I'm kind of surprised that none of you guys in the know have not recommended muzzle loaders in the Colorado early season. As I understand it from the guys who have been out there that muzzle loader season follows the bow season when the bulls are still bugling and there are more of them on the hoof because it is before the rifle seasons. We always hunted the third gun season out there and needed the weather to push the elk. We were out there with a bunch of guys with cow tags and when everyone in camp fills up with their cow, there is lots of pressure to be thinking any bull will do and then we can all leave together. Our group leader with the ranch in Wyoming said the same thing about the best meat being from the cows and he was always hunting for a calf of the year.
