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  1. ColoradoV

    How did everyone's hunt go this year is it what you expected and are you going to change your plans for next year?

    Looks like a lot of sucess out there this year. For me a bad injury kept me out of the hills for the most part this summer as it is a long recovery I am still working on. Class III mcl tear = it tore off femur at insertion as well vertical and horizonal tears. Yea ruined my year in a lot of...
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    Secondary Draw

    Draw odds are out. Non resident youth drew over 60% of the tags in some good units. That is just silly. Resident youth deserve 80-20 split or something needs to change. Pretty clear CPW sure does hate us resident hunters… Stat link below...
  3. ColoradoV

    Investments - what has served you well?

    Property and rentals… Air b&b or long term nice to be in dc for the week and see rentals booking. Restaurant in the right area. Say what you want but bitcoin has worked out very well over the past decade.. Depending on where you are nothing beats real estate.
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    WY 90/10 Deer/Elk/Antelope Question

    It will be interesting what dominoes fall after 90-10 for wyo. I first hand heard the cpw tell the a group working on allocation that the cpw and Colorado is so money flush we don’t need to worry about nr license sales when it comes to allocation. The working group came back w a...
  5. ColoradoV

    Colorado Primary Draw Results will be Posted Online May 31-June 3

    Bear and first season bull for the wife. Hope for a 4 th season cow for my father. 16 points was not enough for my uncles 3rd season buck tag where we grew up hunting. Maybe 17 will be next year. Interesting but my father drew the same unit 4th in 2019 w 18. In the same unit nr friends did...
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    WY 90/10 Deer/Elk/Antelope Question

    I would have been a 3 rd generation wyomingite but my grandfather decided to move to central Colorado in the early 40’s just after my father was born. Who can blame him as Aspen and the Roaring Fork valley is just a bit nicer place to exist than Rock Springs or even Alpine 😂 for that matter. ...
  7. ColoradoV

    What's everyone up to?

    Well currently I am sitting here and watching it snow 😂…. 62 deg yesterday at 5am currently 25. Got to love folks who move here and plant a outside garden..
  8. ColoradoV

    Summer Scouting

    That’s a good one for sure! Always fun to blow up grainy pics to see if your “minds eye” is correct once you get home. Hope ya can turn him up this year 👍!
  9. ColoradoV

    Summer Scouting

    Some places there has not even been 1 case of cwd found or I concur w Scott’s opinion that the later seasons are misguided as best. Hope to see some pushback during the next 5 year for getting a more normal season structure. What mallard saw is correct or guys are not actually killing all big...
  10. ColoradoV

    Summer Scouting

    I hope to start about July 1. Only 6 weeks away at this point so getting here fast. As usual I hope to get in about 20-25 days scouting for mulies.. Getting to be less and less deer every year. Easy winters help but hunting them on Thanksgiving easily erases any gains a easy winter would...
  11. ColoradoV

    How many hunting packs ???

    Still just one the same kifaru. Sent the frame in as I had worn through a support bar and the shoulder straps needed replacement. 3 week turn around, fixed, and only cost me 59 usd…. Sure hope to haul out a couple more 👊👍
  12. ColoradoV

    2022 Co Tag #’s

    Red line is at the link. Enjoy. https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Commission/2022/May/Item.12-Ch_W-2.pdf
  13. ColoradoV

    Does it makes sense anymore?

    Tim also makes a very valad point that there is a lot more to do in the hills than hunt.. Rivers and water in the frozen state take more of my time than I care to admit. Some guys love whatever their choice of “endless summer” is but for me I need a balance of activities that cycle through...
  14. ColoradoV

    Does it makes sense anymore?

    I have points in other states but with how I hunt hard to justify even putting in.. Or with the time it takes me to find a deer to hunt in Colorado I just don’t have time to waste on other states or species. I am a anomaly tho as w no tag - I find the deer first then the license to hunt the...
  15. ColoradoV

    So...Colorado GMU 481

    I was born and live here in 481… Interesting place to grow up as w basically the biggest peaks in the lower 48 or I did not know these were giant mountains growing up = just what’s in the back yard.. Getting drug backpacking at 10yrs old on every trail well we just got used to huge mountains...
  16. ColoradoV

    What is everyone up to?

    Snowmobiling, snowboarding, ice fishing, hut trips and other family activities keep us busy.. Girls are getting bigger and my 10 year old is learning to ride a snowmobile… Pretty normal winter here as far as snowfall just got another 3’ across the high country so a good reset as we head into...
  17. ColoradoV

    How much is too much?

    Wait since this is in the optics section. Well I don’t say what I spend on optics and since the wife started taking a liking to things like Lecia ultras, swaro 15z, and swaro 95 spotters well….. 😂🤦🏼‍♂️👍
  18. ColoradoV

    How much is too much?

    $42.01 to hunt mulies each year…. I usually add $59.70 for elk. Same for the wife.. So I guess we spend just under $100 usd each year…. Can’t say I am over impressed w what any guides anywhere (except for 1 maybe 2) find for deer… The process is what I enjoy - so I will spend my $42.01 and...
  19. ColoradoV

    Utah Outlaws All Trail Cameras

    Don’t use em never have so skin off my back. More problematic to our Utahan brothers and guided hunters = is no piles of apples….. If you boys knew how many bucks were killed over apples lately in southern Utah….. Also if you knew who is paying for scouting it would amaze some of you. I know...
  20. ColoradoV

    Your Best Bulls!!!

    I guess I have to add my wife’s Co otc bull. My wife had a similar first season but w a pre scouted bull. All the highs and lows of finding him after archery then him moving a few days before the season and my father relocating him.. She got him 30 min into the opener o her first elk hunt (she...