Colorado peeps!

[dsayer]

That's a great buck! Congrats!!

 

[dsayer]

Sorry I've been slow to respond and overall absent from the forum lately. A full week away from work seems to equate to 3 weeks of make up.

As I've said before, we had to change hunting locations this year due to a fire so we were going in a little blind outside of the few days I spent scouting this summer. It took us a full 3 days to locate the elk but then felt pretty confident going into the last half of the season. Saw good numbers of elk (and lots of deer) and had few in range but none that presented clear and ethical shots. So, nothing but good memories and tag soup this year!

Here are a few photos for kicks.

 

[wtilenw]

Very nicely done!! great buck, great shot.

 

[azmntman]

A good time makes tag sup easier to take :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Thanks for the excellent photos. What part of CO and is that critter a marmot?

 

[Zonie]

Beautiful country and it's good to see you got a furry little friend to share it with.

That little guy showing up would make the whole trip worthwhile for a lot of us. :thumbsup:

 

[dsayer]

The little critter is a pine marten. He hung out with me at that spot for about 20 minutes. Figure I was glassing from his toilet or something...

azmntman,
We drew tags for units 28, 37, and 371. So, let's say somewhere in one of those units... Plus it's 10 miles from the road and one of those perplexing "uphill both ways" hikes! To anyone who might be reading this, you definitely don't want to hunt there. :haha: :hatsoff:

 

[excess650]

cute little bugger

 

[longcruise]

Nice pictures and the pine marten must have been a fun encounter. I was in 28 this year but went all civilized and camped in a FS campground.

I had an archery elk tag too but didn't really pursue them. I saw elk and they were all low in the valleys near water. What was different this year was how brown and dry the ground cover was around and above timberline.

 

[hoochiepapa]

I just read an article where pine martens are hunting and killing linx! They won't go after bobcat. This months American Hunter.

 

[longcruise]

That seems pretty incredible. I'm going to look that up. They don't seem that big and tough!