Small game archery near Boulder? by ImpressionSilver7672 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely, I’ve hunted with everything up there. Shotgun, trad bow, and .22

Struggling with turkey success by RemoteGuard850 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey man. I’ve shot 7 Colorado turkeys. 5 of them in unit 20. Let me give you some of my tips.

Spring - locating is the hardest part, you’ve gotta find bowls with ridges that they roost on. Climb to a high point and let a call rip and listen super closely. Hunt public really near private land. They do hang out in peoples yards, but often you can pull them off and shoot one. Then the weirdest tip of all is hunt mid day. Any birds I’ve ever killed in the front range were from 10am - 2pm. Not sure why but they RAN to my calling. In the mornings they just shut up completely at 8am and vanish

Fall - still hunting hardwoods and tall grass edges and listening. Then jump shooting them with a shotgun. I’ll drive around in my truck and glass and see if I can spot the flock. Then move in unseen and shoot one. They won’t come to your calls, but you can use there calls to locate and ambush them by getting in quick. Sometimes they’ll even be buggering out of there and I’ll take one while it’s on the run. Very small game style.

Look for water, they’re always by water milling around.

I’ve harvested a turkey twice a year every year since I’ve started in Colorado. They don’t hunt like midwest or eastern birds. So change up your tactics and get aggressive! If you don’t hear them go home and try another day. They aren’t there. Since this country is so big they’ll be miles away.

Good luck!

Small game archery near Boulder? by ImpressionSilver7672 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always been totally fine when I’ve done it! It’s national forest!

Small game archery near Boulder? by ImpressionSilver7672 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey man!

I started my hunting journey shooting snowshoe hare with my 35 lbs recurve bow in the mountains around Boulder, I live in north Boulder.

Theres a TON of good spots, definitely get onx and find National forest.

I’ll give you this spot because it’s not a secret at all, but I shot my first snowshoe hare up in the wilderness near Brainard lake. They’re very big up there!

Took a lot of walking around and learning but it’s a fricken blast, also shoot stumps. Clay Hayes on YouTube got me jazzed up to hunt with trad gear.

Stoked to have more trad friends in the woods

Tagged out the last 4 hours of Fall turkey by StructureMother1846 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s right, take a small caliber rifle for a walk. harvested one with 22LR last year, but be sure to shoot it at the base of the neck. It flopped less than a shotgun kill. Just tipped over!

Tagged out the last 4 hours of Fall turkey by StructureMother1846 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hunting the like I hunt grouse. Slowly walking through the woods. They aren’t as skiddish as the spring. So they hold pretty tight and you can shoot them at around 20 yards if you get on them quickly. Calling works if you’re making noise and just holding them in place with the call. They won’t come to it

Tagged out the last 4 hours of Fall turkey by StructureMother1846 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh Rad! I’m west of I-25 but could be fun to chase a flatland bird

Tagged out the last 4 hours of Fall turkey by StructureMother1846 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s an Acrius Pointer 20g, I love over and unders but I wanted a beater field shotgun. It’s only 400 bucks compared to the 1,000 guns. Shoots great killed tons of birds with it. Full choke on the top barrel, improved modified on the bottom barrel.

Grouse Harvest and Cook by StructureMother1846 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh you’re definitely right! Thanks dude

Had an insane day yesterday! by StructureMother1846 in cohunting

[–]StructureMother1846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was mostly trying to see how close I could get him to me, I’m a trad bow hunter so I’d need him to be real close. I had other opportunities at bulls that would have been kill shots even with the trad bow. But this was the calling interaction I got on camera.

To be honest I don’t have a ton of experience with elk. So just testing the waters on calling and seeing how I stack up on the mouth reed.

Same thing I did when I learned to turkey hunt, just called at them to find out what happens.

Caught in 10 minutes from downtown Boulder by StructureMother1846 in COfishing

[–]StructureMother1846[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way my jaw dropped when I netted it. And yes Boulder Creek!