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They only respond to large checks or wads of cash. +1
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I have seen some nice bulls just south of the Wyoming-Colorado border while driving up to Cheyenne.
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Here's a "flatland" elk I shot along the Purgatoire river.
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I have hunted elk in 'flatland' areas, if you could call it that, as far east in Colorado as Elbert. It could be more accurately characterized as foothills terrain, with bluffs, drainages, timber covered covered slopes, and open sagebrush, grass, and scrub oak flats. Elevations are in the 5000-7000' range. Took a cow elk SE of Castle Rock, E. of the interstate, several years ago. I often see elk both east and west of the interstate between Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
I used to live west of I25, southwest of Castle Rock, near Perry Park. Elk were frequent visitors, and I hunted them along Tomah Road. A few years ago, a neighbor of mine took a very nice 6x6 bull a few miles north of Pueblo, along Fountain Creek east of I25.
As indicated, these areas are pretty much exclusively private land, and most of it is either tied up by outfitters, or on property where the owners do not allow hunting.
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Flat land elk go to Arizona Nah--we sent all the flat elk to Nebraska and Kentucky......
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In the last 2-3 weeks my wife and I have spotted elk between Franktown and Colorado Springs on the west side of #83 and east of Kiowa south of #86. Some nice bulls but private land.
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Just got back from the range. Someone hit a 5x Bull on Hodgon Road with thier car or truck last night, about 3 miles east of me here. From the looks of the debris, the vehickle didn't not come out of it very good either. Full velvet yet and it looked like it had some growing to do yet.
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I would not plan on seeing much for elk if you are looking into the east of I-25 area in Colorado. Very low numbers, not even enough to give a density statistic, possible yes but it is also possible for me to draw a sheep tag in every western state in the year 2012 too but will it really happen? You will always here of elk being shot out there, I know a guy who shot a dandy 6 point from the castle rock area. It was on private but it happens. There is a herd in the monument/palmer divide area but its small and covers lots of ground, with zero public land and a large chunk of the private is subdivided into 5, 10, and 40 acre lots. Not exactly ideal hunting conditions. Elk are also seen south of the springs along I-25 but those come off of Fort Carson and there is a OTC archery hunt there. The bad thing is that with the addition of thousands of new troops and troops returning home, they take up all of the sub-units hunting units on the base for training (they do have priority). It is a pain in the @$$ to hunt Ft. Carson with all of the additional requirments, regs, small sub-units etc.... but possible.
You will probably find some outfitter that has access to some large chunks of property that could offer elk hunts but even then I would be very suspicious of elk hunts in the plains east of I-25. Like previously stated the only reason they have seasons there is to eradicate elk to keep them from causing problems.
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