.308 for Mule Deer and Elk?

[birdbustr]

Quicktime: I never have got into bow hunting. If I really had the time and my own land I think I would be able to set up a place good enough for consistent close shots. I'll probably get a deer or two in NY late November. My in-laws have some land, and they are in the sticks. Beautiful place and big deer.

 

[MCgunner]

In New Mexico, you have to pick a season, either black powder or one of the three rifle seasons, but not one of each. Now, I don't hunt with a bow, don't know how they do that there. Other states, though, you can hunt primitive (black powder) AND rifle. Is Colorado one of those?????? The neat thing about the black powder season in NM is it's well before any snowfall and the weather is still decent. Also, with black powder, you get a month or there abouts. With rifles, first season is a 2 day weekend, then there's a 3 day season, 5 day, last season is 7. Me, I'd rather hunt BP if I lived there and get a month of fun even if I had to get real close for a shot.

Now, this is mule deer, don't know about elk, ain't done that, yet.

 

[quicktime]

BP elk season is typically the last week or so of archery season. I am not positive if you can hunt both or not you would have to check with DOW. I hunt archery and rifle when I am there. Last year hunted archery elk, rifle elk, and late season plains deer. It made for three months of available hunting for big game. I could have extended that with Antelope tag as well but time off was kind of thin.

 

[quicktime]

Birdbustr you need to look in to archery. There are several ranges in the Springs. A couple are indoor so you can shoot no matter what the weather. It is amazing how much more game you see when you are bowhunting. And the seasons are longer with a better chance of drawing for the trophy areas.