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Since I was recently in Estes Park, Colorado for an art show, a few days before and after the show were spent in Rocky Mountain National Park photographing the rutting elk. Sometimes the elk cooperated and were close, and other times the bulls and their harems were too far away in the middle of Moraine Park. The Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 adapted to the Fuji GFX 100s was used. Many of the images suffered from often having to use a high ISO of 6400, but the Denoise in ACR did a reasonable job on mitigation. More images may be seen on the website. https://www.plateaulightphotography.com/New-Work/Rocky-Mountain-National-Park

Here for night. Hot. So hopefully they hit. Middle of unit. Usually sit together but this manmade blind was too small. See how this goes

Some of you guys are too much. Why in the F do you care about a Game warden getting a tag in the unit he patrols? Odds are he might get 2 maybe 3 premium tags in his unit if he has a long career. Extreme jealousy I suppose. They make peanuts for salary, the least they can do is get a good hunt in every so often. 1 guy is not going to ruin your hunt unless you are after 1 animal and 1 animal only and it is also the one he is after......

Sold!

Sold

Noticed on my way back from WCL today the south side of 260 is tore up. What's the scoop Dennis? On a lighter note,,, a chrome and blue Castmaster was getting hammered on every other cast. Jr and I were there at 06:00 and caught a limit with three between 1.5 and 2lbs. Weather came up as we were cleaning fish at 11 and dumped hail and some thunder. Elk were loudly making their presence known for the first hour or more. No wind until almost 10 and fish jumping all day. Drive out from WCL to the 260 had the road covered with ice from the hail, 1"+. Fun day for a couple of Desert Rats.

Helped my buddy on his antelope hunt. Curious what anyone thinks the score is?

Both are in great condition. No scratches. Come with 20-60x eyepieces. $2300 for both or $1200 each. Please text four8zero twotwo7 six27four if interested. Located in Arizona east valley. Will not ship.

I received this from vortex last year, it was a replacement under warranty, I used it this last season in the neoprene case, mostly rode in the pack, There are 2 spots that show wear from strap buckles. The paint is chipped near the eye piece and on the center ring. The paint around the Arca-swiss foot has worn off. The glass is clear with no scratches. Comes with the original box. Sold

Very nice rifle. Has a Vortex 2-7 scope. Will come with a box of shells. West Tucson. $1250 no shipping.

Great photography... I have to concur that 1st Pic is my favorite.. thanxs for sharing

Water tanks are gonna be a hot commodity for the last part of the hunts. As hard as it may be, stay in your blind even when you hear bugles close. Even if the herd bull doesn't make it in, many times the satellites will. As of yesterday, the bigger bulls still had not taken over the larger herds near Flag.

I chose my neck bushing sizes based on the video Hornady published. They show 3 ways to measure for neck bushings. Option 1 is to measure outer neck diameter of a factory loaded round (mine was .290) and then subtract .003 for neck tension and another .001 for brass spring back. I ordered .285, .286, and .287 to be safe. Option 2 was to use a ball mic to measure neck thickness but I don’t have a ball mic yet, just calipers.

Just seasoning. They don't seem to be rubberized

Not sure what happened tonight but they didnt want to play tonight. Water sucked and no bugles where we have been hearing them nightly. Back at it in the morning. 3 am comes quick. Just got back throwing a steak on.

Well crap!!! This is my sons first archery bull tag and the rush of buck fever hit him hard. Legs were shaking as this bull came crashing in. Got on 4 bulls going nuts this am. We were able to pin down one bull on a ridge and he wanted to play. He was a decent 6 (300) and he was pumped up. Few challenge bugles pissed him off and we heard him crashing in. Set up and had a shooting lane. He came in and i cow called and he hit the brakes broadside. 50 yds and he shoots. Instead of following thru i think he looked at the arrow before it was even shot to see if he hit. And nada. Just under. Crap!!!!!!! Well move on and got on a few more bulls but that was pretty much our morning. 90% of the hunters r leaving and things r better for us. Rut has picked up. back at it tonight

Kid #2 killed it on the Columbia today!

