What I use my MJ for.

[mingo]

Hunting season.

Bagged a cow elk opening day. Hung her up over night and loaded her into the MJ to take to the processing place. Barely got her in there. It was about 15 degrees that morning and she was alittle stiff

Filled my Mule Deer tag two days later. Great season....

 

[FitchVA]

lol, i seriously thought that was a picture of you hauling branches! that's a big sukkah

 

[Lawn Cher']

Sweet MJ. Makes me wish I was gentler with mine.

 

[Kittrell]

I like that the tongue is sticking out, for dramatic effect............

 

[Yucca-Man]

I hope at least ONE person freaked out on seeing that in the back of your MJ!!

 

[jdogg4]

Last night on the way home I saw a CJ7 white maybe31" tires driving down I-25 with it strapped to the hood of the jeep. Soft top on man that guy was hard core. I couldn't stop lauging at that. So need to get a camera phone.

 

[philip_g]

I have a deer permit for this season (week) and was supposed to go tomorrow, now I don't know if I will. Should have gone yesterday.

My GMU is from I25 to the divide north of 70 to some forest service road, I've never been up there so don't know the area. Maybe I'll just pass.


I could use a turkey if anyone knows a spot they don't mind sharing.

 

[jdogg4]

Elk up north in CO are really hit or miss this year is what it sounds like. Out of the two groups that have been out the last few weekends. the count is 3 females. This time last year they had 3 females and 2 males. BIG ONES!

 

[mingo]

Elk up north in CO are really hit or miss this year is what it sounds like. Out of the two groups that have been out the last few weekends. the count is 3 females. This time last year they had 3 females and 2 males. BIG ONES!

I think Elk are hit or miss every year. I got skunked last year, saw one on opening day and didnt see nary a hair the rest of the week. This year, someone scared about six cows right into where I was at. Sounded like a herd of elephants crashing through the woods. They stopped about 100 yds broadside to me. Easy pickings, then the task of field dressing and getting the sucker back to camp. I should get about 400 lbs + of meat from her.

 

[philip_g]

I think Elk are hit or miss every year. I got skunked last year, saw one on opening day and didnt see nary a hair the rest of the week. This year, someone scared about six cows right into where I was at. Sounded like a herd of elephants crashing through the woods. They stopped about 100 yds broadside to me. Easy pickings, then the task of field dressing and getting the sucker back to camp. I should get about 400 lbs + of meat from her.

I agree. They're either ellusive or right there.

What's with the jacked up hunting regs in CO? I've avoided hunting here because of it, much easier back in MT.

 

[jdogg4]

I hate hunting in CO aswell. I'm from back east. Tenn. that is. I was on 177 acres of land. I'd wake up go down to the kitchen eat breakfast see a 6 point out back up the hill side. Go snag the gun put the sucker down go finish eating breakfast. Call my cuz to come get him for process. Thats what he does for a side job. Eat off the land and have some killer BarBQs get my self another one. My carport/garage yep folks it was two in one. it had a 4 car garage and carport cover for 4 aswell then the back side of the garage was it's own half garage size area with 4 large deap freeze units. They were always full of game. Out here wake up drive 4 to 5 hours sit in the cold track them down Shoot them feild dress them or haul them back to camp. Drive home. Call me lazy or I was just spoiled back home to go through all that crap.

 

[mingo]

Hunting in Colorado is regulated because of all the yahoos that come here and think that they are back home and shoot just anything and call it hunting. Without the regulations and the lottery system, there would be no animals to hunt, look at, or anything. I'm not from Colorado, and it *is* more difficult to obtain the hunters safety card. But without the game management regulations, you have over population of animals in certain areas and over hunting in others. Every year there seems to some idiots that have no clue to the regs. and get caught with 5-6 elk with no tags. Or they shoot a moose thinking its an elk. Personally, I'm glad there are strict regulations out there. Makes it something that I might be able to share with my kids when they are old enough.

