Colorado unit 62

Mule 1 · May 3, 2020

Drew a desert bighorn sheep tag on unit 62 does anybody have any information on the terrain or the size of the sheep there. Thank you

littlebighorn · May 4, 2020

Congratulations Mule!
You literally hit the lotto!
I have been in that unit looking for sheep but I've never hunted it.
My daughter lives in Grand Junction so we have been down a time or two for a look.
From what we saw, I am thinking 150+ ram is a good ram in that unit, but I think there are quite a few sheep that you could look over. The unit seems diverse with some private land, places you could actually almost hunt from your vehicle to some areas you could backpack into.
Regardless you should have a great time and you should also be able to find a nice ram. If it were my tag, I'd absolutely take as much time as I could and make the very best of a Once in a Lifetime adventure.
Keep us posted!

Mule 1 · May 4, 2020

littlebighorn said:
Congratulations Mule!
You literally hit the lotto!
I have been in that unit looking for sheep but I've never hunted it.
My daughter lives in Grand Junction so we have been down a time or two for a look.
From what we saw, I am thinking 150+ ram is a good ram in that unit, but I think there are quite a few sheep that you could look over. The unit seems diverse with some private land, places you could actually almost hunt from your vehicle to some areas you could backpack into.
Regardless you should have a great time and you should also be able to find a nice ram. If it were my tag, I'd absolutely take as much time as I could and make the very best of a Once in a Lifetime adventure.
Keep us posted!

Thank you

treedagain · May 5, 2020

This guy on rockslide took a good ram. I would be giving him a pm. Real neat country. Congrads on a once in a lifetime tag.

Gadjet · May 5, 2020

I was lucky enough to draw this tag back in 2005, since then I have helped a few other hunters . Littlebighorns description of the terrain and sheep size is very accurate. I know that Molon Labe had several rams located last year that were close seconds to the great ram that they killed. Sounds like there are getting to be a fair amount of mature rams in the unit. It's definitely an exciting time to have that tag!

steinernm · May 5, 2020

I will send you a PM. I don’t know anything about the unit but I do have a few harvest locations saved back when the DOW published those

You can also look back through the harvest statistics for Desert Bighorn Sheep on the DOW website and it will tell you the canyon/drainage/relative area of the kill and will give you horn measurements as well.

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/RockyMountainBighornSheep/2019BighornSheepHornMeasurements.pdf

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/RockyMountainBighornSheep/2018BighornSheepHornMeasurements.pdf

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/RockyMountainBighornSheep/2017BighornSheepHornMeasurements.pdf

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/RockyMountainBighornSheep/2016BighornSheepHornMeasurements.pdf

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/RockyMountainBighornSheep/2015BighornSheepHornMeasurements.pdf

steinernm · May 5, 2020

You can also find some info on this forum. You might have to create a user name and password to see the posts. Some of the info is old but there’s guys that have hunted this unit and one guy even gives his contact info and I wouldn’t hesitate to contact him.

Login To: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society

bighornsheep.infopop.cc

treedagain · May 6, 2020

Mule 1.....you have been handed the keys to the castle. Now you need to go kill a good ram and report back.

Mule 1 · May 7, 2020

Thanks tree I'll do my best, I have hunted rocky's on the rattle snake in ut. So if I can get my old fat ass in shape. One more question is it horse or mule county? And sorry for taking your tag.

treedagain · May 7, 2020

How about posting a pic of the rattlesnake ram?

Mule 1 · May 7, 2020

Here he is very heavy but really broomed off.

Mule 1 · May 7, 2020

Here's a side view

Mule 1 · May 7, 2020

treedagain · May 8, 2020

Great Ram. You did well, thanks for Sharing.

littlebighorn · May 8, 2020

Your desert will look awesome next to that heavy old Rocky!
I'm excited for you. Desert sheep are pretty incredible.
I may be down that way for a while in June. Not a great time to scout, but I may slip down to that unit again for a look. If so I will let you know what I find.
From what I saw, I'm sure there are some areas you could ride ponies, but I don't know about access, etc.

Mule 1 · Jul 8, 2020

Littlebighorn did you make it to grand junction

littlebighorn · Jul 9, 2020

We did get down there Mule 1, but we were working so much we were never able to slip down to the unit. I may be headed back down in a week or two to work some more, but scouting this time of year is brutal.
Have you been able to get down? When does your hunt start? I'm sure you can find a good one.

Mule 1 · Jul 10, 2020

It's the month of November, no I figured it was to hot maybe in August or September

littlebighorn · Jul 11, 2020

I don't know when those sheep rut, but if it's prior to your hunt, I'd be looking then. It sounds like you have plenty of time to get familiar with the country. We have only been down there during cooler weather.

Gadjet · Jul 11, 2020

littlebighorn said:
I don't know when those sheep rut, but if it's prior to your hunt, I'd be looking then. It sounds like you have plenty of time to get familiar with the country. We have only been down there during cooler weather.

The rams should be traveling the rims looking for ewes during the season.

sneakem · Jul 15, 2020

Those rams rut primarily in August, its hotter than all get out and the rut activity is usually best earlier in the day. You'll see rams cruising in November, that's just a product of the weather cooling down and not actual breeding.