Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Changes in elk tags for NW Colorado

Too bad they didn't put Polis and his First husband in one of those crates and ship them back to Oregon.

All those CPW employees will be out of work in five years when there are not enough elk and deer to sell enough licenses to support them.

Never fear, the lost revenue from license sales of deer and elk tags will be more than offset by tourist dollars doing wolf watching

This wolf reintroduction is nothing short of a travesty. Apparently weve not learned anything from the Yellowstone reintroduction. The other thing, wolves would have been in the state soon enough as witnessed by the pack up by Walden. I get the "complete ecosystem" concept but this isn't Alaska or Siberia where they have 1000s miles to roam. It won't be long, livestock growers will be dealing with them. Maybe that's a side benefit - all the cattle and sheep I saw 5-6 miles into the backcountry this summer will absorb most of the hit. I can't see how those free range animals will fair too well against a predator they've never experienced.

I’m in agreement with saddlesore & the kid. Went on my first elk hunt at 40 the year my dad passed without ever hunting elk. I’ll be 65 this year & haven’t missed a season in NW Colorado since. The idea of skipping a year makes no sense to me unless I’m injured or extremely broke.

But the wolves will likely make next year my last in Colorado. I’ll use 8 points for a cow tag and move to Utah, Idaho or somewhere else.