JohnCushman
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I took my wife on her first ever hunting trip today. She has a tag for a late season antelope doe. We didn't get one, but it was amazing to see her excitement when she saw one run across the road and found a small herd all on her own. She is hooked!!
Herein lies my problem.... Thanks in large part to outdoor TV, she has been obsessed with whitetail deer and wants a buck in the worst way. Whitetails are pretty scarce where I am in Colorado, and the tags are all draw (unless you can find a leftover with public land), and most of the land where I am is privately owned...so getting her a whitetail where I am is a pretty slim outlook. Plus she has no points for anything in Colorado yet. Her birthday is in November (Veteran's Day) and I would really love to find a way to get her a buck next year.
So, I am looking to trade a hunt with a fellow Hunt Talker before I start looking in to outfitted or guided hunts. She has rheumatoid arthritis, so a blind or tree stand set up would be preferred, since she isn't very mobile for long distances, especially in cold weather. The hunt time wouldn't have to be right on her birthday. She is a crack shot with her rifle out to 300 yards, and 200 with a scoped muzzleloader, and she will be shooting a bow by next season, so season dates are wide open. She says she'd prefer a rifle hunt, but she will be just as excited about any weapon. I don't want to use up anyone's time during the rut. We will travel anywhere in the country, since we both enjoy travelling and I like showing her other parts of the country.
What I can offer in trade... Antelope... Archery tags where I am are OTC and muzzleloader bucks can be drawn as a NR for 0-1 point. Archery starts August 15th and runs usually to September 20th. The 2 weeks in August are buck only, then September is either sex. Muzzleloader season is getting moved next year to right after archery season ends and runs for (if I remember correctly) 8 days. I live about 15 minutes from the hunting area in the Comanchee National Grasslands (400,000+ acres of public land) and know the area very well. I have a 5 bedroom house to put you up in and a degree in Culinary Arts, so I can feed you pretty damn well too (and my wife makes the BEST meatballs and spaghetti sauce). I have taken 4 archery bucks, a rifle buck, and several muzzleloader and rifle does in the area in the 7 years I have lived here. The way the archery season runs, you could easily plan in an archery elk hunt as well. I have several freezers, as well as all the necessary butchering equipment, so caring for your animal is no issue.
Thanks for reading this long winded post and hopefully some consideration...I just want to do something cool for my wife.
Herein lies my problem.... Thanks in large part to outdoor TV, she has been obsessed with whitetail deer and wants a buck in the worst way. Whitetails are pretty scarce where I am in Colorado, and the tags are all draw (unless you can find a leftover with public land), and most of the land where I am is privately owned...so getting her a whitetail where I am is a pretty slim outlook. Plus she has no points for anything in Colorado yet. Her birthday is in November (Veteran's Day) and I would really love to find a way to get her a buck next year.
So, I am looking to trade a hunt with a fellow Hunt Talker before I start looking in to outfitted or guided hunts. She has rheumatoid arthritis, so a blind or tree stand set up would be preferred, since she isn't very mobile for long distances, especially in cold weather. The hunt time wouldn't have to be right on her birthday. She is a crack shot with her rifle out to 300 yards, and 200 with a scoped muzzleloader, and she will be shooting a bow by next season, so season dates are wide open. She says she'd prefer a rifle hunt, but she will be just as excited about any weapon. I don't want to use up anyone's time during the rut. We will travel anywhere in the country, since we both enjoy travelling and I like showing her other parts of the country.
What I can offer in trade... Antelope... Archery tags where I am are OTC and muzzleloader bucks can be drawn as a NR for 0-1 point. Archery starts August 15th and runs usually to September 20th. The 2 weeks in August are buck only, then September is either sex. Muzzleloader season is getting moved next year to right after archery season ends and runs for (if I remember correctly) 8 days. I live about 15 minutes from the hunting area in the Comanchee National Grasslands (400,000+ acres of public land) and know the area very well. I have a 5 bedroom house to put you up in and a degree in Culinary Arts, so I can feed you pretty damn well too (and my wife makes the BEST meatballs and spaghetti sauce). I have taken 4 archery bucks, a rifle buck, and several muzzleloader and rifle does in the area in the 7 years I have lived here. The way the archery season runs, you could easily plan in an archery elk hunt as well. I have several freezers, as well as all the necessary butchering equipment, so caring for your animal is no issue.
Thanks for reading this long winded post and hopefully some consideration...I just want to do something cool for my wife.
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