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<blockquote data-quote="alby" data-source="post: 562965" data-attributes="member: 38443"><p>smchop: Welcome to the fun an challenges of hunting Elk in Colorado. There is alot of good info in these posts. </p><p> </p><p>After taking a look at your post I did some quick research at the CDOW site on GMU 15 because its a unit I have never hunt in. The Upper Yampa is what they call that area. By looking at 2010 numbers ide say you got a tough area to hunt. Some of the lower success rates, and a decent amount of hunters competing in the area. Also I have this nice little tool that shows private and public lands in GMU units and you got a nice piece of Nation Forest to hunt on but I imagine most people are right there and on alot of the main roads. Mostly High country 8 to 10000ft is gonna put you in the dark timber for alot of your hunting. You have probably learning all this kind of info so Ill throw out a couple tips.</p><p> </p><p>I agree with WyoElk2Hunt in scouting is one of the best ways to be successfull. If you can get back down into that area 3rd season do it. You dont have to do a ton of walking, just get around the mountain and look for tracks and travel patterns. Best scouting will be through out the first two seasons up to your season. But even then they can still move on ya. 1st season is always the most popular hunting season for rifle. Its the end of rut and much easier to get the position of the animals and catch them off guard. I was lucky enough this second season to still have alot of bugling around me and that sure is fun!</p><p> </p><p>Major weather changes are your friend, they will get the animals moving. By the looks of the terrain there, most people wont want to get out and walk. So use the terrain to your advantage. And most likely you will shoot it in a canyon so be prepaired to quarter it and pack it out.</p><p> </p><p>As far as having a plan goes, its good to have a general idea of what you want to accomplish in a certain day. That doesnt mean you wont catch a fresh set of tracks and wind up doing something different. But in general have an idea of what canyon, you want to hunt, or ridge you wanna scout out. Or flat you want to watch at first light.</p><p> </p><p>I could go on for days, but ill cut it off there. Good luck and good shooting!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alby, post: 562965, member: 38443"] smchop: Welcome to the fun an challenges of hunting Elk in Colorado. There is alot of good info in these posts. After taking a look at your post I did some quick research at the CDOW site on GMU 15 because its a unit I have never hunt in. The Upper Yampa is what they call that area. By looking at 2010 numbers ide say you got a tough area to hunt. Some of the lower success rates, and a decent amount of hunters competing in the area. Also I have this nice little tool that shows private and public lands in GMU units and you got a nice piece of Nation Forest to hunt on but I imagine most people are right there and on alot of the main roads. Mostly High country 8 to 10000ft is gonna put you in the dark timber for alot of your hunting. You have probably learning all this kind of info so Ill throw out a couple tips. I agree with WyoElk2Hunt in scouting is one of the best ways to be successfull. If you can get back down into that area 3rd season do it. You dont have to do a ton of walking, just get around the mountain and look for tracks and travel patterns. Best scouting will be through out the first two seasons up to your season. But even then they can still move on ya. 1st season is always the most popular hunting season for rifle. Its the end of rut and much easier to get the position of the animals and catch them off guard. I was lucky enough this second season to still have alot of bugling around me and that sure is fun! Major weather changes are your friend, they will get the animals moving. By the looks of the terrain there, most people wont want to get out and walk. So use the terrain to your advantage. And most likely you will shoot it in a canyon so be prepaired to quarter it and pack it out. As far as having a plan goes, its good to have a general idea of what you want to accomplish in a certain day. That doesnt mean you wont catch a fresh set of tracks and wind up doing something different. But in general have an idea of what canyon, you want to hunt, or ridge you wanna scout out. Or flat you want to watch at first light. I could go on for days, but ill cut it off there. Good luck and good shooting! [/QUOTE]
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