YOUR HUNT WEST DASHBOARD

FOR JEFF QUAGLINO

OVERVIEW

Welcome to your Hunt West Dashboard. Please use this page as a reference to support your hunting applications, links to resources we discuss in check-ins, and to find all plans as they are created. This includes OnX Hunt Maps links, as well as any additional descriptions and videos created to help you understand how to make the most of your hunting plans. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. Cheers! - JB

FIRST CHOICE: 75, 751 | 3rd Season

HUNT CODE: D-M-075-O3-R

Hunt Dates: November 9-15, 2024

“I actually live in this unit(s). There are a couple ways you could go.....if you want to hunt the high country you can head to Silverton and hunt above treeline. If the snow holds off you might catch them before they start migrating. A couple places you could look are near Howardsville, head south, and there are several basins that you can hunt if you want to hike a ways. If you have an offroad vehicle there is some really good hunting near kite lake, you will also have to head to Silverton and do some backcountry driving but if you take the trail by the lake you can hike into the north side of the unit and hunt. The second option is is hunt the old burn areas near Villacitto. We see quite a few bucks roaming the hills. If you are willing to sit behind a spotting scope and do some hiking you can access quite a bit of country.” - Hunt Talk Member (2020)

SECOND CHOICE: 72, 73 | 3rd Season

HUNT CODE: D-M-072-O3-R

Hunt Dates: November 9-15, 2024

“72 is my stomping grounds. I have a ton of private, but deer are and have been a bit thin compared to what it use to be. Not saying it’s bad, cause its not. But 73 is where I have been finding a lot of big deer, many over 200” even on public land.” - Monster Muleys Member (2012)

2024 COLORADO TAG APPLICATION

Key Factors of Both Hunts

  • Low to No Chronic Wasting Disease (Bucks can get old)

  • Less tags than 4 years ago

  • Good variety in roaded and roadless terrain

  • Places to get away from people

  • Far west side of the state (closer to you)

UNIT 75, 751 OVERVIEW

(1st Choice)

STRENGTHS:

  • 32 Bucks Per 100 Does (Above-Objective)

  • No Winterkill

  • Population Near Objective

  • Only 376 Deer Tags (2 Units)

  • 42% 3-Year Avg. Success

  • Lots of Public Land To Hunt & Escape People

DETRACTORS:

  • A Lot of Thick Areas

  • Lots of Snow Could Make Driving Tough

  • Over-The-Counter Elk Hunters (239 Surveyed)

UNIT 72, 73 OVERVIEW

(2nd Choice)

STRENGTHS:

  • No Winterkill

  • Population Over-Objective

  • Only 349 Deer Tags (2 Units)

  • 58% 3-Year Avg. Success

DETRACTORS:

  • 20 Bucks Per 100 Does (Below-Objective)

  • Deer Can Concentrate On Ag

  • May Need to Play Private-Public Game

  • Over-The-Counter Elk Hunters (115 Surveyed)

  • No Snow Would Make It Tough

2024 HUNT PLANS

Coming Spring/Summer 2024…

GEAR RECOMMENDATIONS

SLEEPING BAGS:

Good: Black Ovis Chugach 0 Degree ($184 - 4lbs 3 oz)

Better: Rab Ascent -15 Degree ($499 - 3lbs 12 oz)

Best: Western Mountaineering Kodiak 0 Degree ($920 - 3lbs 2 oz)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES