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<blockquote data-quote="chrisw" data-source="post: 340046" data-attributes="member: 15480"><p>This might help.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/GMUnitMaps.htm" target="_blank">Game Management Unit Maps - Colorado Division of Wildlife</a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>BOOKCLIFFS/PICEANCE</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>GMU 21, 22, 30, 31, 32</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>LOCAL DOW OFFICES</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Meeker DOW (GMU 21, 22) (970) 878-6090</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Grand Junction DOW (GMU 30, 31, 32) (970) 255-6100</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Pinyon-juniper woodlands with pockets of sagebrush areas cover most of this area. The terrain varies from open rolling sagebrush areas to steep-sided canyonlike country. Seventy-five percent of this area is BLM lands (access is restricted in wilderness study areas). There are some excellent remote hunting areas accessible by foot, horseback or ATVs. Get maps and study BLM access points. Some areas are very steep and rugged, especially in the southern portion, making it difficult to retrieve downed game. Weather is generally mild. Rains bring muddy roads. At high elevations, typical 3rd season snows make roads impassible without chains.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>DEER: The hunting ranges from fair to good in the Bookcliff and Piceance units. Deer are well distributed in the northern portion from mid-October. Concentrate on higher elevations in early seasons. If the weather is dry, you'll need to do a lot of walking and looking. Good snows will move the herds to the south. Spend a lot of time glassing. Hunt high early; low later in this unit. Cathedral Rim has some big bucks, but you need to hunt hard. Little Hills and Dry Fork of Piceance is better late.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>ELK: There are good cow hunting opportunities. The best hunting is in remote areas, mostly at high elevations, where the elk tend to hold up in pockets of green timber and aspen. Check out the Texas Mountain area and Ratt Hole Ridge. Hunting pressure will push some bulls into the large expanses of pinyon-juniper. If snow and hunting pressure are sufficient, some elk will move into the Little Hills and Dry Fork area of Piceance later in the seasons. Most of the GMU 32 elk move into GMU 22 to winter. The elk start out in the higher elevations, moving to the pinyon-juniper at lower elevations. The good bulls will head for heavy pinyon-juniper cover after they've been hunted, making them difficult to hunt.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Note: Intensive energy development is occurring in these units. Some lands that have been open to hunting in the past may no longer be open. Hunters should consult updated BLM and county land use maps. As of the date of this publication, DOW officials are negotiating with several energy companies to obtain hunting leases.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">GOOD LUCK <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisw, post: 340046, member: 15480"] This might help. [url=http://wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/GMUnitMaps.htm]Game Management Unit Maps - Colorado Division of Wildlife[/url] [FONT=Verdana][B]BOOKCLIFFS/PICEANCE GMU 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 LOCAL DOW OFFICES Meeker DOW (GMU 21, 22) (970) 878-6090 Grand Junction DOW (GMU 30, 31, 32) (970) 255-6100 Pinyon-juniper woodlands with pockets of sagebrush areas cover most of this area. The terrain varies from open rolling sagebrush areas to steep-sided canyonlike country. Seventy-five percent of this area is BLM lands (access is restricted in wilderness study areas). There are some excellent remote hunting areas accessible by foot, horseback or ATVs. Get maps and study BLM access points. Some areas are very steep and rugged, especially in the southern portion, making it difficult to retrieve downed game. Weather is generally mild. Rains bring muddy roads. At high elevations, typical 3rd season snows make roads impassible without chains. DEER: The hunting ranges from fair to good in the Bookcliff and Piceance units. Deer are well distributed in the northern portion from mid-October. Concentrate on higher elevations in early seasons. If the weather is dry, you'll need to do a lot of walking and looking. Good snows will move the herds to the south. Spend a lot of time glassing. Hunt high early; low later in this unit. Cathedral Rim has some big bucks, but you need to hunt hard. Little Hills and Dry Fork of Piceance is better late. ELK: There are good cow hunting opportunities. The best hunting is in remote areas, mostly at high elevations, where the elk tend to hold up in pockets of green timber and aspen. Check out the Texas Mountain area and Ratt Hole Ridge. Hunting pressure will push some bulls into the large expanses of pinyon-juniper. If snow and hunting pressure are sufficient, some elk will move into the Little Hills and Dry Fork area of Piceance later in the seasons. Most of the GMU 32 elk move into GMU 22 to winter. The elk start out in the higher elevations, moving to the pinyon-juniper at lower elevations. The good bulls will head for heavy pinyon-juniper cover after they've been hunted, making them difficult to hunt. Note: Intensive energy development is occurring in these units. Some lands that have been open to hunting in the past may no longer be open. Hunters should consult updated BLM and county land use maps. As of the date of this publication, DOW officials are negotiating with several energy companies to obtain hunting leases.[/B] GOOD LUCK :)[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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