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This year continues to be one for the books. My 12 year old son Max drew a muzzleloader bull tag in a unit many consider to be sub par for elk. I have assisted on 3 archery bull kills in the unit, so I knew that although trophy elk were tough to find they were there. The opener found us calling our way into a major dark timber bedding area that I had seen multiple large bulls on previous hunts. It was dead quiet. No bugles and after one calling sequence a satellite 5 point came sneaking in but never game Max an ethical shot. Yesterday, day 2, I decided to slip in to the edge of the bedding just after first light and wait. No bugles at all, so I decided to do a few soft cow calls. Less than a minute later this giant snuck in silent 52 yards below us and Max made a perfect shot. We had no idea how truly magnificent he was until we walked up on him 30 minutes later. Bull is an 8 by 7 with a 14” flyer point. Didn’t get to fully score him but a few quick measurements indicate 370-380”. 42” inside spread and total width with flyer 58”. Best hunting day of my life and one I will never forget!

Had a chance to catch up to this tall goat. 16 6/8ths

If you are still in the peaks message me. Here is my boys and buddies from up there we killed Friday and Saturday. I can tell you where at least 3 good bulls are at.

My first coues. 2004 unit 33.

With hunting season starting to kickoff I thought I would share a few mounts I recently finished up. Good luck to all! 👍

My buddy drew a Colorado moose tag in unit 36. Anyone done this hunt before. He has a pretty good knowledge of the land but i am just excited for him so I figured i would post here to see what my fellow hunters have to say about this tag.

Was up in unit 10 this week scouting for my upcoming cow hunt on Oct 14th. Wasn’t able to locate the amount of cows like I was hoping for. However we did get into some fun rut action one of the days. Conditions were perfect and they were going insane. FullSizeRender.MOV IMG_2438.MOV FullSizeRender.mov

Long story short. My sons hunt. Missed a good bull at 30 yds, he hit a branch. Got on 4-5 decent bulls with in 80 and just couldnt seal the deal. Very frustrating. 2 bulls came into calls and just a no-go. Bulls bugle for first hour and zip. We had a few chances and the boy just couldnt seal it. Rained all day today but got on a nice 6 this morning. Called bull to 55. Just needed a few more steps and a rag 4 came flying in aggressive and messed the whole thing up. Have 1 more day. Biggest bull so far is 320ish. Fun hunt but we blew it.

1. Bring your tag. 2. Have you talked with the people who invited you? 3. What exactly are you looking for?

Not a giant but I’m pleased given it was with a bow.

Nice setup, good deal.

This wall has been shown a few times on this website but it has evolved a little bit over the years. My first is the one right above the antelope. We sold the house and all the mounts in various forms of storage at this time...

Going back to 2000. My first coues, and my first deer.

I can't find my first one. But this is my first archery one.

My first, and ONLY Coues deer. I am a muley hunter. Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago. 2001 or 2002 I think. Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like. I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big. On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him. I was quite disappointed at how small he was. If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount.....

Yeah but they won't be there wink wink

See the other thread trphyhntr started. If you buy the lifetime license you would apply as a non-resident, but get counted in the resident pool for draw odds and %. You still pay NR tag fees but have resident draw odds. Just something to consider.

First elk for my kids this year, awesome experience.