New Colorado Big Game Season Structure 2020 - 2026

[Jonathan_S]

Looks awful dry. Surprised those elk were still around


 

[Karl Blanchard]

You crack me up.  Pretty sure that isn't my bull and pretty sure I didnt shoot 990 yards. Hell I've never even shot an elk past 200 yards let's not confuse my ability to stumble into elk with others shots and harvests.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Trompsing around on private where you arent seeing elk because they haven't pushed down is insanity. Lots of ranching for wildlife and other private dirt sucks for elk unless the snow flies. If you arent into elk, go find elk. It's literally that simple. Weather too hot? Go higher and find the secluded timber they are using. Snow piling up? Find the migration corridors and transitional areas they hold up in. Elk are no different in CO as they are montana, Oregon, washington, idaho, or wyoming. You obviously know it all and are the master of CO hunting so I'll just bow out of this one. Someday I'll get it figured out and our camp will kill a few animals

P.S. JJ is being a smart arz. Only reason he has eaten tags is he holds out for way above average animals. Pretty certain if he just wanted to fill a tag he would be 6 for 6 on those deer tags

[BULLBLASTER]

Why would I buy an elk tag when I am go there to hunt deer I could care less about bulls. There could be 350 bulls around every corner and I still wouldn't buy an elk tag. Those who know me, know that is not an exaggeration. I guess you know me and my successes better than all the guys chiming in who actually hunt with me or guys who know the camp

I guess the bull in the picture i posted wasn’t actually shot at 990 yards either Karl. We’ve been fooled all these years.    I am guessing we can assume the same for the buck I killed last year at 730 yards. Musta been like 230 or so.  if I even killed it at all.

Wait, you killed your bull at 990 yards?  And that’s what you consider “kill an elk every year”?  Well hell, if that’s the case, I could kill an elk every year off my back patio, during hunting season; with a tag!”  And yes, I have permission to hunt it!  But that’s not what 90% of hunters think when you say “kill an elk every year”!

This was taken off my back patio.  And there was at least one 330”+ bull in the herd.

Reading comprehension man... neither Karl or I claimed to have killed that bull I posted. We were sitting there when our buddy did kill it tho.

[Karl Blanchard]

Why would I buy an elk tag when I am go there to hunt deer I could care less about bulls. There could be 350 bulls around every corner and I still wouldn't buy an elk tag. Those who know me, know that is not an exaggeration. I guess you know me and my successes better than all the guys chiming in who actually hunt with me or guys who know the camp

I guess the bull in the picture i posted wasn’t actually shot at 990 yards either Karl. We’ve been fooled all these years.    I am guessing we can assume the same for the buck I killed last year at 730 yards. Musta been like 230 or so.  if I even killed it at all.

Wait, you killed your bull at 990 yards?  And that’s what you consider “kill an elk every year”?  Well hell, if that’s the case, I could kill an elk every year off my back patio, during hunting season; with a tag!”  And yes, I have permission to hunt it!  But that’s not what 90% of hunters think when you say “kill an elk every year”!

This was taken off my back patio.  And there was at least one 330”+ bull in the herd.

Reading comprehension man... neither Karl or I claimed to have killed that bull I posted. We were. Out sitting there when our buddy did kill it tho.

and that buddy has killed more bulls at spitting distance with a bow (and really big bulls at that) than everyone commenting on this thread combined but yeah he is just a two bit hack of a hunter can't believe they even let Coachcw participate on this forum he is so pathetic

[BULLBLASTER]

Karl’s camp sucks at hunting in Colorado...

[Karl Blanchard]

That was 2018 and 2017. Here is 2016. That's all I have due to the great phone loss of 2019

[Karl Blanchard]

That's 10 deer over 170, 6 of which were over 180 and 2 of those over 190 in 3 seasons. I rest my case that elk are dumb and interfere with good mule deer hunting. They need to give everyone elk tags so they can kill more of them and free up more habitat for mule deer

[jetjockey]

You crack me up.  Pretty sure that isn't my bull and pretty sure I didnt shoot 990 yards. Hell I've never even shot an elk past 200 yards let's not confuse my ability to stumble into elk with others shots and harvests.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Trompsing around on private where you arent seeing elk because they haven't pushed down is insanity. Lots of ranching for wildlife and other private dirt sucks for elk unless the snow flies. If you arent into elk, go find elk. It's literally that simple. Weather too hot? Go higher and find the secluded timber they are using. Snow piling up? Find the migration corridors and transitional areas they hold up in. Elk are no different in CO as they are montana, Oregon, washington, idaho, or wyoming. You obviously know it all and are the master of CO hunting so I'll just bow out of this one. Someday I'll get it figured out and our camp will kill a few animals

