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  1. JimP

    The Memes Thread!

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    Given' Up/Cashing in my Points

    If you haven't looked at the odds report 29 NR points should be guaranteed tag. 27 is on the border of tag/no tag. But I'm betting that he'll draw. Naturally both depend on others with more points jumping into unit 61 muzzle loader
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    Anti- Gun

    A little over 10 years ago when the voters voted in the liberals so that they can control both Legislative Houses. I saw one of them the other night after the last school shooting saying that they need to do more. But a lot of this falls upon the hunters of this state, notice I didn't say gun...
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    Grizzly delisting, will it ever happen?

    I wouldn't hold my breath. It appears that the anti's are getting stronger every day. They support their cause with not only their voices but their checkbooks. One only needs to look at the wolf situation here in Colorado. If they hadn't won in 2020 they would of had it back on the...
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    Elk Muzzleloader

    No, Powerbelts and Thor's are legal and some of the Barnes that don't include a sabot. There may be some others out there but those are the only three that I know of that also. The Thor's are manufactured by Barnes.
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    Given' Up/Cashing in my Points

    With that many points you should draw the muzzle loader tag in 61. Even being a resident I was in the same situation as you find yourself a number of years ago. I decided to draw a different unit rather than wait and hope that they would allow a mechanized wheelchair for me to use up in the...
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    Elk Muzzleloader

    I used a 300 grain Thor bullet on my last muzzle loader bull elk and 90 grains of Pyrodex. He was at 120 yards and I hit him 3 out of 4 shots. I only recovered one bullet that broke ribs going in and out lodging on the far side hide. All the shots were killing shots, but a lot of people asked...
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    75-25% for Colorado

    I think that he was talking about what I used to do. I would put in for a elk point and then purchase a OTC bull elk tag to hunt on. For deer I would put in for a point and then get a leftover archery tag. I hunted deer and elk every year that I was building points for both. 14 points for...
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    Wildfire Thoughts

    If the fire is hot enough it will create a crust almost like dirty glass on the surface and plants have a heck of a time breaking through it. If this happens then the area will be quite barren until something happens to start breaking up that surface crust.
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    Wildfire Thoughts

    I've seen burn areas start to come back in weeks if not days depending on how hot the burn was. I've even seen elk and deer inside of burn areas munching on the fresh shoots of oak brush and other plants that survived as they are just starting to come out of the ground. I've know quite a few...
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    What do you think you'll draw 2023

    I should draw a Colorado muzzle loader deer tag for unit 44. Other than that I'll have a muzzle loader tag for Utah deer, I have no idea of just where I might go yet. Everything else is up to the draw gods..
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    Monster Archery Elk in Oregon

    Who needs to go to the expense of hunting them. Just pick them up while you are hunting pine cones. https://kobi5.com/news/local-news/massive-elk-antlers-found-2nd-largest-in-oregon-history-173949/
  13. JimP

    Redfield 4-12X40 Scope For Sale

    It is called wisdom which comes with age. I have found that as I get older I am accumulating more tools that just do a few jobs such as a press that takes the place of a large hammer.
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    Wolves

    Just so that the out of staters know, these wolves that are causing the problems now migrated into the state a few years ago. They haven't even started trapping wolves to dump into my backyard yet.
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    Wolves

    My biggest hope is that some of these wolves will migrate down through Rocky Mountain National Park and find the Boulder area to their liking.
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    Montana party application

    I can't help much but in most states draws you cannot include a youth into a group application, they have to be put in by themselves
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    Wolves

    I'll have to see if I can find the report that some of the wolf reintroduction folks published that says all of the attacks on livestock and family pets is factitious.
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    Second or Third Season Deer

    I've seen rut activity start as mid October but it will depend on the area in my opinion
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    Second or Third Season Deer

    I'd hunt as late as possible, such as 3rd season. Quite often you will have snow that will start to push the animals down to the lower elevations where in the early seasons there are no animals. A great example of this is in unit 21 in Colorado. You might see one or two deer in the...
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    Still more non rez actions

    I personally believe that the tag prices are going to have to really go through the roof before their price starts to stop hunters from applying to hunt in other states. I look at what the price increase has been in Arizona for my javelina tag from what it was when I first started hunting...