10 Point Cow Hunt

[BrokenChicken]

Nicely stated, thanks for your input.

Clearly there are some people who value a cow hunt, I see last year a NR drew EF002O3R with 25 points! Could have been a mistake I guess.

See these type of draws all the time. And I suspect they are mistakes and get returned to get points back.
Here’s that 1 tag back in 2nd draw. So someone did turn it in. Most likely that same person you listed after they realized they mistyped EE as EF

 

[Aperventure]

I'm looking at my application options for Colorado 2026.

I have 10 elk points and am considering applying for a cow tag. It might seem crazy, and perhaps it is, but I can draw a cow tag in the best units in Colorado and one which suits my plans (both location and timing) for a road trip to the South West corner of the state.

Anyone else burn points on cow tags for the experience and glad they did?

Seems like a reasonable use of points IF the specific area you want to hunt in isn’t replicateable in a lower point unit of same species, or accessible with other species?

I’ve had a blast on 5 point cow hunts in Terrain I couldn’t find elsewhere (wilderness & topography). Would it have been better with a bull? Maybe, maybe not. But I enjoyed the cow hunt too.

 

[longtail55]

Thoughts on using 4 points for a cow hunt for my 16 year son to try to get him his first elk? lets say maybe in the NW corner quality unit like 201 ?