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Me and my friend Denton put in work these last couple weekends. We saw over 20 bucks the first weekend but no real big one. Yesterday we had this 2 point come in to 50 yards and Denton smoked him. We quartered him out and got back to the blind. We sat for 20 minutes and then had a bigger 3 point coues come in. He smelled something and busted. I unfortunately didn’t get a shot at any decent deer but I still have December. It was still fun hunting and getting this buck. IMG_0655.MOV IMG_0661.MOV

We’ve had an incredible dove opener here in ND!! Exceptionally dry summer made for a great hatch and concentrated the birds. I’ve hunted 4 hunts and shot limits in less then a half hour each time. Also smoked a nice whitetail buck with my bow on Friday night!!

Haha. Adam was forcing me to take quick shots to keep him off my birds. But it worked. Definitely slow, but I eked out 12 morning, 2 ww, and 22 Eurasians this morning.

you know who loved unions, Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.

Made some steak and some chops out of a young mule deer buck I shot last season. This was some good eating right here.

Got to meet Jacob and Brian today picking up my flies. It was a pleasure chatting with you both. The quality of the flies Jacob ties is amazing. I compared them to the few Umpqua flies in my box, specifically the copper john, his looks way better! Tighter wraps and no visible knots. 👍

A recent text from a forum member reminded me of this post so I had to come back and find it. Sleeping on a knoll so no one else can hunt a water hole hmmmm. Sounds like camping within a quarter mile of a water source. Coulda sworn that was illegal.

What you been smokin, meat..herb, poles...what?

Wish I could have helped stomp that fire out.

Point creep is real. You will never draw. Give up now.

I wasn't there either, but this is what is printed in True West Classic Gun fights Vol. ll, and Wild West Hero's and Rogues by Marshall Trimble.

My dad spent 20+ years working on the assembly line for Ford MC in NJ. He was a loyal UAW member for most of them. but when he moved into a management position, he quickly thought a lot less of union membership. I'm sort of on the fence when it comes to unions. Here's an experience I had about 15 years ago when I was remodeling the master bath. I wanted to move the sink/vanity from one wall around a corner to another wall. I had already removed all of the sheetrock, baring both the 1/2" copper water lines and the 2" drain. Even though I can do it and have all the tools, I hate doing plumbing. So I let my fingers do the walking and called some outfit where they quote by the job rather than work by the hour. It was $25 for an estimate if they didn't get the job. So the guy comes out, spends about four minutes looking at it and says with a straight face, "It'll run you $600 for labor and materials, plus tax. I kinda looked at him sideways and said, "You're f..ing kidding, right? The materials would be less than $50, and the pro that you are could get it done in less than two hours. I'll pay you your $25 and do it myself. " I wrote him a check and bid him farewell at the door. The next morning I went to Home Depot and bought the T-collar for the drain, a 10' length of 2" PVC, two 10' pieces of 1/2" copper, two shut-off valves and all the fittings I needed for the grand total of $52. That afternoon, I had the job done in less than three hours. A week later when it became time to install a new manifold for the shower hardware I bought, I skipped the estimate and went directly to DIY. So it's been "have torch, will solder" from then on out, including when I redid our kitchen to add a dishwasher and dedicated copper water line for the fridge.

Ended up 11 max point holders didn't draw. So going into next year looks like this. 11- max points (all residents) 32 points 159- One under max (residents) 31 points- I am one of 159 30 - One under max (non resident) 31 points So if I understand the system I should be in second round of the bonus pass draw with about 17 permits, then into the regular draw if not drawn in Bonus pass round 2. about a 1-10 chance if I dont get greedy and apply for a popular unit

I know this is going to appeal to a very narrow market but I know there are some high rollers on this site. The list for this bike is unlimited and I am finishing up a couple of items that needed to be repaired when I got this bike recently. Here are some of the features: Built in 2007 but only has 172 miles on it Full show bike treatment including stainless hardware and a lot of polished and chromed parts Rear hub is from a Harley The engine is now a 850CC Aftermarket 4 into 1 Carpys exhaust with a custom baffle I manufactured Stock carbs replaced with Speedmotoco twin 2 into 1 manifold with Mikuni carbs. This set up is brand new. New tachometer to replace the one that PO damaged with a hammer NO rust or corrosion anywhere and will be ready to show again when it leaves my garage I have an original style headlight to include Dyna ignition - This bike fires up quick and easy with electric starter or kickstarter!! Chrome front fender Must see to appreciate! Thought I would post here before I put it on nationwide cycletrader just in case there is some love. Price $5900 or consider trades, quads, jeeps, street bike for commuting. With these bars it is actually a comfortable upright seating position!

For all the belly achers, I’m glad JJ spent all that money on hunting/conservation ! He could have donated it to the Biden/ Harris campaign, BLM or Defund the Police of America... Now that would be something to complain about !!

Yeah I have a German made .22 looks just like, my grandad bought it at a now defunct tucson store in the 60s. It's mission last 5 1/2 decades is dispatching rattlers.

Simplified: JJ had a tag. A3 has a license. Elk shot on state permitted ground. Valid hunt. Beautiful bull. We got to live it vicariously. We paid nothing. Congratulations JJ! Thanks for sharing!

Kinda tough for me to put a hunt together in 1 or 2 days. No scouting, getting the camp together, shooting etc. I am a business owner and with the holiday weekend have some help gone. Believe me, I have only wanted 1 Antelope tag in my life. Want to do it right and not by myself. My hunting buddy cannot go on such short notice. I'm sure that many of you would jump at the hunt if offered, but it would not be a smart move for me right now. I have waited this long. Maybe someone on here will get a call and be excited to go. Just don't want to waste the tag by being unprepared. I guess that we are all different in our thoughts on this but that is why we are all different.

Honest work is honest work. I won't disparage anyone from working for a living. His day job now has nothing to do with his past transgressions.

Here is the sad thing. Unfortunately for your BIL, even if the kill was 100% legal, the majority of people that know the back story of Blake, will wonder if every game animal he has been involved with taking, or helping on, was less than legal. That is a monster buck. Congrats to your BIL.

And like I said, keep thinking your a good hunter when your success depends on how many lumens your spotlight is

Poachers gonna poach!😉

This is why I suggest banning poachers from natl forests.

In your example, if max was 31 points and 20 of those tags were drawn, then the remaining 4 tags would be randomly drawn out of the pool of people with 30 points. After that, the remaining 96 tags go into the random draw.