CO 161 Fire/ Hunting Info

[HUNTALITTLE]

What season are you hunting?

Muzzleloader cow tag this year. Maybe the closure will reopen late in the year but not for our hunt. Been looking at maps every free chance I have since Monday trying to come up with a solid backup plan. No boots on the ground until season starts for me.

Do you hunt with a guy named Troy by chance?

Don\'t know any Troy\'s. Lots of people in this area....

 

[HUNTALITTLE]

I\'ve been watching this fire since it started. Brad tipped me off when it was 230 acres. Needless to say I\'ve gone through the full spectrum from anger to grief to coping. I\'m at the point now where I can see by the next trip our original spot will be prime and I\'ll have doubled my known areas to hunt.

But seriously, you could sense from the get-go that they were going to let this fire burn itself out and focus on the structures in the area. There\'s so much beetle kill, the forest really needed it, even if I would\'ve preferred it happen on a year I\'m not elk hunting. :lol:

We go early archery season OTC so it doesn\'t have as much of an impact for us, other than perhaps additional pressure on the surrounding areas. We\'ve had plenty of time to map scout and start from scratch, and settled on a new area quick enough. Hopefully we find ourselves in greener pastures and this turns out to be a blessing, but if not, I still expect to kill an elk even if it\'s the only damn (legal) bull in the unit.

You have a great attitude and I hope you do well. We have a new territory on the radar but are hoping to come up with a plan B area also in case we arrive to find the area we liked everyone else did too! It will be a challenge no doubt as the elk don\'t come easy and not knowing the territory doesn\'t help! Hopefully a month from now we are saying we found a better area than our last one!

 

[cohunter14]

You guys have the right attitudes for sure! Good luck to both of you. Either way, you\'ll be in the elk woods and it\'s tough to beat that.

 

[SGH31]

What season are you hunting?

Muzzleloader cow tag this year. Maybe the closure will reopen late in the year but not for our hunt. Been looking at maps every free chance I have since Monday trying to come up with a solid backup plan. No boots on the ground until season starts for me.

Do you hunt with a guy named Troy by chance?

Don\'t know any Troy\'s. Lots of people in this area....

Ran into a him last year in this unit and he was from MN. Thought id ask . It was crowded there last year.