Game & Fish West

AROUND THE WEST

It’s summer in the West. Runoff is working out of mountain streams, and warmwater fisheries are still dynamic. For trout anglers in Colorado and other mountain states, early summer sees the the first flush of the season’s peak angling. While summer is mainly about the fishing, there’s still hunting to be had in the form of prairie dogs and even deer.This is the season to

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