Just got back from CO High Country (pics.)......

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Hey all, just got back from a scouting trip in south-central CO. We are hoping to draw a muzzleloader deer tag in a few years, so we wanted to go up there and learn the country. It was an awesome trip! We saw bucks, bulls, moose, and sheep.....quality animals too. We saw 5 'shooters' on the trip and a couple BIG elk too. Saw 4 bucks that we thought would go 180+, with two of those probably being closer to 190". Saw a great looking young buck that had 17 points....tons of potential, hopefully he'll make it until we draw! Although he had lots of points, he would probably only go 160-165. Didn't get a pic of him though....forgot my camera that hike. Never did get a pic of the good bulls either b/c they were too far away for my camera. I would say one of the good bulls was in the 300-315 range, and another was huge...I would guess 330-350 and had to be pushing 60" wide! I know without pics that doesn't mean much, but it was still cool to see.

The pics aren't the best quality, as I am limited to a film camera and a 300mm lens at this point. This trip made me realize that I really need to get a new spotting scope and an adapter for digiscoping. Getting a new camera in a couple months when the baby arrives, so that upgrade will be complete in a few months. Hope ya'll enjoy the pics!

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More pics....

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This was one of the big ones...we thought he'd make 180 pretty easy. If you can somehow zoom the photo in, you can see how good his forks are....I can't get it to zoom anymore than this on the web site though...

Another view of the good one

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Another good buck....165ish.

Another view of the 165...he has some great mass and spread.

Third view...

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Saw a couple of these guys...

Pretty good buck...

Some bucks we found on the side of the road....

Another one of the road bucks...

A group of bighorns we ran into...there were 10 of them...

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and last pic....this guy was HUUUGGGEE! I know the picture isn't very good, but we saw him about 20 feet off the road. Tried to turn around and get a pic, but just didn't have enough light to take a good enough pic....figured I'd post anyway. This buck is a monster!....and he was with another buck that I didn't see until after I was trying to take the pictures. I think both bucks would go upper 180's. The buck not in the pic had the biggest fronts I've seen on a buck....I would say 13"...I know, I know, without pics, it doesn't mean much! Hope ya'll enjoy!

[ldjbuff]

Loved the pictures, thanks a lot for sharing

[500mag]

love the pics. looks like a good spot

[CodeRED]

Nice, thanks for the post... That's beautiful country there!

[southendguy]

Pretty country, awesome pics. good luck when you get to hunt it.

[AGCHAWK]

Great pics! Thanks a bunch for taking the time to share them with us.

[Thunder Head]

Man what beautiful scenery. Thanks for posting the pics.
Makes me long for the high wild places.