colorado russ
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Dave, I\'m in unit 2 not 201.
Good luck Brad.
Good luck Brad.
2016 ELK update thread!
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Russ said the biggest mistake was trying to hunt solo. It doesn\'t have to be that way. All he has to do is come to me on bended knee, begging for me to call one of those bulls in for him. LOL!
Hey Russ, I\'d be happy to help you out if you think it would work !
Hey Russ, I\'d be happy to help you out if you think it would work !
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I\'m not busy this weekend. I can come help\">>>---WW---->\" said:
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Awesome Brad, glad to hear you\'re going to make it back out. I\'m heading out on Thursday with hopes of somehow punching my tag before the season ends, but I\'ll definitely need some luck. Unfortunately I\'ve only been able to hunt about 4 hours so far this season. At least I\'ll get a week in October
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I appreciate the offer Bill - thought you had blown out your knee and recent shoulder too or I would\'ve leaned on you sooner.
Dan, let\'s just plan a FL or OK hunt in the future but thanks for the offer too.
Wind is howling - good thing my ladder stand is in a big pine. Consistent 20-25 mph!
Will sit stand tomorrow then decide.
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Dan, let\'s just plan a FL or OK hunt in the future but thanks for the offer too.
Wind is howling - good thing my ladder stand is in a big pine. Consistent 20-25 mph!
Will sit stand tomorrow then decide.
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Got back last week. Less bugling and more people than years past. Dumped some of my old spots and found some really great new spots. Had one friend come from out of state and was able to put him on his first CO bull, a nice 5x. Was a great trip until the end. I shot a slammer of a 5x, probably 300\"+ at last light on my last day to hunt and couldn\'t find him the next day though he is most definitely dead; lots of blood and bubbles. Found arrow covered in good blood. Watched him staggering and swaying for 15 min until I couldn\'t see, then backed out. Sometimes there\'s just no explanation? Bowhunting elk is one humbling pursuit and I love it.
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Sorry to hear that Will. Are you going to get a chance to go back and look for him?
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Headed out today to hunt this evening through Sunday morning. Hopefully I\'ll get lucky and somehow fill the cow tag, but we\'ll see. Good luck to anyone else heading out for the last weekend here in Colorado!
Yep, knee is terrible and the shoulder will probably require surgery. But I\'d go the extra mile for you if it would help. You probably wouldn\'t like hunting that slow anyhow. Good luck! You have a once in a life time tag. Make the most of it.\"Colorado Russ\" said:
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Just got back today from my last outing. No elk but had a great hunt. I got a phone call from some buddies out in a spot I\'d sent them to today and they had four bulls screaming around them and called one in late this evening to 45 yards but no shot. I was happy to hear they had encounters today since I didn\'t have luck up there a few weeks ago...plan B may become my plan A next season!
Just back from solo, ll days, hunting in CO in a unit I\'ve hunted twice before...2008 and 2012. Big changes with beetle kill and intensive logging going on in one end of the unit since I was last there. Lots more people down in the area I normally hunt....assuming they were pushed from the other end due to the aforementioned. I put in a ton of miles through some very good looking drainages for very few elk seen or heard.
Finally got into a big herd at last light on the last evening. Satellite bull runs out into the middle of the park to tear up a wallow while the herd bull and his cows are still up in the aspens on their way down. Lots of bugling, growling, mewing....I\'m trying to hustle around to get below them before dark but having a hard time going through black timber to get there. The big herd bull and all the cows start filing out before I can get in position so I decide to back out and plan to return in the a.m.
Thermals were coming down hard while I was trying to sneak back quickly through the deadfall with no light. I snagged a stick with my foot that made a pretty loud \"pop\" but I thought I was far enough away it wouldn\'t concern them. Apparently, it concerned them or they got a whiff of my stinky ass because the next thing I hear is a stampede back up through the timber they came out of, then total silence. I was crushed! At least I got a heck of a good rut fest show before I left. Never heard a bugle my last morning.
Can\'t wait till next year!
Finally got into a big herd at last light on the last evening. Satellite bull runs out into the middle of the park to tear up a wallow while the herd bull and his cows are still up in the aspens on their way down. Lots of bugling, growling, mewing....I\'m trying to hustle around to get below them before dark but having a hard time going through black timber to get there. The big herd bull and all the cows start filing out before I can get in position so I decide to back out and plan to return in the a.m.
Thermals were coming down hard while I was trying to sneak back quickly through the deadfall with no light. I snagged a stick with my foot that made a pretty loud \"pop\" but I thought I was far enough away it wouldn\'t concern them. Apparently, it concerned them or they got a whiff of my stinky ass because the next thing I hear is a stampede back up through the timber they came out of, then total silence. I was crushed! At least I got a heck of a good rut fest show before I left. Never heard a bugle my last morning.
Can\'t wait till next year!
Good try, Nick... :upthumb:
I remember the year they were cutting the oak bottom I killed my 1st buck with a bow.... I had killed several deer there and was in one of my stands as the trees were falling in sight of it... Saw a lot of deer on the move and a few that were going toward the logging operation... I found out after the logging was don\'t what was going on... I killed 3 doe that year feeding on the acorns of the fallen oaks tops... Always remember that when I see timber being cut now but most all the oak is gone and it\'s pine.... But deer still LOVE a fresh cut-over even now...
I wonder how elk feel about then???? :?: :?:
You always got next year to look forward to...
I remember the year they were cutting the oak bottom I killed my 1st buck with a bow.... I had killed several deer there and was in one of my stands as the trees were falling in sight of it... Saw a lot of deer on the move and a few that were going toward the logging operation... I found out after the logging was don\'t what was going on... I killed 3 doe that year feeding on the acorns of the fallen oaks tops... Always remember that when I see timber being cut now but most all the oak is gone and it\'s pine.... But deer still LOVE a fresh cut-over even now...
I wonder how elk feel about then???? :?: :?:
You always got next year to look forward to...
