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  1. Colorado Cowboy

    WOW...What a Gun Show!

    My local shooting club puts on a gun show every year and this years was unbelievable! The show started out small 6 or 7 years ago and has steadily grown in attendance and sellers. A couple of years ago we kinda stumbled on a guy who puts on a regional Safari Club annual event and hired him to do...
  2. Colorado Cowboy

    New Bird Dog

    After losing my Lab Molly last June, my wife and I were undecided about another dog. Molly was 13 1/2 when I had to put her down and it was really hard. She was a great hunter (a pointing Lab) and friend. Well we pulled the trigger yesterday and bought a puppy from Eichhorn Kennels in Calhan...
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    Nosler Partition .25 cal bullets F/S

    I have some Nosler Partition .25 cal bullets for sale. 2 boxes (50 bullets each) 115 grain still in sealed factory box 1 box (opened -60 bullets) 100 grain These are all partition style, non boat tail, flat base spitzer bullets. I am down to only...
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    Ammunition & Reloading Supplies Availability

    I get most of my reloading components and ammo (mostly rimfire) from a local supplier who does not have a storefront outlet. He called me a couple of days ago to tell me he has picked up 10# of Goex BP at a recent gunshow to see if I wanted it. I scooped it up at $12.00 a pound...a real buy!. As...
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    Got all my tag applications sent!

    Sent all my tag apps sent of Thursday. Points only for antelope & moose, sheep tag in and 4th season deer and M/L elk. Just wait now and see what happens. Had rt ankle surgery Friday and it was a mess to quote the surgeon. Hope this helps for awhile. It will be a month or so before I will know...
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    Got my T/C Pro hunter back from gunsmith....WOW!

    I got my T/C Encore ProHunter back from my smith after he did a trigger job on it. Stock trigger was 8+ pounds, now it 2 1/2 and very crisp. Going to the range Monday and see if I can tell the difference on the paper.
  7. Colorado Cowboy

    Having no computer Sucks!

    Mine got a VIRUS and the operating system is so old....so I ordered a new one. Using my wife's (which is terrible, most of the letters wore off the keyboard), it sucks too! Get my new one Tues. Oh well, at least the TV is working for the Super Bowl.....go Broncos!
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    Colorado Preference Points update for 2013

    I just got an email in response to my query to Colorado Parks & Wildlife about when the pref pt pages for 2013 would be updated. The answer was mid March. I'm not too happy and am going to call tomorrow and see if there is any reason for them taking so long.
  9. Colorado Cowboy

    Brown Trout my Wife caught

    Last summer my wife and I spent a week in Chama N.M. and did a little fishing. She caught this Brown that weighed about #3. I took all the measurements and we released it. I got her a mount of it as it was the first brown she ever caught. Gave it to her today for Christmas, needless to say she...
  10. Colorado Cowboy

    Gunnison area unit 54

    Looks I am going to try something a little different next year. One option on my list is a guided M/L elk hunt in unit 54 in the West Elk Wilderness area. The outfitter I am looking at is Tenderfoot Outfitters. One of my friends did a summer fishing trip with them and was very complimentary of...
  11. Colorado Cowboy

    Colorado Hunting Boycott

    I saw an interesting article in the Denver Post today...online version. According to Parks and Wildlife the license sales for 2013 were up. The total licenses/tags sold was 489,327 (includes small game) with 86,493 being non residents, up 4% over 2012. That generated 45.6 million dollars ( 38...
  12. Colorado Cowboy

    Rut is begining

    Just saw 3 bucks in my pasture sparring back and forth. one 3x4 and 2 forkies. Necks all swelled up and looking very sleek and fit. Usually starts around Thanksgiving, weather cold and rainy for the last 3 days. Expect to see some bigger boys too. I'll try and get a few pictures.
  13. Colorado Cowboy

    Bulls Eye Pistol Shooting

    I just started practicing for our Winter Indoor Bulls Eye Pistol League. Had hand surgery 5 weeks ago and verything healed up pretty good. We had formal practice yesterday and we qualify next Wednesday evening. We shoot both rimfire and centerfire pistols at 50'. I was very surprised with my...
  14. Colorado Cowboy

    Looking Back

    My wife and I were out to breakfast this morning (happens to be last day of 4th season) and saw a friend who owns a taxidermy and meat processing business. He told me that this year was the worst year he has had since opening his business 20 years ago. The bucks and bulls were smaller than...
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    Looking Back

    Got double post somehow!
  16. Colorado Cowboy

    Way off topic..Football tonight!!

    Gonna take some time to watch my alma mater kick some butt tonight. USC vs Stanford:cool: SC has nothing to lose and everything to gain, so..........Go Trojans. Fight on Played ball there over 50 years ago. I am Ready for some Football
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    Small drones for hunting & cow tag prices-Colorado

    The Colorado Game Commission meets today. On their agenda is a recommendation to ban the use of small drones for scouting game. Seems like the explosion of availability of small drones and the small cameras has caught their attention. Also on the agenda is raising the price of non resident cow...
  18. Colorado Cowboy

    Colorado GMU 8 Rumors

    I am really fuming! On another website I frequent (not hunting, just shooting) I saw a post that really ticked me off. Let me quote what the writer said in part: "Seems some of the locals had some extra time on their hands during Labor day and started to hunt a bit early. I gues (sic) they...
  19. Colorado Cowboy

    How do yoy know when you need a new pair of boots?

    During a recent backcountry hunting trip, my cousin's boots literally fell apart! They are Red Head boots and only a few years old....according to him! He had no spares and we tried several things to do a repair job on them. We even melted pitch to try and re-glue the soles. On both boots, the...
  20. Colorado Cowboy

    Ist Rifle Season over, 2nd starts Saturday

    Looks like it was a pretty good 1st season here in the SW part of the state. I know quite a few hunters who got their elk, deer and bear. I personally attribute it to the snow on opening weekend. I also saw lots of hunters leaving with elk racks in their rigs. From what I've heard, lots of bears...