Which colorado unit?

[chunter]

I am a non resident and have 3 points for deer. Which one of these units would you recommend 40, 68 and 70 third seasons and why? I know I am still a year or two away but just want to get a head start. What is public access on these units like? I really want to chase at least 170 inch with the potential of bigger. Or if there are any other units I might be looking over that I could draw and have good success. Thanks

 

[camo_deerslayer]

I would go to unit 70, if you are looking for 170+ inches. I have seen them there...

Friend used to live in 68, not very many nice bucks there....

 

[bigelkbrad]

Unit 40 has allot of private and the BLM lands are near impossible to access.

 

[liecabucks]

unit 70 has a lot of private land mixed with BLM where the deer like to stage on 3rd season and can be tough to access. We had 3 tags this year and only one of us was able to connect on a 170+ buck. The unit can prove to be frustrating.


Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...

 

[chunter]

Thank you all for your replies. Anything on unit 68? Or maybe any other units. If you would rather pm me please do.

 

[DirtyTough]

I pm'd you a few days ago.

 

[chunter]

How do I check them then

 

[chunter]

Found it! I only had 15 unanswered in my pm box Thanks again for all of your help.

 

[Pointer]

We had 3rd season unit 70 tags this year and it was a very disappointing hunt. There were people everywhere (lots of OTC elk hunters I think). We hunted 7 days and the biggest buck I saw was a 25 inch 3x4. I wasn't impressed with the quality of the deer in the unit - I've done better with leftover tags. I'm sure there are 170 class animals there, but we didn't turn any up in 7 days of hard hunting.

 

[buckhunter64]

I hunted 70 last year and deer were thick, however, about 90% of them are does and the bucks I saw were small.

 

[DM770]

70 3rd has be a unit that up until the last few years was drawn on 2nd choice for residents, and did not get much attention until after 2007 when the winter kill hurt so many units. When this took place certain magazines had to find new units to send their followers to, with that being said 70 is a fun hunt but struggles to produce trophy deer on public land in relation to number of points it takes to draw. I will say any unit can produce a monster in CO.

 

[Gator]

Unit 68 doesn't have many good bucks in it.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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[Buckhunter1]

It takes 4 to have a chance and 5 points to guarantee a 3rd season 70 non resi tag. No weather makes it tough. BH1

 

[ColoradoRam]

>Unit 68 doesn't have many good
>bucks in it.
>
>"I have found if you go
>the extra mile it's Never
>crowded".
>>[Font][Font color = "green"]Life member of
>>the MM green signature club.[font/]


Lol, ok.