 

[philip_g]

Hunting in Colorado is regulated because of all the yahoos that come here and think that they are back home and shoot just anything and call it hunting. Without the regulations and the lottery system, there would be no animals to hunt, look at, or anything. I'm not from Colorado, and it *is* more difficult to obtain the hunters safety card. But without the game management regulations, you have over population of animals in certain areas and over hunting in others. Every year there seems to some idiots that have no clue to the regs. and get caught with 5-6 elk with no tags. Or they shoot a moose thinking its an elk. Personally, I'm glad there are strict regulations out there. Makes it something that I might be able to share with my kids when they are old enough.

it's not the hunter's safety cards, most states require that. Hell when my 63 year odl dad moved back to MT he had to take the hunter's safety class, at the end they asked him to teach it. I still use my card from MT in 1990 here in CO and have no problem.

The whole GMU thing is a hassle, back "home" you buy a deer tag over the counter, it's good for the whole state with the exception of a few areas, same for antelope and some elk tags, cow IIRC. They have a lotto system for the hot spots and for moose, sheep, mountain goat etc but not like it is here in CO. The entire state isn't divided up and they don't tell you that you can hunt private land only. Personally I don't know that I'd bother trying to hunt private land unless I paid or had a hookup. Seems like everywhere you go it's broken up into little small acerage vacation homes anymore. Maybe further west is better I dunno.

I bought this deer tag as a leftover, my GMU is like I think I mentioned before from I25 to the divide, from I70 north to some forest service road I can't even FIND on the forest service maps I own, it's just not worth the hassle.

Now for sharing it with the youth, as I understand it there's a real concern with the younger folks not taking an interest and the older folks getting to old.


With all that said I have seen some MONSTER muley bucks around castle rock, and almost clipped a turkey coming up 5th in my car, if only he'd taken a couple more steps
Just a couple weeks ago I was ducking through castle pines to see the elk and saw 5 or 6, then around the next corner I saw what I thought was a small bull until I looked closer, nice deer.

 

[jdogg4]

Hunting in Colorado is regulated because of all the yahoos that come here and think that they are back home and shoot just anything and call it hunting. Without the regulations and the lottery system, there would be no animals to hunt, look at, or anything. I'm not from Colorado, and it *is* more difficult to obtain the hunters safety card. But without the game management regulations, you have over population of animals in certain areas and over hunting in others. Every year there seems to some idiots that have no clue to the regs. and get caught with 5-6 elk with no tags. Or they shoot a moose thinking its an elk. Personally, I'm glad there are strict regulations out there. Makes it something that I might be able to share with my kids when they are old enough.

My point wasn't that we just shoot anything we still have to have pull a tag and report our kills. I'm just saying it's not such a pain in the a$$ to deal with all the other side of hunting. It's like home delivery vs. going to the store in a way. Keep in mind I had 177+ acers of land so 176 of it was all open range mt sides and creeks perfect for where deer/game like to be. My gripe with CO hunting is more of the terrain of the land not the system. The system is fine by me.

 

[mingo]

My point wasn't that we just shoot anything we still have to have pull a tag and report our kills. I'm just saying it's not such a pain in the a$$ to deal with all the other side of hunting. It's like home delivery vs. going to the store in a way. Keep in mind I had 177+ acers of land so 176 of it was all open range mt sides and creeks perfect for where deer/game like to be. My gripe with CO hunting is more of the terrain of the land not the system. The system is fine by me.

I wasn't bagging on you. I was just stating without some type of regulatory system on game management. There would be no deer, elk, bear near Denver or on the western slope. The out of staters and some locals would run amuck shooting everything and ruin it all for everybody (hunters, photographers, hikers and just regular folk who like to see the wildlife)
I agree with you on the terrain and stuff. I've been scouting out areas for the last four years and decided which area that I wanted to hunt on. Then I put in for the draw for that particular area. It also helped that a buddy owns forty acres that borders BLM land in the same area.

 

[jdogg4]

I didn't think you were I just reread my post and it kind of came off like that to myself. Just wanted to clear up my view on it that it was land and terrain that bugged me and not the system.

I had two back hills that backed my property a small creak and a bit bigger one along with two good water pond areas and a man made one close to the main house. Good bedding areas and water food supply for them to just come to me. I had tree stands don't get me wrong I could go spend a day on my own property because they always didn't come up like that and say shoot me they wised up after a few made the mistake. Never had good luck with wild turkey out east. Those birds are smarter than most give credit for.