Hobbes
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Anyone hunt the mountains in CO? I've just moved here (Avon, CO) from IL. I have minimal experience hunting predators. What little I have hunted them involved inconsistent success. With the early bow season here and the long winter, I've got to check into other possibilites.
I'm a little concerned about predator hunting during the Elk/Deer rifle season though. I know of a few locations I've heard coyotes while elk hunting, but they are higher elevations that I don't think I could reach after the Big Game seasons.
I've never had the option to hunt bobcats before, so that really appeals to me. What are the possibilities of calling in a mountain lion? Does the snow push the predators out of the mountains as it gets deeper?
I don't even own a sufficient rifle at this point (22 mag). Considering the possibility of hunting larger game here in CO, I don't know if it is possible to have an all around gun that wouldn't cut a bobcat or coyote in half. What would be your suggestion? I was thinking maybe a used smaller calliber, something in the 22 cal range for predators or is there somethng sufficient for both that won't destroy the smaller predators?
I do own a couple shotguns that I turkey hunt with that would probably be sufficient for close range work. What are the regs on using shotguns for coyote/bobcat?
I'm a little concerned about predator hunting during the Elk/Deer rifle season though. I know of a few locations I've heard coyotes while elk hunting, but they are higher elevations that I don't think I could reach after the Big Game seasons.
I've never had the option to hunt bobcats before, so that really appeals to me. What are the possibilities of calling in a mountain lion? Does the snow push the predators out of the mountains as it gets deeper?
I don't even own a sufficient rifle at this point (22 mag). Considering the possibility of hunting larger game here in CO, I don't know if it is possible to have an all around gun that wouldn't cut a bobcat or coyote in half. What would be your suggestion? I was thinking maybe a used smaller calliber, something in the 22 cal range for predators or is there somethng sufficient for both that won't destroy the smaller predators?
I do own a couple shotguns that I turkey hunt with that would probably be sufficient for close range work. What are the regs on using shotguns for coyote/bobcat?
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