WHT_MTNMAN

Super buck man, great job.

Good to see you on here, nice bucks. Huge congrats. Houston

great job on a great wyoming buck.

Hey I've made a few calls to Game and Fish but havent' heard back yet so I thought I would ask here also. So my son turns 10 on April 27th. The turkey hunts I put in for have April and May hunts. My question is can we apply for him, take hunters safety and hunt the May portion of some of these hunts if he is successful in the draw? I looked online and didn't see anything right off preventing us from doing this, as long as both the age and Hunters ed have been met before he hunts. Thanks for any info.

Happy belated B-Day ol man. Good luck on all your hunts.

Doug it was one of the craziest tracking jobs I've ever been on. We lost tracks and blood quite a few times as he moved in and out of rocky areas and he was stumbling around quite a bit. I would always spend a few minutes guessing where he went and then spend time in areas that would show tracks, picking up tracks and then looking for blood, it made for a tough/hot day, but was rewarding that we were able to bring him home. Thanks for the comments, sorry for the picture, I know you can't see much, but you get the idea.

Well I'm not going to make excuses, but after finally drawing my first archery tag after 12 years for my home unit 4 years ago and shooting a 349 bull, I had great hopes of finding and killing a true monster this year after getting lucky and drawing another tag. (if 2 tags in 16 years is lucky) 2006 bull I had the great opportunity to pass on tons of bulls, and to see a few giant bulls. I passed on a broken 375+ bull at 40 yards with five days of the hunt left. He had broken his right beam just above the 4th. Thanks to the help of some good friends I had the opportunity to chase a bull of a lifetime and even got within 30 yards twice of him, both times not being able to get a shot through thick trees. I passed on bulls that I shouldn't have, but it was learning experience. One such bull was possibly in the 350 range but he had 3rds almost 30 inches on both sides. I couldn't make it happen on a couple really good bulls in the 360 range and last day decided to shoot this bull at 54 yards downhill. Long story but I made what looked like a perfect shot, we studied the film and thought he should be dead within 100 yards. Long story short we jumped him and tracked him almost 4 miles with limited blood until I could get another arrow into him almost 8 hours later. The arrow had entered mid body just behind shoulder but had exited just above the chest on opposite side, complete pass through but only one lung. Tough bull, but I'm glad it ended with him in my freezer. It was very hot so we took all of three pictures of my bull. He is a small 6x6 with devil tines. Extremely fun hunt as always. 2010 bull

That is one cool bull, the guy that killed that bull hasn't hunted much in recent years and did a great job finding and killing that bull, what an awesome bull, and one of my favorite mounts. As always perfectly done. I'm glad you are posting some of these, it keeps them fresh in my mind and gives me ideas for future work. Yeah show some more angles, I think everyone would enjoy, one cool bull, if I remember that I scored around high 360's. Did you ever score it Clay?

I remember that buck, looks awesome Clay, way to go on a super buck Mark.

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First off I apologize for the quality of pictures. I decided to post these up from my phone because if I wait until I get good pictures then I probably never will share them. I got three bucks back from Clay they look great. Two Mexico bucks and my wife's buck. I will try and get close up pictures of all three soon. As always Clay did an outstanding job. Ready for the wall Mexico bucks on either side of fireplace

Mike, I like those, they look very nice, good find.

Cool video, that is a great looking bull and one I'm sure Eric would love to have shot that bull, but oh well, next time will be better.

Nate- I don't have any info on that guy, I'm guessing the other posts do not either. I wouldn't worry about being to close to your taxidermist, pick one that you know will do a great job. my .02

Great job again Bob, congrats on a fine looking bull. Good luck on the sheep hunt, wish I was invited to come along.

Huge congrats Ron and great bull. Thanks for sharing pictures and stories, absolutely a hunt to remember.

23 is a great unit with good bucks... BUT... they can be isolated and in pockets. One ridge/canyon that looks great will have deer while another that looks equally as good doesn't. For that reason most people will not give up too many spots. If you can't scout, plan on the first day or so scouting a little bit. The southern part of the unit and western are all good. I would try any road off the A+ road and head north/northeast and start glassing. From the west, go east to the mtns and glass, get off the desert floor and you will find Coues. Good luck

I've never bashed Game and Fish but this is just plain wrong. A guy waits not 5-10 but 35 years, one more time, 35 years, for a goat tag and this happens, that sucks big time. Archery deer or even Elk screwed up by G and F doesn't even come close to compare, Sheep does. I would be ticked and I'm a guy that doesn't get upset at much. I completely understand the need for science and science based info, but come on, shorten the seasons by one day or something, DO NOT FLY WHEN HUNTERS ARE HUNTING, IMO kind of like biting the hand the feeds you. my little rant.

Great job on the first bull and video. awesome

smoker bull, love it.

Well my brother shot his bull off mine last year and set it down somewhere, that was one of the worst two weeks of my life looking for that thing. Imagine explaining to your wife the money you just spent on a piece of equipment is lost and you have to buy it again. WOW. I'm glad I found mine. Nice job putting that up here, hopefully someone appreciates the honesty and compensates you, even though I know that is not why you posted it.

Like Jade said I like it tons if you already have the Outdoorsmans set up. If you don't, then look at other options that are less expensive. In my opinion it is the best of both worlds. You don't have to pack an extra bipod or sandbag or anything, you are using the tripod you glass from. If you don't pack a tripod to glass from then their are better systems. The Claw is awesome if you can pack the heavy tripod and head needed to give a good rest. I like that set up if I'm helping someone out because I don't have to pack a rifle, I can pack the heavier set up. I've posted this pic before.I also had my brother shoot a bull at 450 yards off it.

I've seen lots of elk the last few days, not any of the real big stuff yet, but lots of bulls. But they will be coming across the rez soon. (3c) This morning I followed 9 bulls bugling no cows, I picked the wrong group to follow before work, nothing big at all. soon, very soon. Come on Friday

Way to go Jen and huge congrats to some hunting daughters Bob, good luck on the moose and sheep hunts. Huge congrats to you guys. I hope its nice having your Mathew and Jessica back up there, we miss them here.

huge congrats nice job on the bear.