Quote Originally Posted by El Caballo Loco View Post
I'd like to go though. Any advice on where to start?

I've been spending time reading the regulations and what not but I'd like to hear it from some of you avid hunters out there. The CO DOW website seems a bit overwhelming. I was hoping I could just go somewhere, do some paperwork, pay some money, and go hunt. Do you have a hunters education certificate? That is going to be step number one in obtaining a Colorado hunting license.

All I'd like to do is hunt a deer for some meat. I think it would be more cost effective that going out and buying meat.

I've been reading up on everything I need to do to field dress the deer and pack it home.

I am Active Duty Army out of Fort Carson. I have a Remy 700 SPS Tactical as well as some 150gr. and 180gr. Core-Lokt. I have most of the supplies at hand that have been recommended to me but I lack a good knife. I plan on buying that soon. All you rally NEED is the license, a gun, some orange and luck of the hunt. And then after that you just need to open up your wallet and spend god aweful amounts of money on all the stuff you WANT. As far as knives, get a game cleaning set (not very expensive at all) and a whetstone, you will need it.

Is it to late in the year to get a license/tag? If someone gives me permission to harvest a deer off their land do I still need a license/tag?
Do I get to pick where I go or am I sequestered to a random "GMU"? You need a tag to hunt on private land as well as public. It has to be a tag from that unit as well. You can find leftover and over the counter tags on the CDOW website. They regularly update to show what is left, and they are unit specific.

Any advice would be appreciated.
I'm not gonna sit here and bust your balls like the other guys as I am still learning myself. This is only my second consecutive year hunting since I was in high school. My best advise is to do a ton of reading, watch a lot of videos, go scout some areas, and of course ask questions.

Good luck!