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    Best read for solo trip

    Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
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    Colorado wilderness crowding

    There are still wilderness areas in Colorado??? The push to get more folks involved in hunting or any outdoor recreation is not about saving teh public land and its not about saving the wilderness its about GREED. its about the folks that make and sell the gear making more and more money all the...
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    CO Leftover Tags

    Went in person and got the muley tag I wanted plus a 4th season cow tag.
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    How to minimize sore feet, knees and joints?

    CBD. its great for inflammation. i have bad knees and a bad right hip. I am 60. I use an alcohol tincture and add it to my water bottles so I am drinking low doses of it all day long. My pain level has gone from an 7 to a 2-3. I grow my own medical hemp and make my own tinctures and salves...
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    Who's 'All In' for archery only elk this year

    This will be my second season archery hunting and going all in with both tags.
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    Mosquitoes in Colorado

    Its not safe to piss let alone take a dump
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    10 Day DIY Backpacking Questions, Advice

    you want to camp close to water. being a mile away from a water source is too far. take up too much time and energy to refill. you want to stay very well hydrated at altitude. there should be water in every drainage this year.
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    Settle a bet about Wilderness Areas (Colorado)

    There is wilderness in Colorado still??? where?
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    Hows the moisture been in CO this summer?

    Grand Mesa, West Elks, Elk Mountains little rain for the last couple of months but still plenty of snow up there. Looks like the monsoons may be finally starting to set up. So many mosquitos up on Grand Mesa its not safe to piss.
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    Paper map help

    national Geographic has a nice set of maps. lots of detail and easy to read. Don't have a link.
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    Colorado GMU 53

    Late Sept and Early Oct are generally very nice BUT.... anything can happen that time of year in the high country. Hot and dry to massive 12 hour long rain storms to significant snowfall. Just got to be prepared to weather it all.
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    Unit 42 / 421 Colorado

    Like the saying "the elk are where you find them" I think you could say "the rut starts when it starts"
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    Colorado GMU 53

    The place really has become a zoo. On Black Mesa and up Coal Creek like other's have said. As for water yes there is always water in the mountains (any mountain) you just have to know where to look. This year there will most likely still be snow banks in the high basin.
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    What does everyone do for a living?

    been a carpenter/home builder for 40 years but the knees don't like that carpentry belt anymore so now I just manage things - read, be held responsible for all sorts of things you have no control over.
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    Retreating Cow Call Tactic!

    I do the same thing with Turkeys. Works great.
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