Unit 62 is where we cow elk hunted in early December. Nice Shiras!!
We used Kinikin Outfitters
http://www.huntwesterncolorado.com/ Who actually hired Camp David Outfitting to take us out:
http://www.campdavidoutfitting.com/home.html Ray (the dad) and Jerad (son) will work their butts off for you to make sure you have a successful hunt.
Jerad also has dogs that he runs Mt. Lions with, along with another guide, Shamus. How they can run at that elevation and still sort of keep up with the dogs is beyond me. I tried following them as they took off up the hill in knee deep snow and I was almost puking my guts out in less than 100 yds.
In 2012, there was a female lion in heat (we thought) and there were 6-7 Toms in the same canyon that she was. All the elk got pushed back to the National Forest and we ate our tags. One of the guys had a lion tag, and he DID get his lion the 2nd day that we let the dogs out. The first day the dogs pushed a lion off of a live elk as it was trying to kill it. The Elk was covered in blood, and still alive. The dogs stayed with the Elk and not the lion, (probably because of the blood) and that day the lion got away.
Unfortunately, the consensus among the guides is that the lion hunting in Colorado will mimic the lion hunting in California since the lead lion biologist's girlfriend was instrumental in the lion hunting fiasco in California.....
