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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008With the combined hunting experience of 269 years, 12 hunters traveled 3400+ round trip miles to hunt Colorado’s elk on a six-day hunting excursion. Thousands of dollars for each hunter was paid in advance to hunt on a private ranch and public hunting area, Unit 15.
Out of state elk licenses for a bull elk cost [...]
Bugling Bull Elk at Rocky Mountain National Park
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Monday Dalton and I helped break down elk camp after a month of bow hunting. We traveled to Longmont to the eastern side of the Rockies, unloaded the gear, and planned to ride through the RMNP on our way back to Steamboat. On the east side of the Rockies, just outside of Estes Park, but [...]
Elk Hunting Tree Dance
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008While Elk Hunting, some hunters perform the ‘Tree Dance’. What’s a tree dance you ask? Not really a dance at all, but the noise will bring elk in from within hearing distance. It emulates the sound of bulls fighting during their rut season. Dalton also uses branches in this video to copy a bull elk [...]
Kremmling, Colorado, a Hunting Mecca
Friday, September 19th, 2008About 100 miles west of Denver or 50 miles south of Steamboat in Grand County lies Kremmling, Colorado surrounded by the Routt National Forest on the northwest and the Arapaho National Forest on the northeast and southeast.
Elk Statue in Kremmling
Kremmling is known for its friendly, small town atmosphere. It is centrally located in Colorado’s northern [...]
From a Ghost to a heaving Elk to a Black Angus Cow?
Monday, September 15th, 2008How weird can a hunting trip get? This one, folks, tops them all beginning with a long hike back to a secret elk hunting spot and picking up a ghost who apparently wanted to go hunting. I promise you, though the sun was shining brightly, I was not delirious!
Gerry, Dalton and I decided today would [...]
Second Colorado Elk Hunting Trip
Friday, September 12th, 2008I am finally back to civilization after spending two days in the woods, climbing over fallen trees, over the tallest mountains, and ridges (and might I add to that, I’ll have the best looking buttocks in Steamboat),
tiptoeing on rocks to cross creeks (and cow patties) up one holler (yes I said holler, I am southern) [...]
Attention Hunters….
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008Blogging Us would like to publish your recent 2008 hunting stories and pictures. It’s free and I will provide you with a link back to your personal story with photographs, if you provide them.
The only requirement is that the hunt originated in Colorado and pertains to this year’s 2008 hunting season. No colorful language, as [...]
Colorado Elk Starting to Bugle
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008With the weather cooling off, the elk in Routt National Forest are once again starting to visit the lower regions coming down from the upper areas of the mountains to herd up for rut season.
Dalton and I went for a drive Sunday evening, not quite sure as to what wildlife we’d see and were very [...]
Elk Hunting - First Weekend Out
Monday, September 1st, 2008This is my first experience elk hunting, my last big game hunting was 32 years ago, and that was deer hunting in Pa. Quite a bit of time has evolved since then, and I’ve found my body isn’t as spry as it once was to handle all the hiking involved. I hiked quite a bit [...]
Can I hear an Elk bugle, please?
Friday, August 29th, 2008Tomorrow morning starts one of the Colorado’s big game hunts, archery for elk hunting, and I will be amongst many who participate calling the big bulls. Dalton bought me a ‘Hoochie Momma’, a cow elk caller for those who aren’t familiar with this device.
According to him, it’s practically faultless, but none the less, I must [...]
