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<blockquote data-quote="QuietHunter" data-source="post: 3221" data-attributes="member: 808"><p><strong>Re: D.C.\'s spot</strong></p><p></p><p>Brent</p><p>For deer, elk, antelope and bear preference points can just keep accumulating. For sheep and goat, they max at 3 points and then go to a weighted system. Apply for preference points even if you know you cannot hunt that species that year. You can always buy a tag for a general area later if you can hunt.</p><p></p><p>Houston Boy</p><p>I spent most of a summer a few years ago scouting sheep for a friend from Lousiana who drew a tag in the area you want to hunt. Get a few preference points and get proficient with a muzzle gun and I could point you in the right direction for an incredible elk hunt in a draw only area. I need to check stats to see what it would typically take. While I did not see too many large bulls, the terrain is awesome there was ample opportunity to do spot and stalk at treeline. Saw one nice bull at over 13000' in the middle of a boulder field bedded - a good mile from the nearest vegetation. No chance for ATV there since most of it is vertical.</p><p>BTW - Colorado has 55 Fourteeners, and you are right that most of them are in that area. Due to the popularity of climbing Fourteeners, one rarely finds the animals on those peaks - Mountain goats, but not elk, sheep or deer. That helps you narrow down where the critters will be in those areas... just get away from the popular climbing routes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietHunter, post: 3221, member: 808"] [b]Re: D.C.\'s spot[/b] Brent For deer, elk, antelope and bear preference points can just keep accumulating. For sheep and goat, they max at 3 points and then go to a weighted system. Apply for preference points even if you know you cannot hunt that species that year. You can always buy a tag for a general area later if you can hunt. Houston Boy I spent most of a summer a few years ago scouting sheep for a friend from Lousiana who drew a tag in the area you want to hunt. Get a few preference points and get proficient with a muzzle gun and I could point you in the right direction for an incredible elk hunt in a draw only area. I need to check stats to see what it would typically take. While I did not see too many large bulls, the terrain is awesome there was ample opportunity to do spot and stalk at treeline. Saw one nice bull at over 13000' in the middle of a boulder field bedded - a good mile from the nearest vegetation. No chance for ATV there since most of it is vertical. BTW - Colorado has 55 Fourteeners, and you are right that most of them are in that area. Due to the popularity of climbing Fourteeners, one rarely finds the animals on those peaks - Mountain goats, but not elk, sheep or deer. That helps you narrow down where the critters will be in those areas... just get away from the popular climbing routes. [/QUOTE]
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