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Bull tags for 2nd and 3rd rifle are sold over the counter, so you can decide this summer and be in elk country this fall. Four points instead of twenty-four? This is your hunt.
The catch is pressure. Anybody can buy a Unit 70 tag. Almost nobody knows where the elk go when the trucks show up. Our family has hunted this unit for over twenty years, and that is the whole job.
Unit 70 covers roughly 1,500 square miles of southwest Colorado, running about 75 miles southeast from near the Utah line. About 70 percent is public land in the Uncompahgre and San Juan National Forests and BLM, with core elevations of 6,000 to 8,500 feet.
Antlered elk tags for 2nd and 3rd rifle are over the counter, with no draw or points. Archery, muzzleloader, 1st and 4th rifle elk and all mule deer licenses are draw only. Unlimited rifle tags mean heavier pressure than limited units like 61.
Opening morning of 2nd rifle, the roads fill with trucks, wall tents and four-wheelers. Within about thirty-six hours, the elk are gone from every easy place.
Most hunters drive further down the same road. The elk are in the nasty little pockets nobody wants to walk into, and they stay there until it snows.
We have hunted this unit for over twenty years. We know which pockets hold elk in the second week of a hard season, and how to get you in and back out with meat on your back or on our stock. We also own and lease private land, which gives our hunters room the crowds never see.
In Unit 61, you mostly need to find relaxed elk. In Unit 70, finding them is the job.
Unit 70 will not match a premium draw unit on bull density or antler class. Third-party unit data puts the bull-to-cow ratio around 16 per 100. Expect anything from a legal 4-point up to a potential 300-inch bull, with mule deer in the 150 to 170 inch range and 180-plus bucks taken every year by hunters who put in the work.
What you get is time. The hunter with twenty-four points gets one hunt. You can be back here every fall.
Seasons change annually. Confirm dates in the CPW Big Game Brochure before booking travel.
Not sure what you need? Just ask. We are happy to help.
Unit 61 sits just north on the Uncompahgre Plateau: a limited-draw quality unit with bigger antler potential and a roughly two-decade nonresident wait. Plenty of our clients hunt 70 every fall while their 61 points build.
Just a tag, a date, and a family that knows where the elk go when the trucks show up.
Small groups of 4 to 5 hunters, and our calendar fills before the August tag sale. Call before you buy anything.
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