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Old 08-10-2018, 12:07 AM
Varmint Shooter Varmint Shooter is offline
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Relocating to Cortez, Colorado. Interested in meeting persons with like
interest. Like to varmint hunt, ground squirrels, rock chucks, etc. I have
several small caliber's, 20 VT'S, 20 SCC'S, 20 Tac, and 204R, plus a
couple 17 FB'S. You have seen several of my posts with my shooting
partner Bill K and posts on my pictures and albums. Contact thru
e-mail, ixbj22@gmail.com. Robert
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Old 08-11-2018, 02:38 PM
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Varmint Shooter,
Welcome to Co. I live in the eastern part of the state, about a 5 hour drive from Cortez. I just returned from a short trip to the extreme S.E. corner. The prairie dogs seem to be on an upswing after several years of the plague.
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Old 08-11-2018, 04:36 PM
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Rider,
Thanks for the reply. Will stay in touch and possibly get together for an
outing some time. Looking forward to a new adventure with this move.
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Old 08-12-2018, 01:02 AM
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three gun shops in town, shooters world, goods in the woods and summit. you should be able to find what you need.
remember if you go on any of the Indian reservations check to see if you need a tribal hunting license. some of the reservations the coyote is a totem animal and they may not let you hunt them.
don't believe anything a Colorado game warden tells you unless it is black and white. they are notorious for sending you to a closed area and then write you a ticket for being there, they are not very well liked.
because of where you are remember , you are just a hop skip and a jump from Utah, You can hunt coyotes year-round on state, forest and blm lands. No license needed. No restrictions on caliber. just remember what I said about Indian res.

PS I hope you didn't get a job as a game warden.
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Old 08-12-2018, 01:06 PM
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Foxhunter,
Thanks for the information. No I'm not a game warden. Making the move
to be closer to family and grand kids who live there. Wife and I are retired.
Have hunted the area around Cortez several times for big game, now more
into small varmint hunting. Still going to chase a few mule deer around
though. Will take a coyote now and then, but really don't go looking for them.
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Old 08-14-2018, 01:35 AM
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Howdy:
Tried to post to this the other night and had keyboard problems.
Just got back on a few minutes ago.

I'm not positive but, think the p/dogs over in that area are a different species than the blacktails we have on the eastern prairies. You'll need to confirm. I haven't been over that way in 25 yrs or more. Do recall I saw lots of mounds up around Dove Creek though, and further N from there. Grain and bean fields up that way.

Hunted elk one year up near Lizard Head Pass. I've never seen it snow harder in my life. We rode horses across a meadow 200 yards, looked over the hill and decided it was snowing too hard to go down there. Turned right around and went back the way we'd come. In less than 100 yards we couldn't see any evidence we'd been there at all. It had snowed a bit over 3 feet by the time we rode 3/4's of a mile back to camp. Seems like that was just about an hours time.
IF you get back into that country, take over night and fire making gear plus a couple days food along, any time of year too!

Thats some of the most beautiful mountains I've ever seen. Make sure you visit it.

Once you get settled in, contact me and I'll give you a few names to look guys up. Three in Pagosa Spgs. No longer know anyone around Cortez though. Sporting goods store on the N side of 160, mid block, has a bunch of albino deer mounts. I'd bet they'd be a good source of info and likely a place to connect with others.

Best wishes for your time there.
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Old 08-14-2018, 01:26 PM
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Georgeld,
Thanks for the reply. Been through Dove Creek, on up through Disappointment
Valley. Always thought it would be a squirrel, p-dog area. I will get back to you
once we are settled in. Again thanks, Robert
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Old 08-14-2018, 01:42 PM
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I see I'm not the only one that is planning on making an exodus from CA... Before CO is turned into CA- lite.
We too are looking at eastern CO around Elbert county, where we can have a little space.

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Old 08-14-2018, 02:23 PM
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Really sad to see my state falling apart like this, Oregon is calling me daughter and grand kids. Good luck with your move Varmint Shooter
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Old 08-14-2018, 02:45 PM
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When I was getting ready to retire we looked at moving back home to our native state of Oregon. Found out it was now northernmost county in California. So we went to Montana instead. Now I hear Washington is the northern most county in California.

Hunted prairie dogs in S.E. Colorado in the early90's. Ranchers and farmer were very welcoming.

Hunted deer in the Grand Junction area in the 80's and never seen so many orange vests in all my life. I had heard that Colorado addressed that problem but I haven't been back for big game since.

Health and love has brought me to Oklahoma. I haven't figured out how to hunt here yet So far only hunting I have found is by checkbook.

I guess the olden days, 50's-60's growing up Oregon, and living in Montana since the mid 90's has spoiled me for hunting anywhere else.
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