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Colorado muzzleloader buck, 9/14/18 Unit 191

2 tags filled so far with my muzzleloader, both in CO. Mountain goat on Sept 5 and antelope on Sept 29. Using a 50cal Hawken I made from a kit way back when I was in high school.

I shot this guy on Saturday morning and boiled it today.... and this is how it came out without having to do the peroxide step! I boiled the skull with Borax, Oxiclean, and Dawn (I used a big washtub so it took a long time to bring it to a boil, and then did a low boil for about an hour). I...

Got this guy opening morning of CO 2nd season in unit 6. Spent today boiling the skull for a european mount. I tried a new method this year using Oxiclean and Borax, and this is how it came out (this is without any bleach or peroxide).

Has anyone seen whitetail around Colorado Springs to Pueblo on the WEST side of I-25? (i.e. units 59 or 84). Any information would be appreciated. There are some new whitetail-only tags in those units this year, and I still need to get a Colorado whitetail for my bucket list. Thanks!

Here's a buck I shot a few years back the 2nd week of Sept. Still in full velvet.

I just checked the 2014 Wyoming antelope unit map, and it looks like they have combined units 38 and 39 together into unit 38. However, what is strange is that the description for both type 1 and type 6 tags says: 38 1* Oct. 5 -- Limited quota licenses; any antelope off national forest 38...

I feel your pain. With 6 pref points I drew a Unit 87 (Pawnee Grasslands) this year. After a lot of scouting on Wednesday I found a handful of decent bucks that I wanted to target on opening Day (Oct 5). On Saturday the wind was howling and I blew an early stalk and one missed shot. The rest...

Giving my input to the original subject, I shot a bull moose and a cow elk last year with my TC 50cal Hawken using 100gr Triple 7 and 460gr No Excuses slugs. The No Excuses slugs are about the largest you can shoot here in CO with a 50 cal (length cannot exceed twice the diameter, and no...