tomharveyb

OK I need somebody to clarify for me. I don't subscribe to hunters trailhead but get the impression that the odds stated there are way better than the g and f bonus point and draw charts show. How can there be such a big difference? Anybody have any ideas, and who do we go by.

I don't know where hunter's trailhead gets their stats, but on stats put out by g and f, unit 1 early archery with 11 points drew around 26%. it took 16 points and above to be at 100% That's for 2016.

most units you're in- not unit 1

According to last year's odds-you are at 10-25% odds of drawing this year. About 3-4 years more you are at 100% . Hang in there!

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Best of luck to you. Did it in 2016- July 29-Aug 12. Logged 191 hours in a ground blind watching a block of salt. Bison seen-0. Pray for dry weather, and if your prayers are answered, you should get one. Rainy weather and everything changes. Get in touch with Russ Jacoby.

Spin it anyway you want. 56-35 end of story. Honestly, makes it even worse km ASUs end being the only pac 12 loss to the cats! No spin-they won 1 conference game. A crappy U of A team beat a crappy ASU team.

Congrats to the Cats on their only pac 12 win!

taking my grandson next week- his first deer hunt. he's stoked!!

got my leftover several weeks ago and my portal still says pending. better call g and f

Going to where the buffalo are means you are going into the park to hunt. The conseqences of that probably wouldn't be good!! It's the only hunting you will do where you are hunting them where they don't live, hoping they come to you. All the salt licks are close to the park- like 1/2 mile or less. If I had 30 points I would put in for the long spring hunt, hold out for a nice bull, and cooperate with everyone else involved. Doing it rogue will mean you will be going home empty handed. Raymond ranch is like shooting a moo cow on a farm. My 2cents.

I'll play devil's advocate here. I hunted bison in the July 29-Aug 11 hunt so am not just spouting off. Russ puts out 6000# of salt /year, sets up blinds on them and puts hunters in them whether you pay him or not. He's a licensed guide who pays all the fees to parks, forest service, etc. He pays insurance on his operation. He spends 150 days/year on the Kaibab doing his thing with the bison. Tell me why hunters who pay for his service shouldn't get priority over the freeloaders. That's the way it works.

Good job Nick-Congrats!! I'm heading up in the morning

+1 what Flatlander said

Heading up to Kaibab next week. I plan on taking a chest freezer with me due to the logistics of meat care up there. Any idea of minimum size it would take to fit 4 quarters and misc meat in bags ? Adult cow bison,

Hey everybody- I finally got a bison tag after many years of trying. End of July - Aug 11. Adult cow. Kaibab. Anybody out there have any advice? Obviously never done it and G and F discourages scouting. Appreciate any help or contact with guys who have the tag or have in the past. Thanks

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Thanks for the info guys. As my hunt draws closer , I keep hearing from guys that have been hunting the spring hunt (e-mails...we all have a list of those drawn). It seems to me that the only way to consistently be successfully is for all hunters to cooperate w. each other and get together each morning so everybody knows what each is doing, then sit on salt/water. All it takes is one maverick driving roads to ruin it for everybody for the 2 weeks we have.. Different from any hunting I have ever done for sure, and not what I pictured when I put in for the draw. One thing for sure, a good number of those 600 or so bison have to be taken out.

yellow or brown/copper tone seemed best but people all over were catching fish- not sure it matters. Fishing was great from boat and shore!

My son and I just got back from a combo turkey hunt/ fishing trip up there. Big Lake was on fire. Troll a Crickhopper or Rebel Crawdad and limit out in 1-11/2 hr. on nice football shaped rainbows. Hope it's not windy for you.

Remember when you put in for everything in June, paper application, paid with a check, and didn't know you were drawn until you found out by calling (hit redial 1000x till you got through. Still.....that never took more than 6 weeks, start to finish!!!

Any idea when draw results will be available on portal accts? I had to correct a grandson's app with a paper application. Still holding out hope for that.

$400 give or take, dep. on which type hunt you pick

Anybody use their Cabela's Visa and get hit? My last hope is that this card is slower to show.

I know him- he's the head game and fish IT guy