62 3rd season for deer

Justhunt14 · Jun 8, 2024

My brother and I drew deer 62 rifle 3rd season, we have spent some time on the unit getting familiar with areas, we understand that depending on the weather the deer can be strung from the divide road down to the river.
I'm starting to get an idea of what to expect on the hunt searching other threads on here.
I hear it's zoo with OTC elk hunters.
Is what I don't know, is what should I expect for deer quality?
If y'all don't mind sharing some pictures and stories from previous hunts from that area, it would be greatly appreciated.

Justhunt14 · Nov 2, 2024

Bringing this post back to the top, being 3rd season is a week away.
I'm pretty excited to be going on this hunt with my brother we haven't hunted together for a couple of years now.
Looks like snow is in the forecast for next week.
How much snow is on the ground now?
Our plan as of now is to hunt the long mesa area. Kinda curious if its even accessible by 4-wheeler?
What's everyone's thoughts on deer quality on this unit?
Depending on service I'll keep you all posted on how the hunt goes.

Elk_Nuts · Nov 4, 2024

Saw some good bucks while Archery Elk hunting in 62 last year. There is snow on the ground now. Not a lot but more is on the way.

Justhunt14 · Nov 4, 2024

Elk_Nuts said:
Saw some good bucks while Archery Elk hunting in 62 last year. There is snow on the ground now. Not a lot but more is on the way.

Thank you Elk Nuts, I appreciate the update

Osprey · Nov 5, 2024

Hopefully these pictures post. I killed these bucks in CO unit 62. They came from the same general area. Northern end of the unit.

Mallardsx2 · Nov 5, 2024

Nice tree of death you got there.

Justhunt14 · Nov 5, 2024

Thanks Osprey, that is awesome!
I'd be ecstatic with any ones of those.
My biggest to date is a 187" typical, I'm really gonna look hard for something with extras.
Not that I wouldn't shoot a 200" typical

DeerAddiction4 · Nov 5, 2024

Osprey said:
Hopefully these pictures post. I killed these bucks in CO unit 62. They came from the same general area. Northern end of the unit.

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Awesome bucks!

swinginS_88 · Nov 5, 2024

i have the points and was considering doing 62 3rd season next year or 551 3rd. those are nice bucks!!! i hope you kill a good buck justhunt

Justhunt14 · Nov 5, 2024

swinginS_88 said:
i have the points and was considering doing 62 3rd season next year or 551 3rd. those are nice bucks!!! i hope you kill a good buck justhunt

I'll do my best keep y'all posted through the hunt, not sure what I'll have for service, and besides being disconnected for a few days ain't so bad either.

Stay tuned........

coloradoman · Nov 5, 2024

Good luck it’s a tough hunt
Take chains it’s dumping snow.

Justhunt14 · Wednesday at 9:39 AM

coloradoman said:
Good luck it’s a tough hunt
Take chains it’s dumping snow.

Funny you should mention that, they just got delivered today.

BeanMan · Wednesday at 2:08 PM

Osprey said:
Hopefully these pictures post. I killed these bucks in CO unit 62. They came from the same general area. Northern end of the unit.

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How long ago were these killed?

BeanMan · Wednesday at 2:09 PM

Justhunt14 said:
I'll do my best keep y'all posted through the hunt, not sure what I'll have for service, and besides being disconnected for a few days ain't so bad either.

Stay tuned........

There’s good service at Monument Hill along Divide Road. That’s right by Long Mesa.

Justhunt14 · Wednesday at 2:57 PM

BeanMan said:
How long ago were these killed?

Good point, but it still gets me excited to know the genetics are there............. Or at least there at one time

Justhunt14 · Wednesday at 3:01 PM

BeanMan said:
There’s good service at Monument Hill along Divide Road. That’s right by Long Mesa.

I'm hearing report that there is some good snow up at that elevation, we might find ourselves hunting a little lower

BeanMan · Wednesday at 3:32 PM

Justhunt14 said:
I'm hearing report that there is some good snow up at that elevation, we might find ourselves hunting a little lower

That’s where the deer will be anyway, down in the canyon bottoms. Snow line is about 5800’ right now. I’m sure they got a bunch more up top, probably in the 10-12” range. The soil is still pretty warm so I’d expect much of that to have melted by Saturday. It’s going to be muddy once the morning freeze has melted out.

Justhunt14 · Wednesday at 5:14 PM

BeanMan said:
That’s where the deer will be anyway, down in the canyon bottoms. Snow line is about 5800’ right now. I’m sure they got a bunch more up top, probably in the 10-12” range. The soil is still pretty warm so I’d expect much of that to have melted by Saturday. It’s going to be muddy once the morning freeze has melted out.

I wish it was gonna stay cold, keep those roads frozen, looks like 50s for the weekend then another storm on Tuesday

coloradoman · Wednesday at 6:49 PM

Don’t worry about 50 temps
You got snow

Justhunt14 · Saturday at 8:10 PM

We made camp about 7k feet, woke up on the first day to about 3 inches of snow. We went low over in dry creek area, seen a few deer but not a lot of sign. We did see a 5 point bull tonight tho, just outside of camp that was cool to watch.
Tomorrow we're going high.

Founder · Sunday at 5:29 PM

Are you seeing some rutting action?

Osprey · Sunday at 7:38 PM

The bottom buck was killed in 2022. The other two within the last ten years. There’s others. Just not on a tree that I had pictures of.

Osprey · Sunday at 7:42 PM

Long Mesa = Long Point?

maddog58 · Sunday at 7:50 PM

Founder said:
Are you seeing some rutting action?

Seeing some in 70

Justhunt14 · Sunday at 9:16 PM

Founder said:
Are you seeing some rutting action?

Not like I thought, we've only seen 6 bucks, and none of them acting rutty.

Justhunt14 · Sunday at 9:21 PM

Osprey said:
Long Mesa = Long Point?

No, long mesa is over by the Dominguez wilderness area.
Long point is south of brush mtn, after recent storms we switch areas at the last minute, might of been a bad decision

Justhunt14 · Sunday at 9:33 PM

Day 2, we went a little higher and seen more sign and couple more deer.
The best buck so far has been 140 3x4.
Not seeing a ton of deer but we are seeing about 10 to 15 head a day. The bucks we seen have not shown signs of rutting, but expect that to change any day. The deer look fat and healthy.
Can't wait to see what the morning brings.

Osprey · 2024-11-11T17:05:20-0700

I was a little confused when Long Mesa was said to be by Monument Hill. Have you been down to Cactus Park. I have friends hunting around Snipe and Dominguez. Seeing deer with a few bucks. Biggest being a 165ish 4x4.

Justhunt14 · 2024-11-11T21:09:35-0700

Day 3, man what a difference one day makes, we seen probably close to 30 head today, 9 were bucks, the rut has appeared to kick off as it was definitely noticeable today, finally found a spot to put the spotting scopes to work in the flat sage brush country, and at 6:58 a.m. my brother had a buck down. It's really tall 4 point, with good forks. Now he has set a standard I hope I can meet it, I'll post pictures later.
Maybe tomorrow is my day!

Justhunt14 · 2024-11-12T21:33:07-0700

Day 4, the addiction with hunting is the ups and downs, yesterday was a good day, today not so much.
My wheeler died going into the glassing spot, at 5 in the morning, it just flat out died, all electrical stuff powered out, after playing with battery cables, moving our way to the ignition we found it had a loose connection in the ignition. We fixed it and got back on the road, got to the glassing spot and seen 7 deer all morning, tonight we seen 1 lone doe. I'm sure the weather had something to do with as it was windy and snow flurries off and on.
Hopefully tomorrow is an upper

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