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Good advice Ultramag. What I have learned from 40 years of elk hunting is the bulls are usually pretty vocal the first week of September. They then go fairly silent the next 5-7 days and things continually get better until the full rut kicks in about the 23rd-24th of September. The bulls lose their minds from September 24 to October 5. One of the biggest reasons they stop being vocal is because of the hunting pressure. The biggest bulls will be easier to kill before they "cow" up but the rutting action/activity will be more consistent later in the hunt. Good luck.

Holy Crap what a bunch of whiners. I agree the shot angle may not be the best but come one guys, I saw a broadside shot at 20 yards from a buddy this weekend hit high and back and we tracked for miles and miles on hands and knees and the buck was fine. The mtn lion that ate his daddy didn't care that he tore his hamstring and let him suffer for 2 days before he finally killed him. I'm just saying. The effort put into the recovery is the important part. Congrats to the lady on a fine archery buck.

As others have said. Congrats on the shed and welcome. We have a few huge Coues bucks up here but not too many seen. Great find

Nice job guys. I too have had great success with Bergers. Everything from Elk to Coues out past 700. Nice job. Congrats to the whole fam.

super cool bull and video thanks for sharing Jed.

I am a shooter of all types of broadheads, I've been a huge fan of Wac ems and Strikers. I like slick tricks, and I've shot a thousand others. With the rage, and other mechanicals, I agree with Redman I hate having to watch and see if my blades have deployed. At the advice from a friend I went back to the Montec. The Montec CS is awesome. It is tough and very sharp and once I have spin tested it, shot it, there is no need to take it off the arrow again. just resharpen and ready to go. There is no substitute for confidence in an arrow and its flight. I always liked the replacable blades because they were extremely sharp but once I replaced the blades I hated to shoot it, but I hated not knowing how it was going to fly worse. Last year I shot Rusty Ulmers broadhead that it hopefully will be out soon. It is a great design and you can lock the blades in to practice and then remove a set screw so that they will expand for hunting situations.

Daryl , That is a super buck and great mount. Huge congrats.

Sweet looking bull Mason, Good luck on the tag. The bulls will stop hitting your salt etc.. when they start looking for cows, hopefully there are cows at least somewhere close.

When I was about 18 I believe I was still hunting the thick pines through 4a for deer. I spotted a group of cow elk moving up the same trail I was getting ready to walk. I watched about 8 of them go by at 15 yards or so. I then started down the trail from where they had come. I noticed a young 2-3 year old cow elk moving up the trail and I was stuck out in the open except for some tall grass. I slowly moved to the ground and was stretched my legs out across the trail, this cow walked up the trail stepped over me, smelled my stinky self and did a quick pivot turn on my calves and thighs. She trotted off as I stood up and circled around me. I was non worse for wear except a couple small bruises. Back in the 90's when calling for elk worked I "called" in a good bull by reving up the engine of my ol 69 ford with a hole in the muffler, that bull was crazy and came within 40 yards of me in the truck.

I work for the Lakeside RD and yes it is opened. Sitgreaves side was opened around noon. Barricades and signs removed. At least some of them have been removed as of last night. I drove a quick circle out of my home in Pinedale and came across a couple barricades still locked, and a couple signs still out but I'm sure they will all be removed and opened by today. Sure was nice to get out in the woods again.

Jed after watching this bull and talking with you, I'm positive that is the bull that I skipped an arrow over his back. I don't remember him being broke but the quick video I have of him shows him possibly broke if you know what your looking for. I'm always impressed with the footage you get. I know you put a bunch of time into it. THanks for showing.

yep no shooting or even driving on any of the roads up here. No scouting or anything. At least i have better chance my cameras won't be stolen. I hope

Its a few miles from our house and moving away, it shouldn't last long. I was told it was started by a flat tire and the sparks from the rim. Wow.we need rain bad. edit I guess the WMI mentioned how it may have been caused

I love that last slide. We have three choices so we get 1/3 chance at any of the 3. very scientific haha

3c was a little tougher to hunt the year of the fire, but not in great amounts. Unless the wallow fire is significanlty different than Rodeo/Chediski than hunting will be pretty normal. UNLESS they completely stop allowing any type of access to the forest. In the RD fire they did not allow overnight camping in those areas because of danger of falling trees, but access was allowed.

I think its a great idea, anybody that is a cop or "pretending" to be a cop disarming somebody that is completely lawful and in the right. (sarcasm) Makes me feel so much safer that anyone in a uniform can harass me. I have upmost respect for LE, it are the ones that abuse their authority that bother and scare me.

BTW you are standing close to one of my favorite holes on the river. Sweet.

Great looking country there Justin. Super time and congrats on a great trip.

I ran BFG's on my 1/2 ton GMC did ok, but chuncks came off the tread pretty regular at 25k. I just put Nitto terra grappler on my Tundra and so far, I love them. very durable, ride well and no issues so far. 10k. My vote is for the Toyo or Nitto

Beautiful buck and great job by Clay.

I should have made it known in my original post that I new for certain which MP (335) it was because I live at 327. 365 was no where close to Pearce Ln. haha

MM 334 and 335

I usually go through 2-3 bags a week and I think spitz has the best flavor, not too much salt that wears your tongue or cheek raw, but enough to enjoy. I like the cracked pepper, but I am completely hooked on the smoky bbq. They are awesome. I can chew on them for hours with no tenderness or discomfort because of the salt. I only put in half a mouth at a time so I refill more often and enjoy the flavor.

See you all tomorrow, My wife and I will be with Haywire again at his table.

Super cool bull and video nice job Jay and Jed.