Well I’ll start off by saying this was one of the most challenging hunts of my life. I scouted my unit two weeks prior to the hunt and turned up two good shooter bucks. Not a ton of animals but the two I saw would work! Fast forward to the day prior to opening day and I was unable to locate these bucks I had seen scouting. I had a few friends with me for the first weekend of the season to help. Opening morning, zero antelope were observed. Decided to pull audible and head to an area that was known to have antelope, but I had never been before. For the next six days I mainly hunted in this area. Got after quite a few antelope, some that were nice bucks some that were just ok. Definitely not the numbers of animals I had hoped for. Some of the stalks ranged from crawling hundreds of yards in the wide open flats to trying to get close in the juniper’s. I probably had three stalks that I got within 75 yards of a buck. One that I was at full draw on but, the buck and does spooked about one second before my pins were settled. On Monday morning, my buddy left and I was solo the rest of the hunt. After chasing bucks all around the country, I started seeing less and less antelope. On day eight of the hunt, I decided to try a different area about two hours away. I arrived at this area in the late morning. I immediately glassed up a shooter buck with a few does. I decided to sit a water nearby in hopes to they would come in for a drink. From about 9:30am to dusk I sat this tank and they never showed. The next morning (Day 9), I glassed up the buck and does in a good spot. While stalking the buck, I had a good ole experience of Arizona combat hunting. Long story short the buck was spooked by another hunter when I was within 100 yards of the antelope. After this, I did some glassing around the area and did not see many antelope. Just a lot of hunters… I decided once again to call an audible. I drove back to the area I had been previously hunting. I put a stalk on a smaller buck that I thought would be a sure thing. Wasn’t the case. There were other antelope with him that I did not see. With the help of a decoy I got somewhat in range. Missed a longer shot and a closer shot due the buck matrixing my arrow. After this, I decided to make sure my bow was still on. Good thing I did… My bow was still on but, my rangefinder decided to bite the dust. Thankfully I had a backup with me. For the next hour, I got stuck my truck while a monsoon decided to dump rain and hail. After the cell passed, I continued to an area where I had stalked a buck with 10 does multiple time with no avail. After arriving at this spot, it took a bit but I was able to locate the herd at the base of a small Mesa. I had stalked them previously and knew that went up to the top of this Mesa to feed. I then set off on a nice two mile bow hike. I reached the area that I thought I may be able to see them and I did! I then skirted the rim of the Mesa and got within 200 yards of the heard but I ran out of juniper cover. I decided to sit by this last juniper hoping they would do what they had done in the past. After the antelope got up from being bedded for about 30 minutes, they slowly started in my direction. After what seemed to be forever, the does were about 45 yards from me, but the buck was hanging back. The buck finally came in! At 72 yards… I dialed, drew back and the shot broke. He was quartered away and it was windy. I hit him in the back ham and the exit was middle middle. I immediately saw blood on both sides of the buck. He quickly ran off 20-30 yards with the does but then stopped. After the does ran off he took a few more steps and bedded. He was not doing well. I stalked into to about 50 yards and put follow up shot in him and the deal was done! Spot and stalk antelope on day nine never felt more rewarding! Not a big buck by any stretch but I was super happy!

Awesome! Congrats

Hey Nick, I have a cabin in 5a and know it really well. I will be up there most of November hunting late archery bulls and helping on a bunch of hunts including late rifle 5a and 5bs. 5a is loaded with bulls and you’ll be just fine. Shoot me a PM and I will offer a bit of advise I think will pay dividends. Mark

Razor Gen 1 spotting scope. Excellent condition, no issues at all. Comes with original box, carrying case, neoprene sleeve and phone skope adapter. Located in Tucson. No trades at the moment. $600

Selling my Viper spotter. I am looking to upgrade to NL's and need some $ to do it. I have used it 10-15 times but its still in very good condition. If you want additional pictures of the glass let me know. This will be the spotting scope/cover only I will keep the tripod adapter/base you see in the pictures. I am looking for $750/OBO.

I had this tag in ‘23. Please DM and will discuss details. Congrats on the tag!

I had the tag a few years ago. If you want some info I am willing to share everything I learned.

Pay application and license fee, get a kick in the nuts. That’s the answer to any question you have