any body shot a elk or mule deer,colarado,new mex......

What is your time frame? This year, the past 5 years, 10 years???

Heading to New Mexico for a muledeer hunt in 26 days, 20 hours, and 57 minutes......but whose counting.

this year....

I was just checking. Lora and I will be putting in for late season cow tags in April or whenever the application period is open.

Whats wrong biz you getting the fever. 15 days left, you better keep mommy happy so she will let you go. I would hate to have to come back and tell you about it because mommy grounded you a day or two before we left.

CHC what unit will yall be putting in for, will you be hunting public land.

you dont have to worry,im ready shes ready,come on oct31.....

Unit 421 around Collbran. Collbran is east of Grand Junction, Collbran is on Plateau Creek, and sits between the Grand Mesa N.F. and the White River N.F. We hunt private land. The season starts like the Sat. after Thanksgiving, or the first Sat. in Dec., it varies. It runs till the second Sunday in Jan. In a normal year, there is enough snow in both the White River N.F. and up on Grand Mesa, that it pushes the elk down into the valley. The outfitter Lora and I hunt with has several ranchers he deals with, and he pays them a set amount for every cow his clients take off their hay meadows and stacks. It ain't the same as hunting bulls, success rate is higher, but we still have to drive around and find them, then we have to figure out a stalk, due to where they may be in the meadow. Tags are half the price of bull tags, and the hunt is around $700.00 or so. Lora and I can go up and get 2 cows and have a day or two to mess around in Grand Junction for less than half the price of a bull hunt. Besides I killed a decent 5x5 in 1997, so I ain't really interested in shooting another bull.

i have never shot an elk or seen one in the wild, but hopefully all that will change by this saturday. i will be leaving here on wednesday to meet my stepdad in lake city colorado on thursday. we go up the mountain on friday and start hunting saturday at day break.. we will be in unit 66, which is just outside of lake city. we will be at 10,500 feet. so if anyone has some last minute tips for a newbie i am all ears. sorry didnt mean to steal the post. just got a little excited.

I shot a 600lb cow Labor day weekend in Durango Colorado, does that count?

thats funny....

Hey whby05, if I could offer you any advice it would be DON'T try to do to much to fast. Give yourself a day or two to get use to the altitude difference. We were hunting at 7500ft and it was a lil rough. I personally didn't have to awful much trouble although when we were climbing the hills I could sure tell a difference in my breathing. My two buddies that went with me had a harder time than I did, not sure why but they did. The air is awfully thin up there and your body has to work harder to get the oxygen it needs. I wish you luck and hope you get the one your want while our there.

it will flat kick ur arse the first few days.....

thanks for the tips, i plan on taking it easy at first. after all its a vacation but i do want to be successful.