2023 Colorado Trip

dgolden

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We set out for NW Colorado again to hunt 2nd rifle elk. We saw elk several days, but it was right before dark. We believe the full moon had them moving at night. This was confirmed by a trail camera that I put out on a pond we found.
My buddy shot a funky, half rack bull on day 2.
I had a bull in my scope on day 4 right at the end of legal shooting light, but I could not tell if he was legal or not. Had cows come by, but I did not have a cow tag this year.
I actually witnessed 2 different mule deer get poached from the road. Called the warden in hopes he would be able to catch them. He was worn out from all the calls of deer being poached this year.

Can't wait to go out west and hunt again next year. We're learning more and more each year. Absolutely love it out there!
 

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What a delightful trip! Glad y'all had such a successful hunt.
I agree on the full moon—was in Western Nebraska hunting whitetails this past weekend, and the morning hunts were totally shot. But the evening hunts were good.
 

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What a delightful trip! Glad y'all had such a successful hunt.
I agree on the full moon—was in Western Nebraska hunting whitetails this past weekend, and the morning hunts were totally shot. But the evening hunts were good.
We never saw an elk in the morning. We saw elk 5 of the 9 days we hunted. Every time it was the last 10-20 minutes of daylight. Trail camera was on fire from midnight to 5 am 🤦🏻‍♂️😩
 

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Congrats on a safe and great trip!
Hate that those muleys got poached. People are ridiculous all across the country.

How were the temps? Seems like it's been warm in a lot of places, that probably hasn't helped much either.
 

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Congrats on a safe and great trip!
Hate that those muleys got poached. People are ridiculous all across the country.

How were the temps? Seems like it's been warm in a lot of places, that probably hasn't helped much either.
Most mornings it was around 20-25 degrees with highs around 45-50. The last 3 days were warm with highs in the 60's.
 

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