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Tough hunt when half the unit is closed due to fires. Got it done though. 81 yard double lung.

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Soaked in local whole milkfor 24 hours, drained, pounded and seasoned. Then into an egg wash, into flour. Then dredged again and into cornmeal. Twice. Cooked in oil for about 3 minutes turning every 30 seconds. Nice and tender.

Clay Goldman does quite a few of them and they turn out awesome. My buddy has 2 mule deer done recently.

I got a game cart, used (got no idea on brand) a few years ago and had the opportunity to use it a couple of more times. It is of very limited utility due to non-flat ground or rocks interfering. I did get to use it near Willcox in the modest foothills -- the trek was down-hill and quite gentle with almost no rocks or vegetation and it worked great. I could see where you could use it on many forest roads also but that is about it. Let me suggest a meat pack and learn how to quarter the animals using the gutless method.

photo credit Kristin next door.

You gotta offer a married man to let his woman come along for a meal. Heck, with 5 kids in my house momma just wants a night out, even if she has to listen to hunting talk all night.

It's been a lot of years trying in NM and a couple in AZ and I finally managed an archery coues. my first velvet buck as well. I went In for a few days opening weekend and saw a lot of bucks, even had a few spikes and does in range but nothing I could justify shooting. When I got a few days off my girlfriend encouraged me to go back in. I saw a lot of deer but still got my but kicked for about 3 days in the back country. The last day I decided to take it easy, slept in, dried my gear out by the fire for a few hours, struck camp and started hiking out around 9 or 10. I wanted to stop and do a little glassing on the way out but before I could even get to my ridge I spotted a nice buck across the canyon from me. I tried to slide off of a steep hill to cut him off in the bottom but before I made it far a train of about 8 horse riders came down the trail between him and I. Naturally he ghosted, a few does ran out the far side and I gave up. I decided to drop down under cover of their commotion, hit the bottom and slowly worked my way up canyon expecting nothing but still moving slow and quiet just in case. Sure enough despite the riders he had kept right along his line and I spotted him in the bottom. I was able to connect a shot at 33 and had him out in a few hours. beat the heck out of packing an elk out! looks like it wont let me upload a file. I'll try to get a pic in a follow up

why would you keep it for 4 months and then sell it?

Something similar happened to me many years ago in Yellowstone park. Was flyfishing the Madison river, when a big 6 point bull and a herd of cows waded across the river right in front of me.

Pics of Kristen?😎

Yup movie got it wrong. Iron Springs stopped flowing after an earthquake there in the late19th century.

Guess he's a little butthurt now.

Thanks guys. I'm gonna borrow Adams to supplement my own.

Hey guys, haven't posted here much lately. I want to start a topic about realistic, in-the-field shooting. Let me preface this with a couple real life examples. Last year I was helping some family and friends on a hunt up in the Kiabab. Not a strip hunt, just early 12a E. Lots of deer around. Anyway, these guys would get so deep into what their guns could do, going into charts, this drop, that, etc... You get them in the field, for starters they couldn't glass, couldn't hike one ridge without getting to camp and complaining. Yet they all had faith in their gun setup. If they were in a certain position, and the deer was in a certain position, they could drop it at xxx yards. But countless times we had deer in very shootable situations, but it wasn't perfect. At one point, the group of bucks we were after trotted by at 75 yards, and neither hunter even took their gun off their shoulder. It was like it had to be exactly what they expected or nothing. Contrast that with some situations where most everyone I've ever hunted with can make a shot at moving, even running deer. I've dropped one with a muzzle loader at 80 yards busting out of a bed. I can't count the times where the hunter has to make a quick shot, and does so naturally. I'm not advocating for taking low-percentage shots. We all have to know our limitations. My point is, I think a lot of folks who are just getting into hunting have an unrealistic view of hunting based on what they see on videos and only practice for that image that they perceive as the way it's supposed to be. When it actually happens you have to be able to shoot off-hand, off a rock, off a tree-branch that's bending, you get the point. A lot of guys now are shooting guns that in perfect situations can ding a plate at 800 yards or more. But in real life conditions, they can't hit a pie plate at 100 yards offhand. Anyway, just about to head off to elk camp, but this had me thinking. Love to hear your thoughts and opinions. -Coach

The new plunger should work for all of the VLD type bullets, that is what they are designed for so any Berger, Nosler, custom VLD bullets all of them apply. 👍

Drill it out a little longer. It wont change the contact point of the bullet, just stop the tip from hitting.

If someone has an inkling to expand their skills here are a few things to try. 1. Shoot small bore silhouette. It's offhand and .22 out to 100 meters. 2. Shoot high power silhouette. Centerfire rifle calibers (no magnums) out to 500 meters. 3. Take your deer rifle and jump shoot jackrabbits. 4. Learn how to predator call for coyotes. Don't use a bipod to shoot from. Nothing like shooting a moving target offhand. Learn the habits and reactions of coyotes when they are coming into a call and what they do when they bust you. No reason to limit yourselves to what makes you comfortable with a rifle.

I'm in 3C with a rifle tag. Little bugling, maybe an hour in the AM and an hour in the PM. Had multiple shot opportunities today including a 360 class bull in the morning at about 100 yards. Another 360 class this evening at about 40 yards. Lots of other smaller bulls as well. Nothing wrong with a 360. Prior to drawing this tag, I never imagined I would let a 360 walk, let alone 2 in one day. But this early, we are holding out for the next level.

Looks like your out of ice, you should keep the plug pulled so the meat isn't soaking in bloody water. Congrats on a kill.

It's a joke right. Older mature , abundant elk. 1600 rifle cow tags , in unit 10 the past 10 plus yrs. That's just rifle. The herds are gone. No mature cows left.

I know guys that have put thousands and thousand of shells thru Stoegers and this 1 looks nice. If it were a 20 I would buy it. Good luck

Brent is a great guy to deal with.

Just wait in town for the herd to cross the road. Good Luck

Here are the bucks from are last rifle hunt. 4 years ago. The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt proverbs 12:27