Application Deadline Approaching

[Hummer]

I drew a second choice cow tag for the Flat Tops area, as usual. Will pick up an OTC bull tag when they go on sale next month. It will be my 32nd year hunting the area.

I'm more anxious to know if I draw a bull moose license for area 20. This morning I did an exploratory hike over 7+ miles, mostly bushwhacking along game trails and old logging roads, following private fence lines to access creek drainages with willow where moose roam. It was mostly dry Lodgepole and Limber Pine forest at 9000 ft., but there were elk track and scat everywhere, and signs of moose in places you might not expect them. Came across a beautiful aspen wetland meadow that has an elk wallow. Found fresh bear scat in several places. The bruins are everywhere nowdays. I did something different this year by applying for a bear tag in area 20 where we live. Very few bear are killed by hunters here, maybe one or two last year.

Here's a view of the Indian Peaks with Mount Audubon, Sawtooth Peak in the center and Buchanan Pass in the saddle to it's right, with Mount Saint Vrain on the far right.