Shane.A.Luke

I will have a youth Diamond infinite edge LH bow available shortly. My son is upgrading at Xmas to a Mathew Vertix. The Diamond is highly adjustable as they grow. Plus strong enough to harvest an elk (Sept’18) I would be willing to let your son try LH bow to see if it works. I would suggest a lesson w an archery instructor so they can help evaluate.

It is cheaper and safer to use snatch block pulley to increase leverage.

Aziator; My son had this hunt last year. DM me and I will give you details on what we saw. Yes, there are elk all over the unit but activity during that time was concentrated due to drought last year and likely the same this year. We had a great time with screaming bulls and passing on raghorns. We only had three days to hunt due to school schedules. My son took at cow at 10 yards cause she was going to bust the herd on last morning walking right to us. (Youth are Any Sex Tags). He already had an archery 6x6 and a muzzy 6x6 from AZ so we were looking for the big herd bull. He was just out of range behind trees that last morning. My son had not taken a cow elk so knowing we had to leave by noon he took the cow when the bull moved further away in the PJs. A lot of great memories. Not everyone had the same experience. We worked hard to be on the herd and had to change locations when the first area went silent. 2020 was tough rut year.

https://www.packwheel.com/ Considering a Pack Wheel this year after hauling a cow elk out three miles last year in WY. But it was a special trophy cow elk, so it was all worth it. Joking aside I would do it again. Nothing like passing out at camp ~3:AM after the hike out.

Cool video. Thanks for sharing. Did you use catnip?

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Very nice. Thanks for sharing. I have a Merriam's and Rio mount. Can't wait for a Gould's tag to do something unique like the flight bird.

Congratulations! Solid buck.

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Congrats. Super buck!

I have a 14” wheel/maxis tire from Ranger that you can have. Don’t know if it’s same bolt pattern.

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Congratulations! nice buck. How is the smoke flavor from the 2x4? I generally prefer mesquite in coues country.

Congrats. Thanks for sharing.

I would like the ladder and stand. I may consider the sleeping pad. I am not far at Lk. Plez & HV. I will PM you to coordinate

Where are you located?

Memories for life. Love seeing youth success. Congrats on making it happen.

Big congratulations to hunters & guides. Memories for a lifetime.

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Thanks for sharing. Great story. Archery hunting is an addictive passion especially after taste of success. Way to keep at it.

Where are you located?

People think this is common but like OP it can take years for all the factors to come together for archery success. Way to stick it out and head to plan "B" now "The Honey Hole". What are the gps coordinates? JK Congrats!

Agree, a STUD BUCK for a STUD! Great work young man. Love seeing kids succeed.

I have read in multiple places that red/green colorblind traits come from hunter who can spot animal better due to the trait. I’m not disabled, I have a super power. JK. But good luck blood trailing. “From an evolutionary perspective a hunting group will be more effective if it includes a color blind hunter (one in twenty) who can spot prey that others cannot.” Read more: https://shivamber.com/the-benefits-of-color-blindness/

Glad you did not let COVID ruin 2020. Wonderful to get out with family and enjoy God's country. Great read. Thanks