Omordha
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Hey guys,
My father and I will be heading to GMU 67 at the end of October and I have a few questions about camping out on public land.
First of all, are public land camping spots easy to come by out there? When we hunt Nevada, it's fairly easy to find spots along a creek or even out in the open. There's usually a cut in road entrance or two track and evidence of previous campers (flat and cleared out, fire ring, etc...)
We just got back from a Wyoming antelope hunt on BLM land and it didn't seem like anyone camped out there, I know that's probably more in line with "leave no trace" ethics, but even talking to the warden, camping out that way just isn't as common. We did eventually end up find great spot, but I am trying to formulate a better plan heading to Colorado as we spent an entire morning driving around looking for a somewhat flat cleared out area to set up in.
My next question is in regards to weather... I've heard the road system is decent out there, but if we get lucky and weather hits, snow in particular, is camping low closer to pavement the way to go? Just really trying to plan ahead, my dad isn't physically able to do a whole lot anymore and because of his cancer treatments/medications, it really takes a toll on him. Want to be safe and want to give my pops a great hunt. This is a bucket list hunt for him, something we'll only do once and hoping we can leave the Gunnison basin with some great memories...
Last question, is there any good fishing out there worth it to bring a pole for?
Thanks guys and sorry if this is an annoying post. We will be heading out a couple days before the season, so hopefully that helps us in finding a spot to camp.
My father and I will be heading to GMU 67 at the end of October and I have a few questions about camping out on public land.
First of all, are public land camping spots easy to come by out there? When we hunt Nevada, it's fairly easy to find spots along a creek or even out in the open. There's usually a cut in road entrance or two track and evidence of previous campers (flat and cleared out, fire ring, etc...)
We just got back from a Wyoming antelope hunt on BLM land and it didn't seem like anyone camped out there, I know that's probably more in line with "leave no trace" ethics, but even talking to the warden, camping out that way just isn't as common. We did eventually end up find great spot, but I am trying to formulate a better plan heading to Colorado as we spent an entire morning driving around looking for a somewhat flat cleared out area to set up in.
My next question is in regards to weather... I've heard the road system is decent out there, but if we get lucky and weather hits, snow in particular, is camping low closer to pavement the way to go? Just really trying to plan ahead, my dad isn't physically able to do a whole lot anymore and because of his cancer treatments/medications, it really takes a toll on him. Want to be safe and want to give my pops a great hunt. This is a bucket list hunt for him, something we'll only do once and hoping we can leave the Gunnison basin with some great memories...
Last question, is there any good fishing out there worth it to bring a pole for?
Thanks guys and sorry if this is an annoying post. We will be heading out a couple days before the season, so hopefully that helps us in finding a spot to camp.