First Colorado elk hunt!

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Hunted in the Gould/Waldon area - Gould, Bull, Custer, Johnny Moore, and Independence Mountains. Unit 6.

I saw zero Elk. One in our party had a young 7x7 in his sights at 30yd, safety off, but no Bull tag. They were taken in the areas we hunted, but all had a low harvest rate overall for this 2nd season. Outfitters and hunters on horseback had the best success. I saw 10 Moose, most up on the north end of Johnny Moore with 7 in 2 sightings sightings, 7 Deer, and a lot of Pronghorn also around Johnny Moore. We had morning/evening hunts where there were no shots heard in the area at all.

Lost a pair of gloves on Johnny Moore, scratched the shit outta my truck driving through sagebrush to get to the base of one steep mutha humper. Warm, dry, and windy up until Wed when it started dumping snow mid day. We finished the hunt with 1-2" on the ground at the start of the hike into Custer draw, 3-4" on the hike out. I told the crew nothing would be moving, but they insisted we go in anyway.

I'll post some pics when I get them sorted out.