Fighting within the hunting community is completely natural. My wife & I love each other, but every now and again we have some words of wisdom to share with each other. 99% of the time, we feel better after words. 1% of the time we just let the subject die.
Everyone has their own version or idea of what is fair chase. P&Y and B&C are both solid fair chase foundations, but the way WE as a hunting community desire these records really drives me insane anymore. We have turned them into some GLORIFIED bible of hunting and it measures nothing but the...
Some of you have seen the pics of my daughter's first buck, but I wanted to share her short-film:
the Hunt (Girl's Freak Buck)
I hope everyone gets to experience this with their kids.
FYI- This was a General season hunt with less than 20% success rates. It was by far & away, the most...
This is the last film of a 3 part short-film serious. Hopefully, you will have time to watch:
2013 Utah Archery Elk Hunt
Thanks for the support Big Fins!
Sounds like a bad deal.
Truth be told, there are crappy guides and crappy DIY hunters. Labeling the title and not the individual, is a mistake we make all too often.
Bambi,
It was a poor shot, but angled back.
I made the decision to leave him over night because I felt it was liver at best. It rained all night & we had no blood the next morning. The tracks were sparse at best.
My dad & I found him at 11 am the next morning. We boned him out and got...
Here is my 2013 Utah Archery Bull. I tagged out on September 9th & had my parents there with me, which was pretty cool.
My old man was climbing hills with me at age 57. He had a knee replacement 9 months ago (plus a back & neck fusion this past year). I honestly wouldn't have been able to...
I apply for 4-5 states. Occasionally, I don't apply for New Mexico, but I always apply for Arizona (resident), Colorado, Nevada & Utah.
Colorado is by far and away the most confusing for me. New Mexico is probably the simplest, then Utah & Arizona. Nevada is somewhat complicated.
For those debating on whether on not to burn your points or apply in AZ, here is a precipitation report for Arizona.
2013 Arizona Strip & Kaibab Drought Report
I have been applying for Utah Elk for the past 6 years and this year I was really contemplating on just applying for points. At the last minute I decided to apply for a couple of archery hunts and yesterday I woke up and went to work. Just about the time I was done with work I decided to...
This will surely make RMEF the organization of choice to sell tags for the state agencies.
As Randy stated, the SOLE purpose of these auction tags are to raise funds for the purpose of wildlife conversvation. It's the only reason we have them or should have them.
This whole thread is like trying to navigate through a room in the dark with a million mouse traps on the floor. No matter what you say or do, some one is bound to get offended. :W:
I am not a long range guru, but in our house we feel comfortable in shooting out to 600 yards. If we are prone...
It's so interesting how different each state is when it comes to managing wildlife. Man, it's almost laughable at times. I amazed at how many so-called Republicans state they are for FREE markets, but they want the odds legislated into their favor. I guess we are all guilty of this at some...
Why do landowners get vouchers to hunt public land? It seems weird too me. I can see them perhaps getting vouchers to hunt their private land or as Big Fin said, if they get public land vouchers they must open their property up.
Is there so many game animals thriving on private land in...