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If you’ve never shot an elk before, I would shoot every animal you possibly can before that hunt. Coyotes,deer, bear… Just so you can get used to shooting things in the wild. This will probably be the last tag you ever get in that unit, like the other guy said. So make it a great hunt. I would start scouting cow herds this spring and keep tabs on where they are and where the water is. The bulls will show up, during the rut. Even if you had to take out a loan, it might be worth it to get a Guide, like Ground And Pounders or something.

Ima get in the fur coat business in just a minute.

I’m not sure how great I am, but thanks!! There’s a lot of great people up here.

Got a youth tag for my youngest , and either my oldest son or I got a tag. He put in for bull, I put in for cow.

I don’t get what needs to change. You can kill a big buck any time. Quotas keep from over harvesting. The only change I’d like to see is metered quotas. If a unit has 50 deer quota, maybe like shut it down in the early when it hits 35, and save 15 for late. and mandatory reporting or checking. That’s a no brainer.

Montanas block management also seems to work well, at least last time I watched Warden.

Missouri has landowner tags. The system seems to work well. But you can’t transfer them. It’s just for landowners to hunt their own property. if they would let us bait animals again, private property is a non-issue. You can just always lure them off with a bale of hay.

I got a 1st gen sequoia… I’ve been planning on selling, but now I’m suddenly having 2nd thoughts, lol…

Both. Seems like water is just bad luck for me. I walk up to the tank and the deer are already there, or the wind shifts at the worst possible time, or someone drives by on a sxs, or it dumps rain the night before… I could go on.

In all my years I’ve never once had a buck come into water. I’ve had several does come in. And I’ve sat water a lot. I’ve also never seen a game warden at any time while I’ve been hunting.

I’d hunt bait if it was legal. I’m upset they changed it. I have no moral problem with bait. I’m out here trying to kill stuff so I can eat it, not see how difficult I can make my life. I killed my first bull on bait. I also fish with worms.

True. I should clarify, during hunting season when people are racing side by sides from one water hole to another, I think most of the watering happens at night.

Them critters got all night to get water. I don’t think your theory pans out. I think most of the time animals water at night anyways. Slim chance they’re gonna hit water during the day.

I still don’t see a problem with the way things are. OTC archery lets me kill a deer every year. When I get 20 plus points, I can draw my strip tag, or late kiabab. I’m still trying to figure out what the problem is with the current system? because you can’t seem to get it done with a rifle, you want an archery draw? that makes no sense. there is no problem. Archery guys killing dinks lets you kill a 180 in the rifle season.