Proffett
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My son and I went down to the Apishapa SWA for a few days to try to fill his Pronghorn tag for the second year in a row… second year going, that is. Last year was a goose egg as well, but at least we saw them and even managed a good 1400 yard stalk to about 90 yards… unfortunately we weren’t able to get a good shot before a small plane flew low overhead and sent them off onto private land.
This year we saw a few on the way in but nothing on the area, not even any really recent sign… another hunter stopped us as we were heading back into the southern entrance and told us he had just seen a family of mountain lions wandering around.
That was on the second afternoon, so we decided to take a quick look around and then call it quits… the area isn’t big enough to hold much game anyway, and with lions around, the chances of finding anything is slim to none.
Any trip to the woods is a good trip, though, and we had a great time.
Next year we will probably look at some different areas, although the Apishapa SWA and Apishapa North STL are really cool places. Maybe we’ll try to find some private land to hunt, or go to one of the Grasslands.
This year we saw a few on the way in but nothing on the area, not even any really recent sign… another hunter stopped us as we were heading back into the southern entrance and told us he had just seen a family of mountain lions wandering around.
That was on the second afternoon, so we decided to take a quick look around and then call it quits… the area isn’t big enough to hold much game anyway, and with lions around, the chances of finding anything is slim to none.
Any trip to the woods is a good trip, though, and we had a great time.
Next year we will probably look at some different areas, although the Apishapa SWA and Apishapa North STL are really cool places. Maybe we’ll try to find some private land to hunt, or go to one of the Grasslands.
