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Looking for any information from past hunters. First time hunting 55. Looking at fossil ridge and Cumberland gap areas.

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Sorry,I never hunted there.ATV'S, OTC's, and crowds I hear

bring plenty of food and booze, it will be fun camping with everyone else in the U S A hunting will suck but it will be a fun camping trip. Passed through there a few years back going to a draw area . Less traffic on I 70

I had always wanted to check that area out myself. Looks like ponderosa's, pinon, and canyonlands to me.

I'm kinds surprised to hear some of the guys say it's crowded but maybe it is one of those units where they issue a lot of tags.

I think smokepole and Alpincrick are the regulars that are closest to that vicinity. Beanman and Exbiologist are a little further off. If you can get the opinion of one of those guys they might know how to hunt it.

Thanks for the replies. Will have plenty of Moonshine

Would anyone who is familiar with gmu 55 send me private message. I been looking over a topo map

Quite a few elk. Burning the boot leather is the key.

I quit hunting 55 several years ago. Too many hunters and too many ATVs. I don't even go up there to fish anymore.

You are quite right about that. However, there are still a few spots that the hordes don't mess with very much. I go there

More people than I wanted to hunt with, but that's been years ago.

Any info on places around crested butte

Any info on places around crested butte

slingbalde: Here is some... well a lot of information, on the Fossil Ridge Wilderness area near Gunnison from www.summitpost.org. Jon Brafford article credit. Lots of nice photos and a wealth of information. I have never hunted here, but thought this might help you in some ways. HH

http://www.summitpost.org/square-top-mountain-fossil-ridge-wild/154442

Thanks

Any information about slaughterhouse gulch?

Slaughterhouse is a popular ATV route.

Our local paper had an article yesterday about the folks in Tin Cup complaining about the traffic and crowds. USFS claims they're going to do something about it.

That's a no

Looking over 55 I have found a place I wanna try question is if I hike 2 miles from nearest road or trail. In pretty steep terrain. Will I be far enough to avoid crowds.

A whole 2 miles hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa