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Digital Managing Editor Shawn Skipper recently had the chance to join Leupold Optics, Browning and Browning Ammo in southeastern Colorado to hunt bull elk. You can get an inside look at his trip with this photo gallery.

Finding a bull in the Centennial State shouldn’t be hard—not when Colorado boasts the largest elk herd in North America. But the elk don’t always cooperate.

Depending on when and where you’re reading this, the hunting seasons for most game animals have come to an end. For most of us, the long weeks between the end of deer season and the beginning of turkey season can be pretty torturous. The good news is that this is an ideal time to get out and hunt predators.

Two years after getting completely shut out in the Centennial State, Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper returned to Colorado for an elk hunt with Leupold Optics.

Check out the newest hunting guns and gear for 2012 exhibited at the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings in St. Louis, MO.

Despite all of the bright lights and eye-catching new products at every turn on the SHOT Show floor, the Fred Eichler Series varmint rifle from Rock River Arms hooked us and drew us in. New for 2012, this .223-caliber rifle features a 1:8 twist, 16-inch mid-length stainless steel cryogenically treated barrel and a low-profile hidden gas block.