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I guess I will bring a shotgun also when I come out to antelope hunt. There are usually a lot of doves on Bill's place in the trees behind the house.Originally Posted by shrapmetal
Maybe we can meet nothing major just say hi when I come out in a month for antelope. I will be staying at the preston ranch it is located about 6 miles north of Yoder on Singbell Rd.
Let me know.
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." (Edmund Burke 1784)
Anyone down near the Arkansas River?
I am curious if the sunflowers are starting to drop seed yet?
Everywhere I've seen in El Paso county the sunflowers are still underdeveloped and are not holding birds yet. Maybe they will develope before the fist cold weather and it will be a good dove year.
Anybody remember the frost in late August in the late 1980's...no dove that year?
I say lets all remove the warning labels and let nature take its course.
I had 9 on the power lines behind my house when I got home today, I'll be hunting dove this weekend with my trusty beeman pellet rifle, from my back porch
sounds like a plan. i live about 4 miles west of there. i have a 85yd range if you want to site in before your hunt, but i have no trees and my wife mowed the lawn so no doves. i see one or two one my fence about every other day. i have been thinking of putting up some decoys so they think it's safe and bring some friends over for dinner.
Dove hunting should be good anywhere this year!
The only downside is the doves may not need to hit the water tanks since everything is still green this late.
On his other point, big game hunting is getting more commercial but I still usually can find a few small herds on National Forest land.
The big herds are all on private property in South Park by the time I hunt in November.
There are ten times more Elk in the national forest around South Park than in South Park. You just have to be willing to go after them. The ones that hang out in SP are not pressured by hunters so they are an easy target. Can't blame them they figured out where to go and not get shot at. (Hence why there are big herds on private)
Like I said do you want to hunt or do you just want to shoot something.
What is commercial about game going to places they are not hunted?? That makes no sense in any way shape or form. I can tell you this if I was being shot at I sure as hell would try to find a place I didn't get shot at.
If you wan't commercial go to a game ranch SP sure as hell in no way shape or form has anything to do with commercial hunting.
Last edited by HunterCO; 08-30-2007 at 21:07.
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." (Edmund Burke 1784)
a break
Maybe you guys can give this dude a break. Hes new to Colorado...has NO clue where to go. Its a big state with tons of places to hunt but ONLY if you know where the public land is...he was just venting his frustration at not knowing anyplace to go. Not all of us were born here in colorado and have been hunting here all our lives...some of us might need a helping hand and or advice instead of a large fire and flames. Not only that hes military fellas...maybe a small amount of respect is deserved for that? He wasnt disrespectful to anyone here. Plus you guys try living in colorado on military pay and trying to hunt. It aint cheap. Living here aint cheap neither. Ive been lucky enough to hook up wiht guys from my work to take me out. Just my opinion.
Edit: Just so you know I grew up in Texas where as a boy I was taught to sit in a blind overlooking a feeder...thats the way we did it. Not my fault I was taught that way....that was the only way I knew how to hunt deer till I was older. Ive been in Colorado 9 years now and NEVER would hunt like that again. Again remember not everyone hunts like we do in Colorado.
Your Dude said..."I have had bad luck with hunting out here." Sounds like this isn't the first time hunting here to me. Then he makes this statement that seems to apply to all Colorado Hunting. I disagree! The information is out there for all to read so us hunters can be legal and to protect the land owners from the morons who break the laws. "All hunting information about public land is so buried in the details that it is REDICULOUS. Hunting clubs and outfitters are trying to make six figures off of a handful of hunters. Colorado Hunting is so commercialized and only accessible to the wealthy and the ranchers." And then he tries to tell us we ain't good enough for him anyways!
"Unfortunately Colorado hunters need to make a serious overhaul of who is running the show out here. I wish I could go back to South Carolina." That right there it what bothers me. I totally respect our Men and Woman in the arm services. I don't care if your in the military or not, If you bad mouth my Mama your going to get it. He acts like we're helpless buffooneries and I was just venting!!!!!!!!!
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Ok, poor shooting and 40 rounds only landed me 5 dove opening day evening.
If I remembered how to shoot I could have limited out easily.
I say lets all remove the warning labels and let nature take its course.
it seemed to me that he was doing a lot more complaining than asking for some advise. i guess its all in the way you ask.
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