So, had lunch today with a nephew that lives in Crawford, and I've got a place to deer hunt now. When can we start applying for tags? I'm sure the process has only gotten more painful since my last effort.
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So, had lunch today with a nephew that lives in Crawford, and I've got a place to deer hunt now. When can we start applying for tags? I'm sure the process has only gotten more painful since my last effort.
March 1st.
My birfday!
Its usually around the first week of april...
Looks like Crawford is either unit 53 or 63. In unit 53 4th rifle buck tag took 14 points to draw, earlier seasons took between 2 and 4. For unit 63 4th rifle buck took 8 points to draw, earlier took between 1 and 2. Might take a couple years before you can hunt unless you already have some points saved up.
What about does? Not terribly interested in antlers.Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
I've got my plan mostly figured out.
Elk and pronghorn draws I know where I'm targeting and which season.
Deer I know where I'm targeting but need to nail down the season and method of take.
I'll get a Moose point to maybe one day get a chance at a cow.
I need to figure out units for RMB Sheep and Goat still. Those two are pretty outside of my normal experience.
Unit 53 and Unit 63 rifle doe tags are private land only, so without even looking at the draw results your odds are better than average.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
Unit 53 doe drew out at 0 preference points, with 22 out of the 27 applications getting a tag.
Unit 63 doe drew out at 0 preference points, with 31 of 44 applicants getting a tag.
So your odds are good.
No doe tags offered in these areas for muzzle loader or archery seasons.
Nice to know, thanks! I'm a plain old rifle feller, no muzzleloaders or bows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little Dutch
So, I applied for a doe tag, late rifle, on private land, in 063 - don't ask me for the actual code. When do the results come out?
Wait, code is D-F-063-P5-R.
Around mid June.
Last day to apply. FYI.
The news about all the animal deaths this winter isn't very heartening.....
Nope, with the CWD, Wolves and winter kill, they paint a bleak picture for the NW corner. But then, we will see.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
Up to 3/6 for Moose, don't know how many it takes to get drawn in 7 for a cow.
Won't get Elk or Pronghorn, boys will likely get Late Elk and the younger and I might get a deer tag. Otherwise, I guess Archery gets used again. :)
I hunted north of Vail last year. Hunted in the snow. Zero elk tracks seen over 4 days. We did see many wolf tracks. At first I thought it was weird we were seeing large dog tracks but no human tracks with them. For some reason I never considered they were wolves.
Until we spoke to a local deputy, he confirmed wolves had pushed the elk out.
I've never heard of wolves north of Vail. A friend of mine has a cabin on the North Side of the Eagles Nest Wilderness which is just north of Vail and there definitely aren't any wolves there.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
My nephew in Crawford says the deer are so thick around his place you don't really have to hunt them. Just find a comfy spot and wait for one to come along.
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Originally Posted by rondog
Hope it works out. Wait for a big, dry doe.
Still too much snow here so no deer or elk in the area yet. We had 14" of snow yesterday. I did follow a cow moose down Overland Road above Jamestown yesterday, and there was a cow moose with two yearling calves down canyon last week. If I draw a cow moose tag, I'll try dropping one in the yard. And, I'll call Irving.
They've been reported in Routt County with photo evidence going back years. But if your buddy hasn't seen any, they certainly must not exist. Afterall, wolves are known to stay put in one area so I'm sure they didn't make the short trip south to Vail.Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
Yes, they’ve been in the Mt Zirkel Wilderness and north of Steamboat as in North Routt County/Steamboat Lake area. I know some people that claim they are in the Flattops but I also know a few people in the Steamboat area that spend a lot of time in the Flattops and they haven’t seen or heard them there. I wouldn’t use the term “North of Vail” to refer to Routt County and there certainly isn’t a resident population north of Vail.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
So you're saying that Hollohas was seeing large dog tracks after all?
Wolves can cover a lot of distance. After all, that's how they've gotten here to start with.
It's cool. If a couple people haven't seen any sign, it means the other people who have seen sign are wrong.
I've hunted there for 15 years, covered hundreds of miles bushwhacking on foot during that time and am super familiar with the animals there...but they haven't seen it with their own eyes so who's to believe my lying eyes.
Remember when Colorado DOW swore up and down there were no wolves in Colorado. Despite the fact a wolf collared in Wyoming in Jan 2014 was seen at the Grand Canyon later in 2014 and then killed by a hunter in Utah in late 2014?
But the confirmed wolves in Routt and Jackson county certainly wouldn't move a few miles further south. And they're surely the ONLY wolves in this state.
CPW isn't stupid and has always known where and when there have been wolves in CO. They couldn't declare it to be true becasue that would have opened a shit storm of having to comply with the ESA, establish a new wolf biologist position, create a management plan, along with creating every other ecological impact plans required around the ESA. Then there would be issues regarding having an ESA animal in areas that are heavily developed as far as people having to produce impact statements for building evrything from a dirt road to a home to a commercial property. Then they would have to figure out how to find all of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
There's a reason why state game agencies play the game of "there aren't any mountain lions in this state' game.
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Originally Posted by MarkCO
A bleak picture it is. CPW released the latest license cuts in NW CO. https://coloradooutdoorsmag.com/2023...cense-impacts/
These are the units I hunt for cow and bull, bear, pronghorn, and usually buck or doe,. I was sure to draw a pronghorn buck tag but now hope I don't given the poor numbers and because my unit is sparce of animals anyway. Maybe next year will be better and I should draw a buck tag then. If I don't draw a cow tag in 23-24, not sure where I'll hunt bull but I will hunt elk somewhere without fail.
Big game results coming out starting today.
Just got my moose results - unsuccessful and a preference point.
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I drew bear archery. I guess today is Moose and Bear results?
Will be interesting to see what the rest of the week brings.
I received notice that I didn't draw a cow moose license, along with a $58 bill.
Our old friend Irving, drew a muzzleloader cow moose tag in area 43! Irving helped me with my 2018 bull, so I want to be there for him when he gets one down.
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Deer results today. Got my second choice - archery whitetail only.
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Drew muzzle loader bear, waiting to hear on Elk and Pronghorn. Both of those are in the bad winter kill area though, so I'm not optimistic.
Drew my second choice for deer, unit 29 3rd rifle, knowing that I most likely wouldn't draw my first choice.
Nice looking bull there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
I sure do miss Stu around the site. He kept things, er... lively and he's a really good guy.
Got my doe tag for unit 63!
Drew deer archery. So far I have bear and deer. The irony is I probably won’t be able to hunt this year and will just turn everything back in to recoup points.
Haven't hunted since high school, but was fortunately to be invited for a private land doe tag, which came through no problem. Looking forward to meat in the freezer this fall!
Drew my elk tag which I was pretty sure I would get so this year I have Unit 29 archery elk and unit 29 3rd season rifle deer. Time to start doing some hiking!
CPW doesn't care about anyone other than outfitters and out-of-state revenue, prove me wrong
When the guy at the desk said wtte "don't bother, leftover tags are the pumpkin patch" I gave it all up as a noob.
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Originally Posted by XJ
Well, when you look at all of the local meetings and roundtables that CPW holds througout the state during the year and look at who shows up for those meetings it's not individual resident hunters. People don't even show up for the online Zoom connections.
How readily available is the info to know when/where those meetings are held?Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
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Drew elk.
The schedules are posted on the CPW website along with all of their social media pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by CS1983
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Originally Posted by CS1983
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