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    I like it^ walking! My wife would call it "armed nature walking" when I showed up with nothing. Best damn nature walking I've ever done that showed no results!

    And for the OP....you need a buddy. Books and mags and even videos only go so far. You'll see what I mean when you try to field dress your first big game kill! But if you don't have a friend to show you the ropes don't let that stop you. Take MTN. Mans advise and just go walking. Luck might make up for the other part that you lack.

    Now trying to figure out the regs book...good luck! Bout time I figured out CO rules I moved to yet another difficult state to figure out. You need a lawyer to interpret the regs. Especially if your a newb.

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    start hiking in the mountains if you want to do big game, take a pack with you.
    also look in the survival forum. some it that will apply.

    think about the kind of hunting you want to do...if you want to take a camper with you and return each night (but be prepared to stay out in case you get lost or get an animal or too dark to get back etc.)
    or maybe you want to pack a tent in, and stay more local in a more remote area.

    for small game, get out and walk...you will walk miles and miles for pheasants, maybe look into getting a dog.

    for ducks and geese start buying decoys, find people with property or look into leases. they will vary in price. be prepared because decoys are expensive!

    go to walk mart and get a big game and small game hunting booklet and read through the rules. there are not that many, but understand them, and follow them. you do not want to be made an example of by the DOW.

    practice shooting, be it clays or targets. also be prepared because when you go to pull the trigger at a big animal it is a whole lot different than shooting at a black or red dot.
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    remember too that the hunt might not be successful. Some people hunt for years and never get the shot or miss and just never are successful at getting the animal. Doesn't mean the hunt and being out in the woods wasn't worth it. Enjoy just getting outside, the hunt is a plus to that.

    I buy my licenses and usually don't "hunt" that much. I just go wander around in the woods, see some animals and scenery.

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    I haven't harvested a big game animal since 2007. I went to the last day of my 8th full season befire harvesting my FIRST elk.

    In 2008 I had an elk and bear license. In 2009 (last year) I had an elk, bear, and deer license. Both years I got nothing.

    Even with spending my first three days in the woods sick, I had a great time last year.

    It's great to harvest an animal, especially if you are doing it to put meat in the freezer, but you have to be able to enjoy the HUNT or, whether you harvest an animal or not, it isn't a successful season.

    Keep in mind that the work actually starts when you pull the trigger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by theGinsue View Post
    Keep in mind that the work actually starts when you pull the trigger.
    and it's usually at the bottom of some valley where you'll have to haul the 1000 pound elk out of...

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    Ha Ha, wait till ya get a Moose......

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    No doubt. My father shot a moose a couple years ago here, took two guys 12 hours to butcher the dang thing once they got it back to denver... I think the freezer is still full of steaks...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.man View Post
    Ha Ha, wait till ya get a Moose......
    I might be trying for my first moose this year...although I only have 3 or 4 points so i doubt i will draw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.man View Post
    Ha Ha, wait till ya get a Moose......
    Yep! I'm not an experienced hunter, but been with my dad a few times. Used to live in Alaska, he still does. There many hunters take their first moose in a bog...they never make that mistake again. Up north your also racing the bear and wolves...get it dressed and packed out quick(they're on their way). If a bear happens to find your kill(get the meat out and leave them the gutpile), its legally theirs. Game wardens are the State troopers, You don't see them, but they know 'Exactly' where you are. If you sneeze wrong its a crime scene investigation....literally (not the sneezing part)! Ahhh good times.

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