Moving to Colorado: Any advice?

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Treestand

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Well, the family and I are headed to Colorado. A wonderful opportunity has become available within the company I work for and I just can't pass it up.

Here's where I need your help. I have to live within an hour of the Denver airport. Given that I do 90% of my current hunting within 10 minutes of my house, I get the feeling that i may not be that fortunate in Colorado given the need to be so close to said airport.

Now, I plan to do plenty of homework over the next few months, but I could use a favor from those of you that are familiar with the area.

Anyone have a favorite town that they can recommend? Looking for smaller towns up to 30,000 population.

Thank you for any and all suggestions!





-Treestand
 
Umpqua Hunter

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It's a tiny bit too far, but if you lived in Wyoming, you could have all the opportunities to hunt Wyoming as a resident.

I wish I knew the Denver area better. I know the suburbs regularly show up in reports as being one the top places to live in the US. If you are out to the west (west, SW or NW) of Denver, you would be very close to some massive tracts of National Forest.

Also, if I were you, and you aren't doing this already, I would definitely, definitely, definitely (did I say definitely?) buy preference points in Wyoming for elk, deer and antelope this summer. Don't mess with points for sheep or moose in Wyoming, since you are too far behind if just starting out. You will only be 3 to 4 hour drive from some incredible hunting in Wyoming. You can buy preference points in Wyoming I believe beginning July 1. While you are gaining 1 to 3 points over the next few years, you can do research where to go.
 
Colorado Cowboy

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Denver Airport is on the eastern edge of the metro area. If you want to live away from the city ( & lots of people), look anywhere North, East or South of the airport. Lots of small farming towns, but keep in mind the further east you go the further away from the mountains you will be.

Too bad you have to relocate within that distance it.
 
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It's all basically one town from Ft Collins all the way down to Colorado Springs. There are some real nice suburbs and some bad ones. I hear good things about Lakewood and Golden. With those you are right at the base of the mountains. My in laws live in Parker and it's real nice. Don't know anything about cost of living though. Good luck.
 
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I was in your same situation a year ago. I work at the airport now and live an hour away. I'll tell you all I can. I'll send you a pm with my email and number.
 
Colorado T

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Look at the Castle Rock area. I went to high school down there when it was a lot smaller than it is now. It is still small enough and tucked between Denver and Colorado Springs that it has a smaller feel to it. Also look at the Parker/Franktown area.
 
BKC

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I would say look at local gun laws and make your decision from there. Denver is run by a bunch of pantie wastes and their gunlaws show it. Also boulder county is mostly bunny hugger central ! Check out local tax rates too. I live in a county that doesn't have emissions testing, I didnt have to pay for the broncos new stadium ( as long as I didn't shop in the counties that did have to pay ), local tax rate is way lower than surrounding counties ( although the roads are terrible). Good luck
 
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Going south down I-25, Castle Rock is 45 minutes without traffic, Monument, CO is an hour. Adjust by looking on Google maps for the drive time during rush hour, if that's a factor for you. You'll have to try it during rush hour.

Going north up I-25, Ft Collins is just over an hour without rush hour traffice.

Going west out I-70, it would be Idaho Springs.

There's not much but high desert going east but Ft. Morgan and Limon are each a bit over an hour. Probably no rush hour, but wouldn't be my choice.

Bottom line, the whole Denver metropolitan area is doable and Castle Rock and Ft. Collins are both great towns. Boulder is largely super-liberal and anti-hunting.
 
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Tree stand, I live in the Parker area and love it. If you need to know more feel free to send me a pm and I will see if I can help you out.


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If I was moving to Colorado from somewhere without mountains I'd be heading as far west as I could to at least get into the foothills. DIA is so far east that it takes awhile to get to the mountains. I wouldn't even consider going east unless you like that kind of terrain. Your gonna be out west... Head for the hills and try to get as far away from the city as possible! That place is a zoo and I would NOT wanna live there unless I absolutely had too. It is in Colorado though...
 
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If anyone else has thoughts to share, please do! Again, thanks to all so far- lots of work ahead, but you all have helped tremendously!


-Treestand
 
Hycntryhtr

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No joke man.. I moved here 2 yrs ago from AZ.. Welcome to the land of little bulls, awesome deer, and crowded hunting areas. Like others have said. Wyoming.. I love it there.. Welcome to CO!! It's actually a pretty sweet place to live. Public land is few and far between.


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CoHiCntry said:
If I was moving to Colorado from somewhere without mountains I'd be heading as far west as I could to at least get into the foothills. DIA is so far east that it takes awhile to get to the mountains. I wouldn't even consider going east unless you like that kind of terrain. Your gonna be out west... Head for the hills and try to get as far away from the city as possible! That place is a zoo and I would NOT wanna live there unless I absolutely had too. It is in Colorado though...
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CHC, I agree.

But, going straight west of Denver means taking I-70 through downtown and traffic can be a problem. I think it 's at least 40 minutes from Golden without traffic. It's also nearly two hours every day on stinking highways, which I woulld call a nightmare. Parker and Castle Rock tend to have much less traffic, especially if you take the toll road to the airport.

I don't know the towns, but Louisville and Longmont on the way to Boulder take slightly less time and probably have better traffic. They're close to the mountains.
 
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