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Buford Guide Service

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Colorado Division of Wildlife Information
Before you come there is a number of things you need to do to insure your trip is a memorable one.

• Start with a copy of Colorado's Big Game Regulations Brochure. You can have one sent to you or read online at www.wildlife.state.co.us.

• Make sure that you comply with Colorado's Hunter Education Requirement. It states that everyone born on or after January 1, 1949 who applies for a Colorado hunting license must have successfully completed an approved hunter education course.

• Buy your license, either on-line or if you are buying over the counter tag you can purchase them at a licensed dealer in the State of Colorado.

• Sight in your rifle

Elk Facts

Who's Who           Size
Bull        Male Elk                                            New Born Calf        35 pounds
Cow       Female Elk              Cow      500 pounds        Calf        Baby Elk                                                                             4 1/2 ft. at shoulder
Spike     Yearling Bull Elk                                                                                   6 1/2 ft nose to tail
                                                                         Bull                  700 pounds                                                                                                    5 ft. at shoulder                                                                                                            8 ft. nose to tail
Color
• Body varies from deep copper brown to light tan Rump patch light beige
• Legs and neck often darker than body
• Rump patch light beige

Calves
• Typically born in late May through early June
• Calves are born spotted and scentless
• They spend their first few weeks hiding motionless while their mothers feed

Antlers
• Only male elk have antlers
• Bulls shed and grow a new set of antlers every year
• New antlers are covered in fuzzy skin called velvet
• Antlers harden by late summer and the velvet peels away
• By September, antlers are solid bone
• A set of antlers on a mature bull can weigh up to 40 pounds

Ivories
• An elk's top two canine teeth are called ivories
• Scientists believe ivories are remnants of saber-like tusks that ancestral species of elk used in combat
• Most hunters save ivories as a memento of the hunt