2008 Hunting Report
Archery Elk
1st week We have 4 Elk hunters in and all have seen elk and 13 different bear have been spotted at waterholes at close range. So far 1 hunter has had elk within range (under 30 yards) with no shot presenting itself and then passed on a cow this morning at a waterhole. There are lots of elk and the bulls are even starting to bugle early.
Archery Antelope
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1st week we got hit with rain everyday and tornado warnings. Our clients only spent half the hunt in blinds and that was spent dodging rainstorms. Out of 6 Guided clients only 2 got long shots that didn't connect on spot and stalk and out of 4 non-guided 1 killed a buck on a spot and stalk hunt. All in all a very rough week.
2nd week has been slamming!! It heated up and the rain stopped. We had 100% opportunity on nice bucks and out of 7 hunters, we had 6 Pope and Young bucks killed in just 3 days and the last client had an opportunity at a nice buck inside 25 yards but shot low and missed. A complete turn around from the rain soaked 1st week. Weather made all the difference.
3rd Week. Out of 7 guided clients, 3 shot beautiful Pope and Young Bucks and 3 other clients had shots from 15-30 yards at book bucks but missed. One client saw lots of bucks but did not get a shot opportunity. We are still seeing lots of great bucks and so far the weather is holding.
4th Week. This week we have 5 hunters in. Rain and wind have been a problem but 2 hunters had shots at Pope and Young bucks but failed to connect. The sun has come out and the wind has died down so we are hopeful the last two days will be good.
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Colorado Turkey-2008
So far Colorado Turkey season has been awesome. We are 100% on birds taken with a total of 16 birds harvested so far.
Nebraska Turkey-2008
Nebraska Turkey season was by far one of the best ever. We had a total of 15 hunters and 22 birds harvested.
Mt Lion 2007-2008
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So far this year we have had some great conditions . So far we have had 4 hunters and 3 of them harvested nice lions with their bows. Our first hunter only hunted 2 days and we did not cut a track in those 2 days however he will be returning in January to continue his hunt. On average in good conditions we usually cut a track every 3rd day.
The Lion season is coming to a close and conditions never got better. We ended with 3 cats taken only 1 hunter did not harvest a cat.