Recreational shooting

TPP wrote:

Something the Dog Said wrote:

BearMtnHIB wrote: I'll be sighting my rifle in today- so if you live in Evergreen and hear the sound- that'll be my high powered rifle you hear.

It's that time of year again- PVO elk and deer season starts on Saturday- you can call the cops again if you want, but last year all they did was drive by, they didn't even stop.

I thought rifle season did not start until October, only archery and muzzle loaders till then. Unless you are planning on poaching.

SURPRSE!
Somebody doesn't know the he/she is talking about.
Have you ever been hunting Stds?
Did you ever read the regulations?
vl, is the only poacher that WE know of on the site.

Archery
Deer/elk (west of I-25 and Unit 140) Aug. 25–Sept. 23 Aug. 31–Sept. 29
Plains deer (east of I-25, except Unit 140) Oct. 1–26 and Oct. 1–25 and
Nov. 7–30 and Nov. 6–30 and
Dec. 15–31 Dec. 15–31
Moose Sept. 8–23 Sept. 7–29
Pronghorn (bucks only) Aug. 15–31 Aug. 15–31
Pronghorn (either sex) Sept. 1–20 Sept. 1–20
Muzzleloading Rifle (by draw only)
Deer/elk/moose Sept. 8–16 Sept. 14–22
Plains deer (east of I-25, except Unit 140) Oct. 13–21 Oct. 12–20
Pronghorn Oct. 21–29 Oct. 21–29
Rifle Deer/Elk/Moose
Moose Oct. 1–14 Oct. 1–14
Separate limited elk (1st season) Oct. 13–17 Oct. 12–16
Combined (deer/elk) (2nd season) Oct. 20–28 Oct. 19–27
(3rd season) Nov. 3–11 Nov. 2–10
Combined limited (deer/elk) (4th season) Nov. 14–18 Nov. 13–17
Plains deer (east of I-25, except Unit 140) Oct. 27–Nov. 6 Oct. 26–Nov. 5
Late plains deer (east of I-25, except Unit 140) Dec. 1–14 Dec. 1–14

There is also this early season rifle hunt.
High country antlered deer (by drawing only);
Dates depend on GMU Sept. 8-16

You look it up than copy & paste, well that was easy wasn't it?
Well, wrong again, Stds., You fogot "Private land owners."
Try Again.

In the unit I am in private land hunting is 10-20 to 11-18 for bucks and 9-1-12 to 1-31-12 for doe and cow elk.

While there are a lot of responsible hunters who will observe those dates, there are more than a few who hunt year round mostly at night since there are so many deer in this area. I hope they get caught one of these times.

Thank you, mtntrekker, for clearing that up for stds.
9-1-12 to 1-31-13 for doe and cow elk, is what I usually do.

Thank you, mtntrekker, for clearing that up for stds.
9-1-12 to 1-31-13 for doe and cow elk, is what I usually do.

Yep- Private Land for Doe and Cow in area 391 started 9-1-12. When I pulled into my driveway Saturday morning there was a nice cow trotting ahead of my car about 6 feet.

If she had hung around a few more hours I probably would have had a chance within the first few hours of hunting season!

She was in the right place- but lucky for her she moved on just in time.