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    Colorado Unit 20 Late Elk

    I live in 20 and get frustrated every time I hike miles upon miles without seeing elk. There are a lot of elk but they know the private boundaries. Take a look at the length of the season. Elk are hunted hard on public land from archery season through January. There also are a gob of cow...
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    • Forum: Elk
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    Warmth hiking layer sub zero

    A lot of guys tend to forget small items that really make a difference. Neck gator, beanie hat, insulated socks, mittens, etc. If I lived and hunted extreme cold I likely would invest in warm power packs of some kind. Extreme cold weather garment materials have come a long ways in recent...
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    Is chasing Wyoming permits worth it?

    I understand completely how young’ns must feel. Especially those young’ns that don’t live in a Western state with a wide range of big game species that aren’t available in the state where they live. I think you are right that there wasn’t a whole lot of long-term fore-thought for some of...
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    Is chasing Wyoming permits worth it?

    The tough part is predicting what happens in the future. Colo’s glory days for producing mega bucks was relatively short-lived…as a prime example. There are a fraction of the muley tags issued with a fraction of mega bucks available. It really would be nice predicting the future. Things...
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    Is chasing Wyoming permits worth it?

    The trick is to figure out a strategy to draw high demand tags with ever-decreasing draw odds. It isn't getting any easier to draw these tags! Those that are just starting out applying may need a different strategy than those with medium to high preference/bonus pts. The days of applying for...
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    Is chasing Wyoming permits worth it?

    Considerations that are overlooked include regulation changes that may almost eliminate your chances of drawing a high demand limited tag in your lifetime. How many nonres saw the writing on the wall years ago for sheep and moose in Wyo and have ultimately end up tossing their hard earned cash...
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    Is chasing Wyoming permits worth it?

    It's obviously up to your budget and feast/famine mentality of drawing high demand tags. If $ tossed to the wind doesn't matter, apply in every state and game critter in the West. Obviously these charges will never decrease and it's hard to say if 20 years from today what states will charge...
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    I want to be a suppresor owner, where to start

    Suppressors are a fad!!! Who really cares about noise when shooting with earplugs/muffs. A muzzle break will actually make a recoil difference. Recoil differences will make it possible for kids to use larger calibers for big game. Most suppressors do almost nothing for recoil while all...
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    I want to be a suppresor owner, where to start

    Put ear plugs or ear muffs on and shoot, watch game drop with 1 shot....end of story! If you have kids that like to shoot....buy a muzzle break that will actually result in less kick. Obviously have your kids wear ear protection.
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    Wyoming Long Range Turkey with Centerfire Rifle?

    I always thought it was only legal to use a rifle on turkeys in Wyoming during the fall season. I guess I was wrong. I would be all in favor of getting rid of rifle hunting turkeys in both Wyo and Colorado! Not only the safety but ethics factor.
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    CWD in another Idaho GMU

    I think Idaho better get used to it. CWD is pretty much inevitable and not going away!
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    How far do you stay upwind of elk?

    “From my experience, I've watched elk turn and burn at 600 yards as the thermals shift from a glassing spot when the elk were on my side of the canyon instead of across the way.” I’ve had this same experience with moose. Moose have probably the best nose of any North American big game animal...
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    Cheat Grass removal

    Starting from scratch with no native species in cheatgrass monocultures is not easy. We have quite a few sites that have been disturbed in the past by prairie dogs, overgrazing, floods, wildfires, taken out of crop production, etc. that have no remnant natives and were giant weed patches. In...
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    Cheat Grass removal

    Hopefully my above post answers some of your questions. From year one in our study, we had native species germinate through all 12 sites that were sprayed in different years in this long-term study. The reports I've read about seed germination problems have been greenhouse trials where seed is...
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    Cheat Grass removal

    Below is a link to the cheatgrass publication that we recently published in the Ecology Restoration Journal. This was an 8-year study with treatments conducted on 12 sites. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) ranks all 12 study locations as having “outstanding” or “very high”...
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