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Happy BDay!!!

Happy bday to you two...

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I guess I just haven't been hunting long enough as most of you, but I don't really see a big problem with the extension. Yes people should have applied weeks ago. But then again, those that waited last minute has their reason (laziness, financial, priorities, unsure of schedule). Whatever it may be it's none of my business. The system should be able to handle the load but it didn't. It's cost benefit analysis thing for the department to make. Is it worth the money to be able to handle the load each year? Or is it worth it to make the late applicants happy and allow them another 24 hours to apply when the system crashes AND piss off the people who apply early knowing that it will not affect next year's #s because the early birds will be back regardless? Either case, the draw will happen and we all will know if we get to hunt or not. Maybe next year, they'll have 8 servers instead of 4. I blame my wife for me not caring about being late. I am one of those that always show up early. She's one that shows up when she gets there (mostly late). I've learned to live with it because it wasn't worth getting mad everytime she's late or causes me to be late. Some day, maybe, we all can just live with it or the system will catch up and be able to handle the load. Wish you all good luck on the draw.

Snakes just give me the heebeejeebeezzz....

I'm in for rifle 8 bull and antlerless, rifle 5b bull and antlerles. My first time going after elk. Can't wait...

Nice job and congrats to the hunter and his crew.

Nice buck! Nice pics as well. Looks like a high quality camera

Congrats to you and your son!!!

Reminds me of the movie, brokeback mountain. My wife bought it not knowing what it was about and I ragged on her for a week. It went un-opened for a good month (probably should have returned it) until one weekend we decided to just watch it and get it over with. Well after watching it, I gave it to my best friend as a bday gift...LOL.

Wow. Awesome video. That's one helluva sharp knife. I need to put one of those in my wish list. I think me knives are currently not up to par compared to his knife.

I'm the first in my family to even think about hunting and eating meat that's not beef, chicken, pork or fish. I learned how to hunt by reading on the internet. I'm still learning. I've only hunted dove and squirrel. I'm trying to involve my kids as much as possible. I've still got a lot to learn and I appreciate everyone on this site for their knowledge and willing to share with people like me. For 2015, I plan on having 3 camping trips with my family...a rabbit camp in March, a fishing camp in May and a squirrel camp in October. I hope to do this every year and have my kids grow up loving to hunt (they already love to camp). My wife will just be there for moral support . Of course, I'll be out dove hunting in Sept and Nov/Dec. I hope to add big game hunting as the years go by and I gain more gear and knowledge. Thanks again to everyone here!!! Merry Christmas to you all. God Bless...

Awesome More D.

I took the Thanksgiving week off from work and took my kids on their first squirrel hunt and they had a blast. Took some pics and thought I'd share. Here they are ready to start the hunt. My younger son (left) is holding my Marlin 60 and my older son (right) has his Crickett. My older son taking aim at the first squirrel we spotted. Unfortunately he missed and that squirrel lived to see another day. Here they are with the first kill of the day. My older son took a couple shots and missed but the little guy stuck around. He's a pretty good shot so I wondered if his Crickett's scope was off. I took the third shot and took it down. Now we know the rifle is fine and my son was missing due to being over excited. Our second kill and my older son was able to keep himself calm and got him with the first shot. Little bro was his cheering section and didn't take any shots that day. He's still working on his skills in the shooting range. Here's the remains of some animal we saw while driving around in the woods. And here's the final pic of the 3 we got that day. I took down the 3rd one with my Marlin. All in all it was a fun day and the kids can't wait for the next trip.

I'm next in line...but I know I have a 0.0000001% chance .

We had them as part of our thanksgiving meal and they turned out really good. I found a great recipe on YouTube. We were all shocked at how tender the meat was. I was the only one that took more than a couple bites because they're all still getting used to the idea of eating game meat. But the more we hunt, the more they'll get used to it.

No lights this year for us. I don't mind since I hate taking them down. Maybe next year. Doesn't stop us from celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

Awesome lights. Merry Christmas to you and everyone here on CWT.

Congrats on a successful hunt. Great story and write up.

Great bull and great story...

Good looking bull. Congrats!

My 2200 came in the mail yesterday...1 day earlier than estimated. Looks like a dang good pack and it's bigger than I thought it would be. Can't wait to put it to use.

Great job on the hunt guys...

Thought the same thing...I'd return one of them and call it done...

Kids cots are sold. Thanks Travis! One of my sons are sleeping on one tonight. He couldn't wait to try it out.