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12a west late and early. I drew it last year so basically a bonus point. I am hoping that the leftover tags down south continue so that we can keep putting in for hard to draw hunts and still hunt. Someday I think we will have to start throwing one of the south units on the application so that we can make sure we hunt.

Kind of cheating but I thought it would be a great photo op. Probably not too many CWT stickers in Yellowstone.

I was just there this last week. I was in awe the whole time. There are a lot of idiots in this world. I can't believe there aren't more people stomped then there are. People were constantly walking out with the buffalo's with their calves. The problem is that the buffalo have zero fear of people so they just walk around in what looks like slow motion where ever they feel like. So people start thinking they are like cattle and just walk up to them. My wife took video of one walking down the center line of the road while we were driving. It was hilarious to watch.

We are taking a road trip up there next week and I have been doing a little research for what to see while we are there. I came across a link to the top ten things not to do in Yellowstone. There are some stupid people out there. Nothing like watching a video of a guy with a stick in his hand getting chased around a field by a wolf to get you pumped for Yellowstone. Or a woman getting gored by a buffalo. Or another guy reaching out the window of his car and slapping a buffalo as it walks by. It makes me laugh because they warn you to stay at least 25 feet away from the animals. If you get 25 feet away from a grizzly, buffalo or elk you are asking for it if you ask me. They can cover that ground before you blink an eye almost.

When you are talking about the late Kaibab your odds wouldn't be very much different with one point or seven points. Until you get close to or max points (which I am sure seven is not close). Someone could correct me if I am wrong but I am pretty sure that is how it works. It would all be luck no matter what your points are.

I hunted the unit years ago and saw a really nice buck down south of Mule Creek against the private land. The ranch down there had a cowboy that rode the property line making sure no one crossed. That was his job for the week.

Love that buck with the incredible eye guards.

It isn't so much about voting for who I want to be president but who do I want to keep out of the white house.

Sweet! That is awesome.

Great rifle. Where are you located? I picked up one of the Lazzeroni Patriot several years ago which is the short mag version if the Warbird made by Savage. If you decide to sell the rifle I would be very interested.

Hands down the 15s. I think the bigger the magnification the bigger the difference between the high end optics and everything else. I have the 15X swaros and 10X meoptas and couldn't be happier.

Awesome, congrats

I can attest for Ernesto on that rifle shooting lights out. I shot my buck the first time I went to Mexico with that rifle.

That is funny. It would have been really funny if the second picture was taken about 30 minutes after the first one instead of 1 1/2 days later.

Awesome, the name is fitting.

Like others have said, if you want to hunt elk in Arizona you can almost every year. If fact with the OTC tags they have you can. You may not kill a monster but you can hunt (and there is that chance). Some of us would rather wait a bit and build some points to draw a real trophy hunt. I think Arizona has a decent mix of both. And you never know you may get lucky and draw that trophy hunt with only a couple points.

I just drew the 12AW tag this last year with a buddy of mine. We saw tons of deer, had a great time and both ended up shooting nice bucks. As big as the unit is you will still run into other hunters. Now if you put in and happen to draw the late tag that is a different story. Then you are talking about shooting a really nice buck and passing normal sized bucks.

I lost getting a lion a couple years ago because of not being able to see it through my scope. I could see it clearly with my 56's but when I tried to find him in my rifle scope it was too dark. He was down in a canyon and it was difficult to see. After that I have started switching my scopes over to 50mm and couldn't be happier. I had just enough clearance that I didn't have to replace rings or anything.

"Let me tell you something son." I can't tell you how many times I have heard that sentence. I took his class several years ago and was able to even hang out and look through a few of his photo albums of several of the great bucks they have taken over the years. Great guy with more knowledge than I could imagine. We always stop in and say hi when we are up in the Kaibab during the hunts at their camp.

Nice mount. If I remember correctly I sold you the bullets that killed that bull. So I feel like I had a little to do with the killing of it.

The carcass of my buck I shot in Mexico in January was completely gone in two days. We watched the coyotes devour everything including the spine from the next ridge over I can't imagine that a dead buck here could make it that long without the coyotes finding it. That's what they do. I would think something fishy was going on.

Like 270 said they were not very good at art. Apparently they failed that class in school. I think I could have done better blindfolded. I think it is cool to see though.

Same scope I have on one of my rifles and love it.

Phil, that is awesome. Jaycie is a killing machine. You have done good.

By pitching in and getting a table you also get some raffle tickets. Plus you are sitting with some fellow CWT guys (or gals). I have done it most of the years that we have had tables. I would be interested if there is enough interest again.