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<blockquote data-quote="BHC" data-source="post: 1352719" data-attributes="member: 56323"><p>SW MT is a lot of snow compared to the western side of CO. Grand Junction is essentially a high mountain desert. Mild winter usually. Montrose and Durango are higher elevations with Durango getting the most snow, but nothing like MT. MT area around Bozeman would be good if you like to hunt, fish and may need to work. There should be work around the Bozeman area but again, if you wife doesn't like snow, MT gets a lot. </p><p>Stream fishing in CO is easy. By a license and I don't remember any problems. Certain areas are Gold Medal waters where catch and release mandatory, however, most streams I remember fishing are wide open and a ready for a fly rod or drifting salmon eggs into a hole for cutthroats. </p><p>I live in FL now so I can attest to the awesomeness of the winters down here. Summers are more difficult because of humidity but still not bad as you acclimate. Hunting is terrible down here from my perspective, having grown up in CO. Shooting a whitetail is like shooting a dog with horns, no offense to the southern hunter. A rocky mtn bull elk is a lot different, lol. Plus I don't have to worry about getting bit by a 6ft eastern diamondback or run into any man eating gators. I hunt MT as well and the predator population has seemingly exploded and the game population has suffered for it. In CO you won't run into any wolf packs or grizzlies, black bears yes but they don't worry me as much as the grizzlies do. Depending on where you live or what piece of land you by in western CO, you could be in good hunting ground fairly quickly. Like I posted before, a 45 min drive from my buddies house in Montrose and l'm stepping out of the truck to hunt elk at 8000ft. He can get to town in 10 minutes as well. Obviously, I'm bias towards CO but western CO has a lot of appeal. Wyoming does have the reputation of being windy but excellent antelope hunting. However, if you get into the four corners area, like Durango and Cortez, NM next door has some good antelope hunting as well, though I am not speaking from personal experience. If you like living up in the high country, more snow obviously, the Gunnison area is an option, though hunting there has a lot of private land. Blue Mesa is the largest lake in CO and is not very far from Gunnison. Buy a small boat and you can troll for lake trout and Kokane salmon in those waters. Best of luck to you and hope you find a good spot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BHC, post: 1352719, member: 56323"] SW MT is a lot of snow compared to the western side of CO. Grand Junction is essentially a high mountain desert. Mild winter usually. Montrose and Durango are higher elevations with Durango getting the most snow, but nothing like MT. MT area around Bozeman would be good if you like to hunt, fish and may need to work. There should be work around the Bozeman area but again, if you wife doesn't like snow, MT gets a lot. Stream fishing in CO is easy. By a license and I don't remember any problems. Certain areas are Gold Medal waters where catch and release mandatory, however, most streams I remember fishing are wide open and a ready for a fly rod or drifting salmon eggs into a hole for cutthroats. I live in FL now so I can attest to the awesomeness of the winters down here. Summers are more difficult because of humidity but still not bad as you acclimate. Hunting is terrible down here from my perspective, having grown up in CO. Shooting a whitetail is like shooting a dog with horns, no offense to the southern hunter. A rocky mtn bull elk is a lot different, lol. Plus I don't have to worry about getting bit by a 6ft eastern diamondback or run into any man eating gators. I hunt MT as well and the predator population has seemingly exploded and the game population has suffered for it. In CO you won't run into any wolf packs or grizzlies, black bears yes but they don't worry me as much as the grizzlies do. Depending on where you live or what piece of land you by in western CO, you could be in good hunting ground fairly quickly. Like I posted before, a 45 min drive from my buddies house in Montrose and l'm stepping out of the truck to hunt elk at 8000ft. He can get to town in 10 minutes as well. Obviously, I'm bias towards CO but western CO has a lot of appeal. Wyoming does have the reputation of being windy but excellent antelope hunting. However, if you get into the four corners area, like Durango and Cortez, NM next door has some good antelope hunting as well, though I am not speaking from personal experience. If you like living up in the high country, more snow obviously, the Gunnison area is an option, though hunting there has a lot of private land. Blue Mesa is the largest lake in CO and is not very far from Gunnison. Buy a small boat and you can troll for lake trout and Kokane salmon in those waters. Best of luck to you and hope you find a good spot. [/QUOTE]
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