Colorado Mule Deer Hunting
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008By DAVE BUCHANAN
The Daily Sentinel
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
GUNNISON — You smell the deer before you see them. Tucked up in the big rocks, flopped among the riparian downfall of cottonwoods and willows, or simply lying on an open slope, legs sprawled like a marionette whose strings had been cut.
These are the remains of the deer [...]
Colorado Limited License Drawing Deadline - April Fools Day
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The limited license draw deadline is April 1. A new resource for you, the Colorado Hunting Planner (PDF), is a one-page summary of season dates, fees and application dates and deadlines. It can be saved and printed for easy reference as you plan your hunt. Also available is a map of GMUs highlighting Colorado’s 3.3 millions acres [...]
Colorado App Deadline Approaching
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008April 1 is the deadline to apply for Colorado Mule Deer
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Gunnison Basin Mule Deer Feeding Program
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
This winter has brought cold weather and deep snow to much of our Mule Deer country. Some of the states are refusing to feed the deer for good reason, and, I might add, taking flack for it from the likes of the Mule Deer Foundation. I could go into a list of reasons why Mule [...]
NRA Warning regarding Colorado Bills
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Bills Proposed to Limit Hunting Access! Several bills have been proposed in the Colorado Legislature that seek to severely restrict and limit the access to Colorado’s sportsmen. House Bill 1069 presumes all unmarked trails are closed to motorized vehicles. This bill would restrict access to hunters using ATVs and create penalties for [...]
More on Colorado Mule Deer
Friday, January 25th, 2008Here is an update on the Colorado Gunnison herd:
The Colorado Governor is apparently allocating $1.5m for emergency feeding. The DOW has about $400k and is accepting donations. The DOW has recruited 250 volunteers, and hopes to feed 8,000 of the estimated 21,000 mule deer in the area. Helecopter flights are set to identify mule deer [...]
Colorado DOW decides to feed Mule Deer
Thursday, January 10th, 2008According to the Denver Post, the Colorado DOW has decided to feed 21,000 mule deer wintering in the Gunnison Basin. The DOW claims that this is Colorado’s largest mule deer herd. Deep snow and extreme cold are making life difficult for the mule deer in 2008.
There are good reasons not to feed deer, such as [...]
Oil Companies buy Colorado DOW, Now everything is OK
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007From the Denver Post:
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS - The Colorado Division of Wildlife on Thursday presented awards to several energy companies, all of whom have operations in Garfield County, for their work to “protect wildlife and wildlife habitat”.
“We try to work cooperatively with these companies,” said Randy Hampton, a spokesman for the DOW. “Most of the time [...]
Colorado Teen Bags Monster Buck
Friday, December 14th, 2007Kyle Lopez, 14, of Divide, Colorado - killed this buck during the 2007 season:
He tagged a trophy buck that, according to reports, has scored more than 303 inches net Boone and Crockett and will be the largest buck ever taken by a youth as well as the largest mule deer taken in more than 20 years. [...]
Colorado Monster Muley Buck
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007A Craig Colorado man named Darwin Vesely has killed a 203 inch monster buck. According to the Craig Daily Press, the current mule deer record for Moffat County is 197. The monster buck was killed on Nov 3, 2007 in unit 2, Douglas mountains.
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