My brother and I are considering a DIY archery hunt in Wyoming attempting to harvest our first pronghorns. We each have 5 points but we will only have 4 days to hunt. I’ve posted a similar post on another site or 2. We are planning to hunt over Labor Day weekend and the days around it. Does...
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I wasn't apologizing. We were both very happy with our bucks. I was just stating that now I got my feet wet, I would try to shoot larger bucks. I've been hunting whitetails since I was a little kid, but I am definitely a rookie when it comes to muleys. We had a blast!
My brother and I did a DIY archery mule deer hunt in Southern WY. We had never hunted the west before. We saw some nice ones and we each shot a smallish buck. I'm sure neither of us will shoot deer this small on future hunts, but for our for DIY western hunt, we were thrilled.
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I'm another fellow Illinoisian, and I'm also going on my first western hunt this year...in fact, I'm leaning tomorrow. It is an archery deer/ cow elk hunt in the Snowy Range. I'm a bit further South than you are. I'm not far from Carbondale.
I see it the same way most of you do, with a twist. I have no moral or ethical problem with what he is doing. It is not "hunting" the way I do it or grew up doing it, but I'm okay with it. But I think he is reaching to act like his $5000 helps conservation. If I was a landowner with a giant...
Batteries do okay, the standard claims 75 minutes or so, it probably gets a little less, but not horrible. I've tried a generic and it didn't hold up at all.
Canon Vixia HF100 is what I use. They don't make it anymore, but you could probably pick one up for under $200 on ebay. Here is a sample of a deer I self-filmed.
http://youtu.be/8L-l1x1Jacw?list=UU5skKGHXO_EenMT6muYNP0w
These videos are from my and my wife's 2011 western vacation. They are lengthy, but you might enjoy them. We went to 5 national parks (Badlands NP, Wind Cave NP, Yellowstone NP, Grand Tetons NP and Rocky Mountain NP) along with many other side ventures. We went over the 4th of July, so it was...
My brother and I are going to go on a DIY Wyoming Region mule deer hunt this year. Neither of us have ever hunted out west, so it will be a new experience for the both of us. It will be a bowhunt during the first week of the season in the Bighorn Mtns.
I'd love to hear any advice anybody...
Okay, I'll play. All whitetails. Hopefully, next year I will have my first muley.
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