Field Update November 26th, 2004

L1 Elk Season

L1 Elk season starts Nov 27th and runs thru Dec 5th.
For more information click DOW Hunting on the right sidebar.

L2 Season 2003 (Jerry's herd)
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New big-game season structure

New big-game season structure
Craig Daily Press - Craig,CO,USA
... During the 2004 hunting season, unlimited elk licenses were available during the fourth season. The DOW will limit elk licenses ...

Jason and Ryan - Jason's first buck with a bow
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OK.... Finally did it. I shot my first Whitetail deer with a bow and arrow!!!!!!!!!!!
Jason

Petitioners asked for a switch to limited bull-elk hunting in some units

Dentry: Population control begins with changes to rifle seasons
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... Petitioners asked for a switch to limited bull-elk hunting in units 80 and 81 in the San Luis Valley, units 43, 47 and 471 near Aspen and units 54, 55 and 551 ...

Owners of large tracts of land to sell licenses and set hunting seasons

DOW license decision coming
Craig Daily Press - Craig,CO,USA
... private land, such as 301 north of Craig, which is limited for antelope, and other ... owners of large tracts of land to sell licenses and set hunting seasons on

Local hunting good, not great

Local hunting good, not great Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... Tucker said it seemed like a higher than usual number of out-of-state residents came for that first season, which was elk hunting only. ...

Elk, deer begin migration

Dentry: Hunters saying 'Let it snow' as elk, deer begin migration
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... and aspen winter range. Hunting pressure had pushed elk into heavy cover, away from roads and ATV trails. Third- and fourth-rifle ...

Mt. Silverheels (4,213 meters) is a mountain located in the Mosquito Rang north of Fairplay named for a dance hall girl who stayed in Buckskin Joe in the 1860s during the smallpox epidemic to help nurse miners back to health. The mountain was named by the miners in her memory.
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Tarryall School -Teachers Cabin and Outhouses - A Historical Site
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Wyoming Antelope -2004
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We had one day to hunt and Kelly Kirsch took this goat in Wyoming. It scored 88 5/8, green, and needs to be 82 to make the book.
Bill Sutter

October 31st, 2004 - Just before the storm
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October 31
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Spent the day hunting deer in GMUs 50, 500 and 501. Seen a small heard near the closed Round Mountain Campground. No bucks in the herd, however, when I came through the same area later that day one party had a deer hanging. That was the only one seen all day. Seen two herds of elk, the first was crossing SH 77 just below the Lazy River Ranch. They crossed from Forest Land onto private property along the Tarryall River. Might have been thirty or more in the heard. Not enough light to see if any bulls were in the herd. The other herd of fifty or more were on ranch land near Jefferson. A calf was laying on the ground near US 285 and it's mother was running back and forth trying to get it up. The calf looked like it had got caught in the fence when the herd crossed US 285 from GMU 500 to 50. It was just worn-out and had also lost one of it's horns in the fence foray. The mother came right up to my truck like she was begging for help, would like to have been able to help her. Later I talked to some hunters at the Jefferson Store and they said the Game Wardens knew about the calf. The area Game Wardens are good about helping animals in distress, and only as a last resort will they destroy them. Got back to Lake George and on home before the snow storm and bad weather moved in. I could see that it was on the way. The temperature dropped considerably and it started to snow, understand they have since received several inches of snow.

October 29th, 2004

The third combined rifle season opens Saturday, October 30th. The local TV Weatherman reported ice and some snow on Ute and Wilkerson Passes early this morning and snow down to about 8500 feet in some areas. Some areas on the western slope received lots of snow. For more detailed weather and road conditions check the Tarryall Elk Camp link to CDOT Real Time Roads and Weather.