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maratts Rookie Member
Joined: Aug 06, 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Las Cruces nm
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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Another seven days & the Colorado leftover elk tags are up for sale on t' internet.
I'll be booking mine for GMU751 first thing. Then it's find a cheap flight time.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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dust54 Member
Joined: Mar 31, 2006 Posts: 204 Location: Gurley, AL
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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I remember when I just went out to the west 40 by the lateral and shot a deer for the freezer, shot a gunnysack of cottontails and hunted elk in the Yellowjacket area all with a hunting license. Now you wait years and do all kind of things just to have a chance to hunt. I think that and the idiots that are out there now is why I quit hunting. Now that I am retired I may pick it back up, but I know I will get fustrated quick with all the loops and laws.
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whittling Super Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 586 Location: Texas (home state is Mass)
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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In Mass you always draw a tag
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skb2706 Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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In Mass you don't have antelope or elk.
I don't necessarily agree with all issues around the drawing of licenses in CO but it does have its merits. If you know how to play the system you can draw frequently and hunt every year. I have done that for many years and with only a very few exceptions been 'drawn'. What makes it most difficult is the number of applicants that the "best" areas attract. Those of us that grew up in the middle of CO know that the "best" is not always the "best".
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Grant Super Member
Joined: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 325 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:25 am Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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This year should be a pretty good year for me here in British Columbia. As always I can take my 3 deer over the entire season. No shortage of Mule deer around here, I have picyures of bucks in my backyard..
Now, there are regular Moose openings around, but most of the moose hunting here is by limited entry draws too. After several years since my last, I finally got a draw, a shared hunt with my buddy and his wife. How this works is we all got the draw and between the three of us, we can take two bull moose. Nov 1-15 is our draw time. A little late, post rutt and all, but when I was late season deer hunting in the unit we got our draw last year, I saw several very nice bulls. Fingers crossed it will be the same this year...:wink:
I hope everyone has a fun and very safe year. Good luck to everyone in the coming season!
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English Mike Super Member
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phill21 Member
Joined: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 145 Location: Western Australia
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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[Bloody flight's gone up $190 since I was over in May..... ]
English Mike cost of fuel old son. Enjoy your hunt hope you fill tag with a nice one
phil
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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WileyWapiti Member
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 298 Location: NW Colorado
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Successful Tags? |
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The tag issue is pretty crazy. Growing up in Wyoming it seemed like they just gave antelope tags away - Red Desert was always a tough one to get, but most other places were pretty easy for buck tags. Here in CO, for me to hunt GMU #3 where they have some pretty nice antelope bucks, it takes over 10 years to accumulate enough preference points to meet the standard for selection unless you get a private land tag - they are fun to hunt but I don't enjoy the meat enough to wait 10 years, deer and elk taste better to me anyway. skb is right, you get to know the good areas that aren't as publicized and life is good! All I know is that this season has got to better than my fiasco last year.
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