Quote Originally Posted by car-15 View Post
got a rifle deer tag, next year I'm going to put a texas address on my app. so I can get an elk tag, because I cant seem to draw one, but when I get up there it looks like I crossed the state line, because every lic. plate is from crappy texas. it makes you wonder, if texas is so great for hunting like they say, why are they all here in colorado?
Because almost all of Texas is private land and to hunt you either hunt in a preserve or lease land to hunt on.....either way it is cheaper for them to pay an out of state tag and hunt here. I like them here...it keeps my hunting fees down. Imagine everyone (residents) paying $200 plus for a deer tag.

If you want to hunt elk for meat....in the back of the rifle section of the hunting brochure for each species there is a section called Ranching For Wildlife. It is a draw for residents only. It is for Colorado hunting preserves and all cow tags have to be given to residents at standard fees....it means you get a guided hunt....for the standard draw fee $45.

I get a cow tage every 2 years and fill my freezer....last year when I arrived, they offered me a 2nd tag as the DOW wanted to thin their herd but didn't hant additional hunting pressure. So I got a double hunt.