Any decent guide is probably booked. Scott Limmer is one who has favorable reviews. $5k to look at ropes on private. $1k more to take a rope home. No one guides rifle deer on public land in those units and there’s a reason.
I muzzleloader hunted a unit a few years ago and I ran into two other guys muzzleloader hunting, several camps bow hunting, and two guys illegally bow hunting this archery draw unit with OTC tags.
I brought a fresh but dried out deer hide to my taxidermist once. He wouldn’t work on it. Since then I just roll them flesh side in to keep the flesh side moist and then I keep the roll somewhere cool. Has worked great for elk, muleys and whitetail. Drying it or salting before fleshing is a...
First of all, I've been looking at all of the deer that have been posted up but I haven't taken to the time to comment. Great job to everyone. Lot's of good looking animals. My 2016 big game season in Colorado is over. I hunted 1st season rifle. It was warm at first then a little snow came...
I hunt the Flattops during 1st season and for the last 5 or 6 years I've had pine martens actually tear through my game bags on hanging meat and eat softball size pieces out. Tons of them in there.
Very nice. Looks like an amazing trip. I've been contemplating a roe deer hunt similar to yours. If you don't mind me asking, what outfit did you hunt with?
Thanks guys. Good advice. I think I'll try option 4 first with the boyds stock. I looked at them earlier but didn't realize they made a right action/left hand version.
For what I've described, do you have any opinions on the classic stock vs. prairie hunter? Is the standard recoil pad...
I bought a browning x-bolt stainless stalker in 270 WSM last year. I'm left eye dominant but have always shot right handed rifles (left eye behind the glass) with no problem. Killed a bunch of animals with an older right handed A bolt in 300WM. The problem is, I didn't realize the x-bolt has...
I had a local gunsmith in Erie Colorado work the trigger on the x-bolt. I think it was around $140ish. He brought it down to about 2 3/4lbs I think, took what little creep out that might have been in there, changed the angle slightly. I recommend this for any rifle based on my limited...
I have the x-bolt in right hand synthetic in 270wsm. I'm left eye dominant but shoot right handed rifles, so I like the x-bolt because it has the rear tang safety in the center. Right hand palm swell is less than ideal though. Not a major issue if you have big paws. And, you currently can't...
Thanks guys. There were a ton of hunters in this area opening day, with a couple of forkies shot within 1/4 mile of where this guy was hanging out. A guy bumped a big group of deer after shooting a small one, the big group bumped this buck and a smaller one out and on to private land. He was...