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Applications for the Colorado draw have to be submitted in a few weeks. I don't like to procrastinate so always submit well before the deadline. Here's what I applied for:
I have 16 preference points for elk. That's not enough to get a tag in any of the premium units that I have been waiting for.
1st choice Elk - Preference point.
2nd choice Elk - 3rd season Cow tag in an undersubscribed unit. I'll probably get that one. It's also a unit where OTC Bull tags are valid, so I'll go into the field with a cow tag and a bull tag.
I have no preference points for deer.
1st choice Deer - 2nd season Buck tag in the same unit where I will be hunting elk. It was undersubscribed last year so I have a pretty good chance of getting that tag.
I have 12 preference points for pronghorns.
1st choice Pronghorns - Buck tag in a trophy unit that required minimum of 12 points last year. Might get that one.
2nd choice Pronghorns - Doe tag in a unit close to home, that required zero points last year.
I have 3 + 11 points for Mountain Goats.
1st choice Mountain Goat - Either sex tag in the same unit where I hunted goats on a special management hunt, ten years ago. No statistics available for goat points. So it's anybody's guess.
I think I actually have a chance of getting either a mountain goat tag or a pronghorn tag in a trophy unit. So I'm not going to apply in any other states this year.
What are you guys applying for?
KC
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I don't think there is a unit in the state worth 12pts for lope. Hope you aren't holding out for 3, that place has gone down hill.
With 16pts for elk, I would have tried for 61 or 76. There are 6000+ People with 16 or more points for elk right now.
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dogcatcher:
I respect your opinions, but I disagree.
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Desert bighorn in the unit by Cortez
High Country mule deer Unit 74---I've got 10 points I may draw that.
elk--1st rifle either sex
Moose----ranching for wildlife unit---I've max point 3 plus 12--I doubt it but someone has to draw.
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PP for moose, at 55 I don't think I'll live long enough to draw a bull. PP for elk, and then bull tag 4th rifle, cow tag third choice 4th rifle, and late rifle cow as the final choice. PP for muley.
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I'm hunting first season for bulls and 3rd season for mulies. I won't draw goat or sheep for a long, long time so just Points there.
Can't hunt in September or I'd chase bulls with my bow and possibly deer, too.
If somebody on this thread draws a goat or sheep tag, PLEASE PM me. I'd love to tag along and pack.
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You're on speed dial.....
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Hoping to tag along on that bull hunt with you.
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Lee. I have put in for moose every year they have had a draw. Think I'll quit this year. . Too old to do it as I couldn't
get one out if I killed it. I gave up on sheep and goat too.
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Elk, either sex, first rifle hunt in Unit 23.
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Preference point for use next year (THANKS KC and saddlesore!)
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I don't think there is a unit in the state worth 12pts for lope...
In 2010, I drew a Unit 79 pronghorn tag and killed a buck that made Boone & Crockett. It might be worth 12 points...
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3rd season deer,
PP for elk..need one more point to be in the running for the muzz tag i want.
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That'd be worth 12, congrats!
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12 years to shoot one antelope...or go to Wyoming and you can dang near shoot one every year.
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You wouldnt be going to Wyoming to shoot one every year if everyone was doing it..
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Heck didn't know you could shoot a booner every year in WY. I'll have to go up there and roll a couple of book bucks.
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12pts is no guarantee of a booner here either.
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CO sucks for antelope. Glad his plan of spending 12 points worked perfectly. WY is way better choice. No argument just saying it was 12 points well spent.
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Elk - OTC bull tag, as always. Will buy it later this year.
Elk - RFW cow tag for Snake River Ranch. I have a Pref Point so that should work.
Deer - undecided, Unit 3 or 4, 3rd season. No Pref Points. Also undecided on buck or doe. May just apply for a Pref Point.
Antelope - Preference Point. That will make 7.
Bear - Pref Point if anything. Have 3 now. Don't know if I'll bother.
Wyoming antelope - doe tag Unit 9. That should fly. May get a leftover if available.
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