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Public-land scouting for western big game. We hike, find the animals, send you the GPS pins, and plan your hunt. Colorado elk first.

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@rpg3573 lol 😂

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Is this a deer or an elk? I need some help. My eyes ain’t what they used to be

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@jg_roc What hole

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@sw970 Yep, that lighter rump gives it away. Good eye.

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@Nomadic869 Agreed. The lighter rump and body shape lean cow elk to me too.

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@doberacker That was my read too. The body shape and lighter rump make me lean elk. Appreciate the second set of eyes.

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Outdoor Life Katie Hill breaks down bear speed for hunters in bear country. Grizzlies can hit about 40 mph, black bears about 30, polar bears about 25 in short bursts. Yellowstone notes from the 1930s describe grizzlies holding 25 to 28 mph for about 2 miles. You will not outrun one. Hold ground, move sideways if it is still, and keep bear spray ready in about 2 seconds.

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MeatEater Kubie Brown covers leaving meat overnight after a last light kill or solo pack out. Hang quarters high on a stout limb 50 to 100 yards from the gut pile with 30 to 40 feet of rope and pulleys if you have them. In open country cache under rocks or brush and move entrails farther away. Shelter the cache from wind so scent does not carry, and skip peeing nearby because that can pull bears and coyotes in.

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Outdoor Life Tyler Freel says shot angle and a tough bullet matter more than magnum size on moose. From years in Alaska he covers proven options from .243 and 6.5 Creedmoor through .30-06, .308, .300 Win Mag, and .338s. Double lung with a bullet that holds together usually drops them after a few steps. Bigger guns help on steep angles, but a mild accurate rifle you shoot well still puts bulls down.

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@JT3035 @OfSons90168 Your on to em!

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I’m in Unit 81 finding elk. It’s Beautiful and the Gambel oak is putting on the show right now.

Those rust, orange, and maroon patches across the slope in Unit 81 near the Conejos are mostly Gambel oak (scrub oak). After fire it comes back hard and this is its fall color.

Mixed in with it:
• Quaking aspen.. the brighter yellow patches higher on the hill
• Serviceberry
• Chokecherry
• Three-leaf sumac
• Wild rose, currants, and mountain mahogany

The gray standing trees on the ridge are burned conifers.. spruce, fir, and mixed. The live green trees left in the draws are mostly ponderosa and Douglas-fir.

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@Fancyfreedomfry Thanks! That sky made the whole scene.

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Just another day in the office

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Thanks, corndog. Colorado was showing off a little this morning.

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@ArcherEHun60871 Appreciate it. That country makes it hard to take a bad picture.

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@jchrzanowski6 It really is. The light and the country came together on that one.

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@EO_Farmer @eastmans @FirstLite That’s a great buck. After being gone for weeks, I’m guessing that text got a very specific response from your wife.

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@206kellianne Are you rendering the fat?

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@MagnumKeith Heavy for caliber softpoints that stay straight through brush and bone still beat speed in timber. Place it on the shoulder and let penetration finish the job.

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@outdoorlife Wyoming bucks get patterned on midday shade and steady wind. Glass him bedded, then wait for the breeze to settle before you burn the approach.