JJL Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Well the planets must have aligned just perfectly, because when I clicked on Realtree Forums.............it actually opened. That hasn't happened in several years. I had better take advantage of the RARE Celestial event and make a post. Life is Good in Colorado....... Hunting SUCKS.......but life is Good. I seems as if you don't have access to private land, you are SOL. I live in a county with 3200 residents, it's plenty rural, however, Public land is filthy with tree huggin- granola munchin-dope smoking-Subaru diving-Obama Lovin- ATV riding-hippies. And the Elk don't like how they smell, so they stay in the private acres. And most of the private land is leased ... for BIG $$$$. Local ranches will allow you to trespass and shoot a 320" bull for $15,000.........Where do I sign up for that STUPIDITY. The commercialization of OUR natural resources.........nice. It's taken me 7 years to finally draw a deer tag, luckily it's for my yard, and I get to shoot something off my porch. Maybe in another 7 years I can do it again.............yee haw.........welcome to Colorado. And they wonder why the locals have NO Respect for the DOW...........oh we respect the officers........just not the DOW as a whole. I've killed 4 deer and two elk with my truck..........nice. Have yet to draw my bow on a live animal. I average (gps measured) 120 miles on foot EVERY season, do the math, That's 840 miles on foot through prime Elk habitat in 7 seasons............I've seen 3 elk in the wild while hunting. I have literally seen thousands while crossing private land in order to access public land.........but only 3 on public land in 7 seasons. I have come to refer to it as "armed hiking".............it has become quite disheartening. One more season of crap like this, and I'm DONE. The Family is doing well, My son Joseph Graduated Magna Cum Laude this spring from the Colorado School Of Mines ( on par with MIT ). He has a Bachelors degree in explosives engineering and is working on his Masters while employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory..............He deals with NASA on solid rocket fuel projects...........yep......Rocket Scientist........got that from MOM. My daughter graduated High School.........still trying to figure out where she's going. Probably be a Stripper. My wife is getting Older...I'm getting Grumpier. Welcome to life. God Bless You JJL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) JJL, GREAT to hear from ya!, Yup Col. is NOT where I'd apply unless you have contacts...... [Qoute; ..I'm getting Grumpier. Welcome to life. Qoute] Boy, I,ve heard that myself from more than one..:poke: Edited June 29, 2015 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Welcome back JJL. Not surprised where elk hunting has gone in your neck of the woods. Only elk hunted in CO once & that was a LONG time ago on public land. Even then it was tough hunting at best. Sounds a LOT tougher now! Good to see otherwise you and the rest of the family are doing fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Good to hear from ya JJL !!!! Colorado seems to have become an eastern satellite of Kalifornia anymore.................. nowhere I'd like to hang my hat. But a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do. Just when life gets ya down, haul out something belted that burns 70 or 80 or 100 grains of smokeless at a clip and go stomp a mudhole in something. Maybe screw a Subaru emblem to a hunk of plywood and set it out there a piece.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Good to see you stop in grumpy, or eh Jim. Shame Colorado politics is turned into what it is for what is a such a beautiful state, glad to hear things are otherwise going well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hey JJL great to hear from you! "Public land is filthy with tree huggin- granola munchin-dope smoking-Subaru diving-Obama Lovin- ATV riding-hippies." That made me LOL! :clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 LOL....probably the best post I've seen on here in quite a while now. What part of Colorado do you live in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJL Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Little bitty town called Ridgway. We are about 80 miles from Utah and 100 miles from New Mexico, so way down in the Southwest corner. It's a really a nice area. Most of our friends are ranchers and their families mixed in with a bunch of people we go to church with. Life is actually very good. The hunting is a real fiasco however. The Colorado DOW's biggest concern is how they can generate the most $$$$, and in doing so, have placed the management of the wildlife in the state second behind money. But, I would imagine that its that way pretty much everywhere. It is just beyond comprehension that it takes a resident 7 years to draw a tag for their own property, when a non-resident can buy that same tag EVERY season. My tag is $40 and theirs is $400......that's the only explanation. That constitutes prostitution by the DOW of OUR RESOURCE...........and that's a real shame. On a much lighter note, I have a pair of 6 month old Labrador puppies who are amazing. Lots of fun and enjoyment from those two. My golf game is getting a lot better now that I live on a course and can play all of the time. My family is all healthy and doing well. We have a nice home, plenty of food, clothes on our backs, and a living savior named Jesus Christ. So we're a lot better off than a lot of people in this world. When I focus on the really meaningful things in life...........it's not half bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Hey JJL, good to see you back on here. Sounds like you got the hunting part down, you just need to work on the killing part a little bit. Glad you and your family are doing well. Congrats on your son, that is some accomplishment. You should be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 It's been great seeing you and other RT veterans coming back to visit. I'm glad your family is well and I will pray for your hunting to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Little bitty town called Ridgway. We are about 80 miles from Utah and 100 miles from New Mexico' date=' so way down in the Southwest corner. It's a really a nice area. Most of our friends are ranchers and their families mixed in with a bunch of people we go to church with. Life is actually very good. The hunting is a real fiasco however. The Colorado DOW's biggest concern is how they can generate the most $$$$, and in doing so, have placed the management of the wildlife in the state second behind money. But, I would imagine that its that way pretty much everywhere. It is just beyond comprehension that it takes a resident 7 years to draw a tag for their own property, when a non-resident can buy that same tag EVERY season. My tag is $40 and theirs is $400......that's the only explanation. That constitutes prostitution by the DOW of OUR RESOURCE...........and that's a real shame. On a much lighter note, I have a pair of 6 month old Labrador puppies who are amazing. Lots of fun and enjoyment from those two. My golf game is getting a lot better now that I live on a course and can play all of the time. My family is all healthy and doing well. We have a nice home, plenty of food, clothes on our backs, and a living savior named Jesus Christ. So we're a lot better off than a lot of people in this world. When I focus on the really meaningful things in life...........it's not half bad. [/quote'] I'll be ~2 hours south of you come November. Something I've never understood about Colorado is the buck:doe ratio for mule deer. Seems way out of kilter to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 good to hear from you, jim. sorry to hear about your fractured bubble on hunting. it's really a shame. you need a fishing trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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