2010 Hunting Report
Archery Deer
So far we have only had one deer hunter. Mike from Colorado shot a big 176 inch Mule deer in Velvet.
Archery Elk
The first week we had 2 guided hunters, who are both repeat clients. Both saw bulls and one saw 5 different bulls. No shots were taken. Full Moon and hot weather made it a tough week.
Second week we have one guided elk hunter and two non-guided elk hunters. So far all three have seen bulls including some twenty five yard encounters, but no shots yet.
Archery Antelope
We had 7 hunters in for the first 4 days of Antelope Season. All 7 had shots, so we were 100% on shot opportunities.6 out of the 7 hunters harvested antelope and 5 out of the 6 Bucks we harvested made Pope and Young!! Our own Fred got a buck on video for Easton Bowhunting TV as well.
2nd week was a touch slower but still great. Despite some rain and high winds out of 7 hunters 6 had shots. The one client that didn't get a shot had a trophy buck within 20 yards, but it did not give him a good shot angle. Three clients harvested beautiful Pope and Young bucks this week including 76 year old Grady from Michigan.
3rd week: This week we had 8 guided hunters and 2 non-guided hunters. Our guided hunters went 6 for 8 on arrows shot and 3 out of 8 harvested bucks. Our two non-guided hunters both had bucks within 25 yards and both had shots, 1 harvested a nice Pope and Young buck..
4th week. We had 5 non-guided hunters and all 5 had shots and 4 out of the 5 harvested Antelope and 2 of those made Pope and Young. Our own Michele Eichler guided by 5 year old Trent shot a great buck as well.
So we had a total of 31 archery antelope hunters and only 3 of them did not take shots. That's a 90% shot opportunity!!
Florida Osceola Turkey
This year again we were 100% on Osceola Turkeys. Our three clients all took mature birds as well as our own Fred Eichler who harvested two nice birds on video. Another great year in Florida!!
Colorado Merriams Turkey
This year has been a little tough with the weather but all but two clients filled their tags. We had 12 clients here in Colorado and all but 2 tagged out on nice birds. Our last client had several opportunities but just couldn't connect.