Damn about the cats, really!! I'd always heard there were tons of bears, but every year I hunted bears in there, I'd see tons of sign and never any bears. It was always after a good winter/spring, and the warden says the bears had so much food, that they weren't moving (when you'd normally see...
Drew the 61 Early Rifle bull tag this year in Colorado - I know some say it isn't what it used to be, but I knew when I first stepped foot in 61 about a decade ago, that I eventually wanted my long awaited bull tag to come out of 61. I fell in love with the unit, the amount of elk we were...
Non-resident, headed down from Denver, to 16A in a couple days to hunt bulls. I've been doing all the research that I can remotely, but doing a last call for any tips that y'all have, or if anyone's been in there in the last few weeks hunting, any updates. Excited, this is likely a...
@ballplyr6 I think I saw your post on Facebook on the NM page. And fairly certain you were in the unit that I'm getting ready to hunt in October. Would you be interested in DM'ing me and giving me some pointers? It's like a 0.01% chance to draw that unit non-residents.
@BigE17 I'm from Colorado and hunted the flat tops for a long time when I was younger. Guessing there will be a lot of hunters, since the place has only gotten more popular than when I used to hunt it. Biggest thing is getting away from the roads and trails - just get as far from that stuff as...
My first trip down to the Gila in 3 weeks, got the coveted 16-A early rifle tag. Excited. Good to hear that they're screaming already, so hopefully it lasts a few weeks. Anyone with 16-A experience that can give me some pointers?
Diving in today, while I have some free time at work. Been hunting for 22 years, but not much elk experience, and somehow drew the NM 16A tag this fall. Good information here, it seems from the responses.
We were successful, but came away with just a forky buck. Talked to the warden the night before, and he said good luck finding anything over a fork, or 3x3. The unit is managed this way, so most bucks don't grow any bigger. The unit is large, so there's plenty of room to hunt - and plenty of...
Yeah, I will definitely report back. I just updated someone on a Utah general tag this morning.
Problem is, for whatever reason, I didn't get notifications that someone was asking about my hunt haha. I got on this morning to post about 16A, and saw that I had some messages, so I went and...
How did y'alls rifle hunts go? Just found out today that I drew the earlier rifle tag for 16A, 10/17 to 10/21. Looking for any tips. Plan on getting down there this summer once or twice to take a look around since I've never been there. Never dreamed I would draw the tag, always throw the...
How's it going folks! Just stumbled upon these forums. I'm from Denver, and my dad is hunting the western slope of Colorado for his buck tag this year, so I decided to burn my Utah point, and draw the unit next door. Being from Denver, and having a baby, I haven't (and probably didn't) have a...