cmbbulldog

A couple live photos...

Excellent!

370+. That is a stud of a bull.

Id rather see the pics after the hunt anyway. Good on you for helping out on 7 tags, including 3 youth tags. Looking forward to the postseason pics.

Looks good!

My first call would be to A3

Awesome bull. Congrats to all involved.

Good work!

Congrats guys.

Congrats to the those with tags!

Going to be a banner elk, cant watch to watch this thread thru the summer.

They are legal in CO. Supply issues can be tough, especially later in the summer... so get sighted in now. Great review on the Thors. It is what I will be shooting this fall in CO.

"My self and my family have tc encores. They really shoot well. They come with fiber optic sights, but a peep sight is better through my eyes. Look into power belt bullets. They aren't the best bullet out there when you compare em to sabots, but the are legal in CO. It's either that or the old school Great Plains bullets. Also there's no pellets allowed so you need to use loose powder. I would strongly suggest blackhorn 209 as it is far superior to pyrodex (garbage IMO). It's a fun hunt, if you're drawing a unit that takes less then 10 pts to draw, shoot the first legal bull you see. Colorado is not a trophy state, even the best units in co (that take 15-20 pts) don't have the quality of bulls that even the worst AZ unit does. It's still a fun hunt, the raghorns think they're herd bulls (cuz they are) and bugle their tails off. Just don't expect a big one, if you shoot a 6pt you are in the top 1% of bulls that come out of there. My dad hunted the same muzzleloader unit for 15 years in co, they took 5 guys a year and shot atleast 4 bulls a year (they took 60 some bulls out of there over the years) and the largest one was a 260 5 pt. Have fun, enjoy the fact that you get to chase bugling bulls with a firearm and smoke one!" This was my comment about the Colorado bulls. I don't see how that qualifies as a bad comment. The OP was looking for advice on Colorado legal muzzleloaders and Colorado muzzleloader elk hunts. I happen to have first hand experience with both. I appologize for causing Murph's little outburst. Advice it is, and I am sure its welcome. But, I pretty much disagree with everything you say, except that I would use a peep site as well. My opinion is to NOT shoot powerbelts at elk... just google it, many unhappy folks with the performance of that bullet. It explodes, and does NOT penetrate very well. I would not chance a shot at a deer much less an elk with a powerbelt. Do NOT shoot the first bull elk you see, unless its BIG If you have the full 9 days to hunt and are in decent shape (rough unit), you will do just fine.

CO manages for opportunity more so than premium type hunts. CO has 7 or 8 premium type units, maybe a handful RFW hunts that may be good (residents only). On average, bulls killed in CO are much smaller than that of AZ, but that's expected. That said, if you hunt hard and smart, there are plenty of bulls over 300 in every unit in the state. They are just not as easy to come by as in AZ.

Don't think I will ever miss a Co deer season from here on out.

trphyhntr - A very easy to draw unit.

pwrguy - do you know where you plan to hunt yet? I would look into the Thor bullets and avoid powerbelts.

Can you post up the measurements for us? Congrats on a nice bull.

Been out of the country for a few days, so circling back to this. I thought we were talking about tags you could buy.... I was giving my opinion that I would have a hard time paying 6K and not be able to hunt the best bulls I see when you can get some really good LO tags for that price. Swamp - I feel bad now, as I was in no way trying to take away from your hunt experience you had with your dad.... sounds like an awesome time... I was merely giving my opinion for the original poster that started the thread.

So you drop 6K, see a big ole bull, and just take a picture. No thanks. I would rather get a LO tag and hunt DIY and shoot the big bulls I see.

^^^^^^ Yea, that.

Whatever shoots the best out if your setup. And sharp is the key.... SHARP! Last year I had the g5 Montecs and the Ulmer Edge in my quiver.... but there are lots of good choices.

Welcome to the site. Those are the 6 states I apply for tags in. Where in Wyoming are you going this year?

That last bull is a stud. Congrats.

Nice Bulls.