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Originally Posted by RandyD
Is it worth going elk hunting in Colorado. Yes! Being that you are not going on a guided hunt, you will be limited to public land which gets a lot of pressure, be ready to go deep into the back country. Elk hunting in Colorado can really work your muscles, so I like to operate out of a motel, get a hot breakfast before hunting and a hot shower and dinner and a drink after hunting. Remember if you shoot an elk, you will quarter it and each quarter is about 100 lbs, and you have to pack that back and forth four times to get the entire elk out. That is a long and hard task, so think twice about how far you want to hunt from where your truck is located. My first elk that I shot was 3 miles from my truck, that was 6 miles each trip, and 4 trips, or 24 miles of hiking with 12 of those miles with 100 lbs on my back. That taught me the lesson about not going too far from my truck.
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Good info. The one thing I would add is screw quartering. Bone it out and save 50 lbs.
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