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Warmutt

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Dec 22, 2016
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Howdy all. Just registered today. Been gleaning information from the site for a week or so. I'm in the planing phase of next falls hunting season. Trying to get a Cow elk hunt lined out in WY, UT, or CO. Might also try for another WY antelope and or Mule deer tag. Was fortunate enough to hunt Antelope W of Newcastle and Mule deer N of Gillette with a old buddy this season. Had a great time and we filled our tags. It was a spectacular Fall for me and I filled my three freezers to the top with plenty of game.

I'm through and through meat hunter. I'll leave the big ones for those of you that desire them. For me a drawing a cow elk, or moose tag in a good area would thrill me and be far less stressful than drawing a bull elk tag in a highly coveted unit. I doubt I could relax enough to have fun on a hunt where I know I have a once in a long time chance to take a true trophy. No Sir! Give me a hunt where I work way too hard to hunt up a slick headed split-tail. Let others shake their heads in amusement when they hear how far I went to get "just a cow." I'm content to remember each and every hunt as I dine on the results.
 

JimP

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Mar 28, 2016
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Welcome to the site, what state do you call home?

Now is the time to do a lot of homework on a cow hunt. The draw is coming up for Colorado starting next month and you have to have your selection in by the first week of April. Utah's anterless draws are not until June so you have extra time to figure them out.
Colorado's online guide book will be out soon but Utah's anterless book will not be out until after May but I believe that they have this years copy still on line if you want to look at it.

Also when looking at hunts and if you see one that seams like there are a lot of tags left over or in the general draw be wary of it. There are a lot of tags left over or in the draw for a reason and it is mostly that the elk live on private ground and it is tough to get access. This goes for both Utah and Colorado. One plus for Utah is that a lot of the tags are good clear into January of the next year.
 

Horsenhike

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Nov 11, 2015
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Welcome. We enjoyed venison chili tonight from a Wyoming deer that was a trophy to us.

Our first one, and the memory of that hunt will be with us forever.