SE Colorado Upland Trip

[TheGreek]

What kind of birds do you expect to find? Quail? Huns?

Was hoping to find scaled quail, no luck.

 

[TheGreek]

Over 10 miles today on the Comanche NG in O***o county, hoping to find some scaled quail. No dice. Didn’t see a single bird. Creed hunted hard despite me having to pull cactus thorns from his paws multiple times. Luckily it’s not too hot and he found some water tanks to swim in.

I’m gonna head further SE to spend the night and hunt down where everyone says there are more birds in Ba## county.

 

[TheGreek]

Hunted pronghorn down there the first year that I lived in CO. Was prepping my muzzleloader at the range and chitchatting with a guy who'd hunted down there before. Told him which unit I'd be hunting.

"Oh yeah... the tarantula migration ought to be about done by then."
"The what now?"

Reader: the tarantula migration was in full-swing as your humble correspondent tried to camp in the midst of it.

Saw this dead tarantula today, still creeped me out

 

[TheGreek]

Any idea what this is?

 

[TheGreek]

Or what kind of scat this is? In NW CO, you’d think bear but it was all over the place down here. Can’t be that many bears down here.

 

[Birdbander]

Any idea what this is?View attachment 393945

Google image search says coyote gourd.

 

[WildWill]

Or what kind of scat this is? In NW CO, you’d think bear but it was all over the place down here. Can’t be that many bears down here.View attachment 393948View attachment 393949

I know of researchers keeping their eyes on around a half dozen bears in Cimarron County Oklahoma around black mesa. Sure looks like bear crap. Never seen any scaled quail on the Colorado side but have on the Oklahoma side of course that's where I spend most of my time. They're out there somewhere.

 

[Bigjay73]

There's elk, bears, turkeys, mountain lions and bighorn sheep in SE Colorado. Wouldn't have believed the sheep if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes

 

[Dsnow9]

Any idea what this is?View attachment 393945

Watermelons.

That part of the state is big watermelon farming country. Probably got planted by a bird or other animal if I had to guess.

 

[mevertsen]

Or what kind of scat this is? In NW CO, you’d think bear but it was all over the place down here. Can’t be that many bears down here.View attachment 393948View attachment 393949

Without a scale, I'd say coyote.

 

[Addicting]

Without a scale, I'd say coyote.

I saw more of those than I can count on our 5 days there. The warden told us to shoot as many as we could when we were out calling, there was no shortage.

 

[TheGreek]

Watermelons.

That part of the state is big watermelon farming country. Probably got planted by a bird or other animal if I had to guess.

I should know that. This Charles Bronson classic is one of my favorites, set in eastern or SE CO.

Mr. Majestyk - Wikipedia

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[TheGreek]

This is for @Ben Lamb. Gotta let them dogs breath post hunt. No Birkenstocks here.

 

[TheGreek]

Creed enjoying the hotel bed. He don’t get to do this at home.

 

[TheGreek]

Saw a pheasant once south of Campo. Goodluck some sparse country.

Sparse country is an accurate description. And miles of it.

 

[Pagosa]

I think its coon scat. Lots of big coons on the prairie, especially if they grow watermelons ot corn nearby

 

[TheGreek]

Google image search says coyote gourd.

I think you’re right.

Cucurbita palmata - Wikipedia

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[WildWill]

There's elk, bears, turkeys, mountain lions and bighorn sheep in SE Colorado. Wouldn't have believed the sheep if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes

They occasionally come on to the mesa in Oklahoma been fortunate enough to see them twice.