Who hunts NW Colorado Unit 3 and #)!???

[Zimm]

I drew a 4th season gun Elk tag for Unit 3 and 301 near Craig. Anyone else hunt this area or have info on it???

Zimm

 

[brut]

I used to hunt archery unit 12 near craig nice country the elk were hit or miss but I dont know about the rifle season. good luck

 

[Zimm]

Bueller???

 

[COHunter]

I believe that you need GMU 4 to get a ton of snow to push them into 3 as that is their winter range.

 

[jaketos]

COHunter is right i have hunted there for my cow we didnt see a thing until a big storm hit and we had a foot of snow. the next day we killed 6 elk 4 cows and 2 bulls out in the sage flats on the north end of unit 3. I drew a second season deer tag for unit 3/301 if I get to go I will let u know what I see .

 

[Zimm]

Thanks for the info guys! Jaketos, would appreciate any info you have from your hunt! Hope you get one!!!

Zimm

 

[Taos]

there are some resident elk in 3 and 301. The bad thing is most of them get pushed to private property as soon as the shooting starts. Look for some of the more remote areas with no roads, If Juniper Mtn is in that area I would start there. Otherwise the breaks of the little snake river would be worth looking at.

 

[Mr.Redneck]

Looks like both areas have good success rate, 43% and 53% respectively, for all manners of take, not so good for archery seasons, but with 1628 killed in 3 and 1276 in 301, I'd say your chances are fair, I cannot tell you about the separate seasons, but only 23 archers were lucky enough to tag out in those areas, so the rifle or muzzleloader must be the way to go!!!!!!

Good Luck, and Hope to hear Good News Soon!!!

Doug