DeWitt Daggett and I were in the sagebrush country near Craig, Colorado ostensibly to hunt pronghorn or to be more accurate I had a license to hunt on this Colorado Ranching for Wildlife property and DeWitt was along as an extra set of eyes and if I was lucky to help me carry an animal out.

DeWitt and I have hunted big game together for years and this pronghorn hunt was my first attempt at gearing down from elk hunting, which has gotten more unmanageable as I’ve gotten older. DeWitt has already transitioned to hunting whitetail deer in Oklahoma, which is also much more manageable if you get one, but that was all beside the point because we were busy watching a sage grouse, which you will also get a chance to see if you spend enough time in that country.

If you’ve never been around a sage

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