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Got a last second deal on a hunt in this area. Be there on the 17th. Anyone familiar with this area?

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No, but it is probably going to be a first rate hunt.
You have probably hit the jackpot.

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my nephew's Trinidad bull......375

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Went out there to check out the college. Didn't attend but regardless if you get a bull or not - the scenery will not suck.


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Wow, that bull would be a dream come true

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Originally Posted by teal
Went out there to check out the college. Didn't attend but regardless if you get a bull or not - the scenery will not suck.


Maybe you didn't ask nicely?


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Originally Posted by Fireball2
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Went out there to check out the college. Didn't attend but regardless if you get a bull or not - the scenery will not suck.


Maybe you didn't ask nicely?


Wife (ex now) simply didn't want to live in the area and had doubts about my desire to attend gunsmith school - what would I do for work after etc.

Ended up buzzing up to Breck - spent a day skiing and went home. Loved the Trinidad area tho - get down to Raton to see the Whittington Center too.

Beautiful country.


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If you're hungry in Trinidad, check out the Wonderful House. World class Chinese food. I have eaten at the Empress of China in San Francisco and Wonderful House is every bit as good. Plus you don't have to go all the way to California for it! It's just under the I25 overpass from the Colorado Welcome Center.

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Nice bull!


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Everyone in Colorado knows someone who knows someone who has killed a nice bull on some private ranch west of Trinidad. But they never seem to reveal the details of which ranch or where.

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My buddy Ted shoots his Colorado elk on a little spread known as the Vermejo Park Ranch.

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Name of the place I'm going is crazy French ranch. Anyone heard of it?

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Crazy French Ranch has some huge elk. A friend of mine named Johnnie Hamilton used to guide on that ranch and he had many clients take some very impressive elk.

It was a fairly expensive place to hunt, but provided good elk. If you got a bargain, you are going to have a great hunt.

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Ted Turner owns the Vermijo and last I checked , hunts were $10K or so
I think Crazy French is in or was in the Ranching For Wildlife hunts with CPW and Colorado residents.


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Originally Posted by saddlesore
Ted Turner owns the Vermijo and last I checked , hunts were $10K or so
I think Crazy French is in or was in the Ranching For Wildlife hunts with CPW and Colorado residents.


You're correct about Ted Turner owning the Vermejo Park Ranch. Rifle elk hunts are $10K to $15K on New Mexico portion, didn't see any prices for the Colorado portion.

www.vermejoparkranch.com

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First morning and I had my first run in with a bull. About 600 yds on the far side off a canyon. No way to get closer. It's hot!

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Originally Posted by KC


Everyone in Colorado knows someone who knows someone who has killed a nice bull on some private ranch west of Trinidad. But they never seem to reveal the details of which ranch or where.

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That is because they don't want to talk about how much they had to pay to kill that bull.

I have a friend who regularly pays 15k to hunt trophy bulls on private ground, and he takes them at a pretty good rate. He's taken 3 over 350.


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