I got there early on day 4 and glassed 6 cows and a bull high above me at 650 yards. I kept pushing, and a certain area seemed to hold a lot of Elk.
#COLORADO ELK SEASON 2021 RIFLE ZIP#
I bumped him at 30 yards and saw him explode into the next zip code. Unlike hunting in VT, I foolishly didn't have my gun ready, mostly because I thought "This isn't how you hunt elk, I'm sure this won't work". On day 2 I bumped a mature bull in the dark timber after following his tracks, just like we do in VT. The Hunt: Over the next 4 days I put on lots of miles and did as much glassing (as much as I could given relatively heavy vegetation). I made it in, and made camp, seeing no wildlife and just a couple sets of mule deer and coyote tracks on the way in. It had snowed pretty good that night and there was about 6" of wet snow at lower elevations, and more up top. My plan was to hike 4 miles in and make camp near a water source, well into a wilderness area. Spoiler alert: I never saw another human in the 6 days I spent hunting and packing out. On the ground: Having heard horror stories about CO OTC hunts, I was pleasantly surprised to see only 2 other trucks at the trailhead. I drove half way to my Plan A hunt spot and stopped for the night. I have chains, a locker, and a winch for my truck at home, so I was a little nervous about driving a stock 1500 into the mountains. The tires on the rental truck were actually not bad. I bought 4 bags of quickcrete at home depot for weight.
#COLORADO ELK SEASON 2021 RIFLE PRO#
Frontier Airlines was cool and they let me on.ĭenver: I rented a pickup and I bought my tag at Bass Pro and grabbed a few last minute items like stove fuel (which you can't fly with).
A latching case with 2 locks is what you need.
If you fly with a gun, definitely do a better job researching than I did. They almost didn't let me on the plane because even though my bag had hard sides, they were connected via zipper. I booked a flight to Denver for a couple days after 2nd rifle started, since I wanted to be home for Halloween and tick-or-treat with my 2 year old.įlight: I fit my gun (.30-06 with 4.5-12 VX3) and most of my gear into a golf bag and carried on my backpack and a small duffle. The hunt would be completely solo, and I had decided it would be a backpack hunt, provided the snow didn't push me out. Collins and doing a lot of E-scouting, I settled on an area a ways outside of Denver. Strategy: Starting out in July, it seemed like the most viable option for an OTC hunt (only option?) would be Colorado.
I'd never hunted anywhere but VT and NH prior to this trip. I prefer tracking them in the snow when the conditions allow. I'm in okay shape and I hunt whitetails pretty hard. Not because I'm super-knowledgeable, but because Elk hunting is a lot more approachable for novices than I had thought, and I want to share my experience.īackground: I live in Vermont's green mountains. The purpose of this post is to share my experience. About this time last year, after a recent interest in western hunting but no successful applications (besides a Montana Deer B tag for a unit I wasn't very excited about) I decided to commit to hunting Colorado over-the-counter.
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