Hunters can leave the snow behind and hunt a Coues whitetail buck in the desert Southwest. (Shutterstock image)
From fall through early winter, hunters living in the Rocky Mountains find the region a pure hunting paradise. Fall offers so many hunting opportunities — from upland birds to waterfowl to big-game adventures — you sometimes don’t know where to begin. In some Rocky Mountain states, black-bear hunting is open, too.
Then, almost suddenly, deep winter sets in and hard-core Rocky Mountain hunters grow restless. For many, small-game and