Big Game Hunter's Guide to Colorado

John Axelson covers everything from hunting tactics and techniques, shot placement, signs and tracks, habitat and habits, rutting behavior, trophy dimensions, and hunting public and private lands. He also provides information on hunting equipment, archery equipment, equipment checklists and caring for meat and trophies. Game included are elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer, pronghorn, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, and mountain lion. This book includes over 70 maps covering everything from distribution for each species, land use by region, federal lands, climax vegetation by region and mountain ranges. The book also identifies essential travel information such as restaurants, meat processors, sporting goods stores, gunsmiths, hotels, and much more.

John Axelson is a native of Colorado who has hunted, fished and photographed throughout this beautiful state. He has served as the editor of the Colorado Bowhunter, the news magazine of the Colorado Bowhunters Association, and has been published in Bowhunter magazine and Colorado Outdoors.