Travel corridors

[mandrroofing]

Hello! Hey, the area I hunt has a fairly small travel corridor area according to Colorado's virtual hunting map. My question is late September would this be an area of interest that I should considerably check out? Google Earths hows there's not a whole lot of timber, there is some but not a lot. Wanted to see what you all thought...

[elkmtngear]

Matt,

How large is the area you are looking at? Is there something in the area that could hold elk, such as North Facing timbered slopes, springs, etc?
How easy is it to access the area? What are the elevation changes in the general area?

[Vanish]

I think you mean migration corridor. Those will not apply during archery ... or I should say should not apply. It takes a lot of snow to move elk.

[mandrroofing]

Yea,that is what I mean.sorry bout that guys

[buglmin]

Migration routes wont help you during September. Elk wont use the migration routes til late November when the snow pushes them down out of the higher elevations here in sw colorado.

[mandrroofing]

Thanks for the replys!Now i know...

[mandrroofing]

how about small pockets of summer concentration areas,There fairly small.The elevation is between 10,000 and 12,000 ft.
This is in a wilderness area and itll take some work to get to.Are these areas good areas to check?

[mtnmutt]

I did as you did and studied those CPW hunting maps elk summer concentration areas. I love wilderness areas. You don't have to be right in that area to get into elk. It is just a concentration area. Some of those areas may load up more once the ML start blasting, but I still ran into a 6x6 1/2 mile from a road on opening ML. If it was easy to get to, all the hunters would go to that area. I decided that I did not want to pack an elk out of there, so I hunt near those areas (1-3 miles away) and still avoid other hunters and get into elk. I hunt around 10,500-10,800 and see elk, however, I have 3 years of tag soup.

Use those as a guide. Then follow what others mention here about North facing slopes, feedings areas and water.

If you have not been in the area, be mindful of streams in CO being dry. Even if they are not marked as dotted blue line, some were dry last year in CO that normally flow in September.

Good Luck!