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Sounds great! I'll have to go pick some inserts up then! I'll definitely get those broadhead too! People were telling me to get them before my elk hunt and they were outta stock everytime I checked for the last few weeks before hunting!

There is a shop called bear moutain nearby my place! I will head there and check them out!

That makes a ton of sense. I am not sure what exactly shoots best for my bow yet. I will go out this next week and buy some more sets of arrows heads and inserts. What should I look for when I want "better results" I know grouping is an obvious one. But should I be looking for how deep they enter the target? Speed? What would be a good thing to really focus on when narrowing down what works for me

That is what I was worried about most. What I may do this year is try a couple days of camping without hunting near where I wanna go or I might try hiking up near the katchina peaks because they get pretty high as well! ASU has a vacume chamber over near William's field and they had me go in there once and it was not fun. If was for flight school. Crazy stuff

Yes that too!

Yeah there is a huge difference and I bet OTC only got worse with all the pressure since. The only elk expirience I had was when I went in Nov. But I mean even seeing an elk or hearing I would honestly be happy with if I were to even go!

Wow 750 is a lot! I wanna try and get up there if possible. Would be tough with such a short length. But still gonna aim to get it high as possible. Imma visit a shop within the next week! Like bear archery. Also yeah I'm worried about the elevation a ton. I would wanna hunt around 10000 ft and never been up that before and I have asthma. So that may be even worse. Would that canned oxygen help with anything? Or even worth it? I have been in pretty good shape lately when it comes to hiking but that elevation makes it just 3 times harder too. I will also be looking into some people who pack the animals put for us too. I heard of a few groups who do that for some hunters for a fair price. They do it by horse

I also have another question that is kinda related. Have you guys done any OTC CO elk? I wont ask for any units or spots. I've narrowed it down to about 15 choices. But what I wanted to ask was what kinda hunts do you prefer? Super high pressure with more elk around? Or mid to low with small amounts of elk?

Hey guys I wanted to go on my first shed adventure this year and I figured I would try and go up north of the big ditch and find some antlers! What is usually a good time period to go up there? Is march too early? Maybe april?

If you want a nice 4 wheeler look for a used honda rancher. Tons of fun! Big but still fun and great for hunting or just rec riding/trail riding. Artic cat was pretty cool too. I had a 2007 DVX 250. It was nice. Or if you're on a tighter budget find a polaris trail boss. They are very similar to Honda rancher but cheaper. But you get what you pay for remeber that! (Bad Carb issues for me) always had to play with the choke even after I rebuilt it myself then had a shop just get a new one.

Yeah. I figure due to mainly my draw length I was very limited on speed and one day someone told me if you cant shoot fast shoot heavy. But that was 1 week before my hunt so I didnt wanna change everything I worked on last minute. But now I have till september till CO OTC elk

Geez that just sounds like a roller coaster of emotions! That's crazy!

Sounds great! Thank you!

That's sick man! Really cool!

Thank you. That makes a lot of sense

I imagine then yes. Like if they implement a season itd probably be that you can only run them from Feb 1st through July 31st or something like that! If there is a camera out for anything then I guess itd be their legal right to seize that camera? I imagine we will see a clear cut law coming out soon!

You're right man. Let's agree to disagree this ain't getting anywhere! I'm sorry

Dude its sarcasm. I cleared it up and you're still acting like it's not. You think I dont listen to regs and the azgfd about why they do what they do?! Yeah sure. Because I was born yesturday. I just found out today that there was a draw too! Did you ever hear about that? OH BY THE WAY ITS SARCASM IF YOU DIDNT KNOW!

But it is...how should it be typed then? English professor?

It depends on animal needs. Clearly this year they didnt range far from their normal watering holes. But in others they do. It depends the early season for elk has a mate as number 1 priority. Water at 2. Food at 3 and probably shelter at 4. But in the late seasons it changes from Shelter to food or water then a mate which usually never happens. Its depends on the animals needs. So that is invalid too. It can be changed year by year and is variable

Its sarcasm. Get a brain

Well the thing with a season is that by the time the hunt comes around the deer are clearly behaving differently. From the 1 month span between August and september the elk behavior changes from the rut. So they'll be in different spots. So you dont have really any true clue on where the animals are from the time the camera season ends to when your hunt would begin. Unless of course you are doing the early OTC

You are taking bits and pieces of what I'm saying. You're not reading it all. Freaking talking to a brick wall

I am aware of that! Again if you actually read my entire messages youd see that. Keep preaching to the choir my friend!

Yeah I agree with the part of the fact people rely on just cameras. Which is why you ban them for the season and dont use them for hunting. But you can use them in the off season for a hobby to watch antler growth