Colorado Deer Herd Condition

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Sun, 2005-12-11 20:44

peanut64

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Location: Palisade, Colorado

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Colorado Deer Herd Condition

Made a road trip through the lower elevations of CO unit 70 this weekend. The deer numbers were very impressive, it has been a while since I have seen that many deer in those areas. Also, there were afair number of bucks! They weren't record book bucks, but there is a healthy post hunt population. Very encouraging trip. Looking forward to 06.

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