P.S. JJ is being a smart arz. Only reason he has eaten tags is he holds out for way above average animals. Pretty certain if he just wanted to fill a tag he would be 6 for 6 on those deer tags

Funny thing is, the year it was hot, we went higher!  I spent 3 days glassing above tree line in a 5 mile radius. Still didn’t see elk.  Guess what, we  went into town for supplies and you know what we found out from the locals?  Due to the lack of water and drought, they went DOWN!  Down into the private land! The locals were amazed that they had already come out of the high country and down into their wintering grounds near the river where the water was. Locals who had been in the area for 40-50 years had never seen the elk down that early.  Then again, they’d never seen a drought like that either....  BTW. I never said how many tags I’ve eaten or haven’t eaten. Your just assuming.   I simply said I don’t believe that a person who could have had a tag if they wanted to, could have also had a 100% success rate over a 10 year period on OTC legal bulls.  I fully admit I had a year when I didn’t see a thing.  Why?  Not because I didn’t know the area, escape routes, migration routes, timber etc.. We didn’t see elk because the elk weren’t  there! And that’s just elk hunting. Now, you tell me why a month after peak foliage, there was still this many leaves in the aspen trees.

[jstone]

Well sense that area sucks and you don’t kill much
How about some digits.
 

[BULLBLASTER]

Well sense that area sucks and you don’t kill much
How about some digits.
 

(509) 82.... wait was it phone numbers you want? 

[Karl Blanchard]

Miscommunication there. The tag eating was in reference to JJhunter not jetjockey. Just realized that JJ would also apply to your handle as well jjhunter is being a smart arz

[Karl Blanchard]

Well sense that area sucks and you don’t kill much
How about some digits.
 

hey old man you stay out of my area! It's at capacity with all these dang NR party crashers

[jetjockey]

That's 10 deer over 170, 6 of which were over 180 and 2 of those over 190 in 3 seasons. I rest my case that elk are dumb and interfere with good mule deer hunting. They need to give everyone elk tags so they can kill more of them and free up more habitat for mule deer

Looks like a lot of elk camps to me.  Grant it, the deer aren’t as big, but they aren’t the target either.  And we arent talking about deer.  I never questioned your deer hunting.

[Karl Blanchard]

Well I guess you proved it! I'm lying and I've never actually seen an elk in CO. I've killed an elk every year for the last decade in WA but those CO elk are too elusive for me. Since I don't buy an elk tag, those imaginary bulls i have well within rifle range  don't count. Glad we cleared this up and I was able to get that off my chest. 


 

[grundy53]

Killing an elk now and then, and being able to kill an elk every single year, are two totally different things.  If you can, good for you! Your one of the 0.1%.  But I don’t believe it when someone says they can kill an elk every single year, but they don’t even have tag.  Reminds me of the guy who says he killed an elk at 500 yards, when in reality it’s a 250 yard shot.  As far as seeing elk, I see elk every year as well, with the one exception of the year it was hot.  And I don’t mean it warmed up a little after it snowed.  I mean it was 80 in the valley, 70 at 11,000ft, and there hadn’t been any moisture to even knock the leaves off the scrub oak. Hunting with snow on the ground doesn’t constitute “hot”. Riding a horse wishing you had shorts and a tee shirt on in mid Oct because your sweating you balls off is hot.  That doesnt mean I can kill elk every year.  There’s a reason the average unit has about 12% success rate on bulls.  So when someone tells me they can shoot a bull EVERY year, I find that hard to believe, even in CO.  Btw.   The first picture is my spotted at about 1800 yards.  It’s the big white one in the middle.  The second is at about 5 yards after he got caped. Seeing elk in CO is typically very easy, killing them is where it gets a lot more difficult.

I've killed a branched bull every year for 11 years straight and that is in probably the worst elk state (Washington). Karl is a way better hunter than me. If he says he could do it he could. He's a different breed. You have the highest population of elk in the nation. They don't just dig tunnels or leave the state. They are there. If you can't find them hunt harder.

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