The story of one such opportunity began, for me, over two years ago when I was hunting near Craig, Colorado. The public land I was on had virtually no animals. But just across the fence, on some private land, I could see several trophy-class mule deer bucks and a herd of elk with well over 1000 head in it. After some excited research, I found out that Elk Horn Outfitters as part of the Colorado Ranching Wildlife Program managed the property. The only question I had left was how soon before they’d have an opening so I could book a hunt!
Big bucks are where you find them. Finally after over 20 years of trying to locate an area that would consistently produce lots of monster bucks, I have to say I just about gave up…until this season. As most mule deer hunters know, it’s been probably 30 or 40 years ago when monster mulies were at their peak. In those days there wasn’t near the emphasis on trophy hunting that there is today, most hunters were in it for the meat. There also weren’t any rangefinders or the quality of optics and rifles that are so common in the field today. Now a days, hunters have to rely on the luck of drawing a good tag in a trophy area.
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