28-19 >AT 01:35?AM (MST) > >Constitutional law on this is still >in flux. Your (and my) >interpretation has limited value unless >you're litigating or sitting on >a bench. I still think >the NRA is just >protecting gun manufacturers, and their >unwavering stance...

Also a NR and I'll 2nd these thoughts. As the winter progresses, I'd be interested in any info about weather and conditions for wildlife in NW Colorado. We plan to hunt there in 2019.

I know the way pictures are staged sometimes makes an animal look bigger, but that is just unbelievable. Wow! Interested in the score.

I'm not a big expert on the area, but I like the public lands north of Maybell.

>I live 10 miles east of >town in 23, I've lives >in this spot ten years >now and last year is >the worst year for bucks >that i have seen. The >CPW only giving out 10 >doe tags for the last >couple of years is starting >to help the numbers of >does and fawns! The snow >hasn't pushed...

3 of us hunted unit 23 SE of Meeker 3rd season this year. The deer hunting was excellent as we all killed 150-160 class bucks and saw many more in that size range and I saw 1 true monster after I filled my tag. The elk hunting was the opposite as we only saw 11 cows and no bulls in a week. We...

I don't know how to post pics, but 3 of us hunted unit 23 3rd season with mixed results. Deer was excellent as we got 3 very nice 150 class bucks and could have shot a dozen more in the same size range. I did see 1 much bigger after I filled my tag. Elk is where we didn't do well, never saw a...