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looks like a bobcat?

So happy to have my outdoor partner in crime back from a year deployment. what do you do when you get that call from a 20 plus year Army veteran saying he needs a "day"???? hold on I got this, home made breakfast early morning then it was off to Ben Avery archery range , we spent 4 hours with 3 bows getting them all dialed and ready for the year ahead. After a fresh lunch we set up the awning for some unloading of brass. 2 hours, and half a bucket of empties later and it was time for round 3!!!! Lake Pleasant fishing to close out the day and welcome in the next. Guess I need to step up my game , when all that was over the only words I got on the drive home was " what we doing tomorrow"??? Welcome home Brian.

Just the ears tail and body

I would sell the chick instead.

As a kid I can remember visiting my grandparents and cousins in Idaho and Montana. We'd all be outside eating homemade ice cream and reminiscing about old times when the conversation would inevitably turn to the time Grandma got chased up a tree by a moose, or when one got a tire swing stuck on its antlers at the cabin in Island Park, or when one chased my cousin Brian home after he fell off the snowmobile. Still today at just about every family gathering just when things start to quiet down someone will call out in his direction "MOOOOSE!" These experiences and many others shaped my admiration of the largest member of the deer family. When we would spend summers at the family property in Clancy, MT, the most prized of all sightings was a bull moose. Their huge black bodies, contrasted by wide flat, white palms in the creek bottoms or black timber are mesmerizing. While attending college in Rexburg, ID I spent as many hours as possible exploring the Big Hole mountains just outside of town. I hunted elk and deer there but was always distracted when an 8' ungulate would cross my path. One day in November while looking for a cow elk I watched a behemoth bull moose peruse the timber apparently roaming for a second cycle cow and I promised myself that one day when I had the time and money I would be back for one of the beasts. Those lean college years didn't allow me the opportunity to trophy hunt, let alone do justice to a once-in-a-lifetime venture. But I took note of the favorable draw odds, especially for residents, and committed that the day would come. Before leaving my native born state again I scrounged up the few hundred dollars to purchase a lifetime license ensuring that the NR cap for such a tag would never become a barrier to entry. So this year, 10 years removed from my post-collegiate departure, I decided the time had come to begin the process of grinding away at the 18% draw odds. I figured that even without a point system in Idaho the expectation was that I would draw a tag within 5 years. So imagine my surprise last Friday when I was greeted by this

I have way too many rifles. Savage/Anschutz 164 with peep sight that attaches to the rail. Not perfect but good shooter and only SOLD Remington 700 G series 7mm mag , composite camo stock, Simmons wide angle 6.5-20 50mm scope 165rds of ammo $550 Older Marlin 336RC 35 Remington , 1958 JM barrel no safety, hammer extension, micro groove barrel, nice figured wood. Lyman peep 172 rds of ammo $500

Took my buddy and his daughter out pig hunting this past year. First day was a snowy mess yielding no pigs. The following day we were able to turn up a group of pigs about a mile away. Took his 12 year old daughter and a pretty steep hike to get her 290 yards from the bedded pigs. One well placed shot from her 6.5 Grendel and the rest was all smiles!! Good day for sure Whitey Raegan_pig.mp4

2007 Sequoia SR5 4x4, $13,000 - 125,000 miles, runs perfect, has a few stcratches and dings from the previous old guy owner, I just put a 2” lift, Rancho 9000 shocks on the front, Fox shocks on the back, has good tires, 285 BFGoodrich AT with low miles on them. Interior is leather, I have the 3rd row seat as well. I am the 3rd owner. Needs nothing, I am upgrading to a diesel truck. I looked a long time to find this sequoia and know how hard they are to come by with decent miles on them. No low ballers, I am not in a hurry to sell. I would entertain a trade on a 4 door 4x4 2500 pickup or high end optics or a long range rifle plus cash 💰. This is not an ultra clean one owner, it has a few dings and such, exterior is 7/10 and interior is about the same. This has been well serviced and cared for, I bought it on a vacation last year from a Toyota dealer in Wyoming who had done all the service since new. Andy 602-881-0610

Trying to Sell these nice AZ Coues mounts for a friend. He's asking $250 each.

Jim - Good pts and I agree with you. Better to Hunt now than wait for some fairytale that can be undone with any number of factors out of your control. As a point of clarification the super point was not proposed by AZGFD, it was simply something they asked for feedback on. I believe the proposal was taken to the Dept by sportsmen groups.

2015......

Yes, I think all the Kaibabs are HD

He’s from Oregon.

Thank you for posting the pictures. I’ll pass this on to my brother and see if he’s interested.

Beautiful mounts! I hate seeing guys needing to sell their Taxidermy work. Breaks my heart!!!! I'll be dead before any of my stuff get's sold!!!!!

$600

Although there are resident deer in 12B, most deer that show up are migratory, mostly from Utah. Cold and snow in Utah will mean a banner hunt but hot & dry will leave a lot of deer on the wrong side of the fence. 12A West deer are generally resident year round. If I were in your shoes, I'd go 1st choice 13B then 12A West late. Good luck in the draw.

Jack, you should make sure you have a good back stop and know what is beyond the target you are shooting at.

Another pic floating mine out. I’m so jealous of you right now!!! Literally the funnest hunt I’ve ever been on!!

Since this tag is once-in-a-lifetime and I will likely never experience this again, I want to share my experience with those who might be interested in following along. For those who do not know, Idaho is a pretty well kept secret when it comes to trophy species. What I mean by that is not that they have a lot of trophy caliber animals, but when it comes to their once-in-a-lifetime species, they have a unique combination of circumstances that keep their draw odds curiously reasonable in a time when point creep, draw strategies and ever-slimming odds are the norm. There are three factors at work here that keep this phenomena intact: First; although Idaho is growing rapidly it is still one of the least densely populated states in the west. Second; There are no bonus points, your odds today are very likely going to be your odds a few years from now. In the ten years since I left Rexburg, the resident draw percentage for this hunt has only reduced from 20% to 18% despite a consistent success rate above 90% and maintaining an average bull spread near 40". Third; Idaho requires applicants to choose to either apply for any one of the three O-I-L species (Moose, Mt Goat, Sheep) or to apply for a limited entry for deer, elk and antelope. Because deer and elk both have OTC general seasons in much of the state residents can be guaranteed plenty of hunting without a special draw, but Idaho is as much mule deer country as it is potato country. So many residents are reluctant to pass up a chance at a rut/migration carp tag to apply for other tags many residents consider a novelty. Just as impressive as the draw odds are the resources that ID has available on their website. Along with harvest data and draw odds there are also interactive unit maps with surface management layers and boundaries. They do a top notch job of making it super easy to research and explore your options, even if you aren't previously acquainted with their regulations and systems. After calling some family and friends, I wasted no time in reaching out to an old friend who was the wildlife manager for this unit when I lived there. It didn't take long to find our that he was still in the area and happy to help get me pointed in the right direction. He even gave me the address of a bull he knew of in the unit. With that connection made its time now to start the process of figuring out gear, times, methods and locations for the hunt. I will likely only get one scouting trip in July, other than that I will be running off of what I can remember from a decade ago and a few dropped pins from my game warden buddy. So if you are interested in seeing how this turns out, check back and I will update the thread with gear prep, e-scouting, and other updates along the way. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and experience if you have any. Thanks for checking in.

Had the same problem with the vizsla I had. She bit my son and the little girl next door. After she bit the neighbor, I had her put down. It sucks, because other than biting kids, she was a good hunting dog. Just didn't want to see any more kids get bit...also didn't want to get sued. Good luck.