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Me & My wife just returned from the 2 person cow hunts on the VC. All I can say is everyone was right about what a special place it was. Talk about Elk country! The Staff was Fabulous with helping us with everything. Lance & Bob even helped pack out the cow. NEVER expected that kind of help & support. The 1st morning going across the closed area the temp read out in the truck showed minus 3 at the coldest. I know my wife was thinking what have I got into. LOL! Her 1st hunt out west outside of TX. We both saw elk the 1st day ,but out of range for our shooting. 2nd day we saw no elk while out hunting. At the end of day 2 there was 4 elk killed total. The last morning I went to a meadow where I had seen a nice herd of cows opening AM. Sure enough they showed up right out shooting time [6:14] & I was way up the slope. They were moving out earlier every morning. I saw them at 7:30 the 1st morning. I have killed muleys & goats ,but never had a chance on elk while deer hunting in Col. I got in position & let one go .The range was 276 yrds. When the shot went off elk scattered everywhere. As I picked up my head to see which way she would go,I saw her just standing there. I knew the shot was true then. I put 2 more in her & she never flinched. A second later she just fell over like a board. Talk about excited. I know it was only a cow ,but it was my 1st elk. We boned & packed her out & went about trying to get 1 more for my wife. Unfortunitely we didn't get one for Lisa. That is the only part of the trip I wished I could have changed. If Lisa had got one it would have been the best time ever. The Staff there said hunting was really tough ,because the elk were herding up & it was feast or famine when you were out in the woods. There was 8 for sure & maybe 9 killed for 26 hunters. The 2nd pic showed a visitor that showed up B4 we even left the meadow. We were picking up my brass & looked over & this yote was allready hitting the carcass. Talk about a place needing a GOOD yote killing out ,we saw 13 over 3 days. I want to THANK everyone for their help on here & Especially NMPaul, THANKS again for all your time & recommendations for lodging etc. My wife loved staying at La Cueva. Sorry for the long post ,but wanted to let everyone know how much we enjoyed it.
Me & My wife just returned from the 2 person cow hunts on the VC. All I can say is everyone was right about what a special place it was. Talk about Elk country! The Staff was Fabulous with helping us with everything. Lance & Bob even helped pack out the cow. NEVER expected that kind of help & support. The 1st morning going across the closed area the temp read out in the truck showed minus 3 at the coldest. I know my wife was thinking what have I got into. LOL! Her 1st hunt out west outside of TX. We both saw elk the 1st day ,but out of range for our shooting. 2nd day we saw no elk while out hunting. At the end of day 2 there was 4 elk killed total. The last morning I went to a meadow where I had seen a nice herd of cows opening AM. Sure enough they showed up right out shooting time [6:14] & I was way up the slope. They were moving out earlier every morning. I saw them at 7:30 the 1st morning. I have killed muleys & goats ,but never had a chance on elk while deer hunting in Col. I got in position & let one go .The range was 276 yrds. When the shot went off elk scattered everywhere. As I picked up my head to see which way she would go,I saw her just standing there. I knew the shot was true then. I put 2 more in her & she never flinched. A second later she just fell over like a board. Talk about excited. I know it was only a cow ,but it was my 1st elk. We boned & packed her out & went about trying to get 1 more for my wife. Unfortunitely we didn't get one for Lisa. That is the only part of the trip I wished I could have changed. If Lisa had got one it would have been the best time ever. The Staff there said hunting was really tough ,because the elk were herding up & it was feast or famine when you were out in the woods. There was 8 for sure & maybe 9 killed for 26 hunters. The 2nd pic showed a visitor that showed up B4 we even left the meadow. We were picking up my brass & looked over & this yote was allready hitting the carcass. Talk about a place needing a GOOD yote killing out ,we saw 13 over 3 days. I want to THANK everyone for their help on here & Especially NMPaul, THANKS again for all your time & recommendations for lodging etc. My wife loved staying at La Cueva. Sorry for the long post ,but wanted to let everyone know how much we enjoyed it.
