Colorado OTC - Shooter?

cnelk

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Colorado OTC public land high pressure unit (what otc unit isn’t lol)

Who’s shooting?

Who’s passing?


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5MilesBack

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Sure I'd take him......probably. But if he's still in full velvet like that in September there's probably something wrong with him, so I might not. I'm a situational shooter. Sometimes I pass on good bulls and sometimes I shoot smaller stuff. So who knows.
 

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I’ve let similar types bulls walk. Not OTC but damn near 100% draw with 0 points.


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I’d take him day 1 in an OTC unit, unless I already had a good idea where a bigger bull was.


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One thing is for sure, no doubt the steaks will be money, and he’s not going to be too heavy. But, that bull standing next to a single 2 year old cow, cow is leaving with the arrow.

I have a few tags this year so something like that might hit the dirt in CO opening day if given the chance though my WY gen tag, pass.
 
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What’s weird, most guys on public land wouldn’t shoot a fork horn, 3x3 WT first day….. elk changes everything . You’re looking at a forky WT.
 

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I’ve learned over the years that tag soup really isn’t all that hard to swallow if it means letting a bull or buck reach maturity. With that being said, who knows maybe he falls off a cliff right after this and dies? Maybe he stumbles onto a pack of wolves? Maybe a lion jumps out of a tree and ends him young. When dealing with nature in its purest form, anything can happen.

Would be an excellent bull for a young hunter or somebody starting their hunting journey. For me he’s a pass. Great photo!
 

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OTC tag in Colorado I am shooting weather it 100 yds or 300. A gen tag in Wyoming early archery season I am trying to refrain myself but its hard because elk are for eating mule deer are for hunting and that young bull will eat good...
 
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