idgaf

I find there selection methods for the survey suspicious. My daughter has had two drawn tags in ten years of trying and is a casual hunter at best. On access issues, I have yet to find a place I want to go to that I can not without a little extra effort.

My nineteen year old daughter got one. This looks like a money grab. Looks more like a farce than anything.

With that Brut if a white rhino ever runs through your yard you will be ready.

Matthews monster

You should thank him, he did you a favor.

last week in unit 1

I don't see anybody championing "no practice" on any of these threads.I actually know a few guys (one posts very nice coues deer online every year) and they shoot twice a year; once to make sure the bow is sighted in and once when they kill their deer. They hunts tree stands or blinds and keep all shots under 20 yards so they don't have to practice. Hope that doesn't start off even more controversy. Lol. I agree with idgaf though. It's scary and sad watching some guys shoot at the range and expecting to go hunting in a week or two when they can't hit a pie plate at 30 yards! My only solace is most can't even find deer to fling arrows at... No one would champion no practice in a perfect world. In reality go to any pro shop and ask how many bows they sell the week before season. I will put the over/under on "wounded bull" threads at ten. Whether they mention it or not, Two of the factors being distance and practice

I would rather see a guy who practices too much and shoots too far than a guy who buys a bow two weeks before his archery elk hunt. I practice out to a hundred yards or so, but with a twist. I turn my target sideways and put rocks on each side of it. It helps with my focus.

If you are good at what you do there is always some form of hubris when you are doing it. Where guides "go sour" with regular hunters is there attitude towards you hunting in their area. I have run across many guides, some of them sponsors on this website and some I consider friends, in the field and when I am in the area they want to themselves they tell me intimate details of a giant buck or bull only a few miles away from where we are right now. I ask this question (knowing the answer) "why aren't you hunting over there then?" The answer is always the same. To a good guide hunting is a business and a passion, to me as a diy hunter it is just a passion. You as a guide scout "x" amount of days to prepare your business. Me, as a passionate hunter scout "x" amount of days to feed my passion. Similar but different in intent.

I think there are big deer everywhere, its just a question of how many and how easy they are to find. Some of the best hunters i know shoot giant deer and never post it on Facebook or anywhere else so the story and the unit go untold. Get a tag for the area you want and hunt it like a trophy hunt and you may surprise yourself on the outcome. My personal choices are archery 13b (never been there) and 3c rifle(very large bucks and close to home). I have shot at very large deer in non premier units and it wasn't the deer or units fault I couldn't shoot straight.

I am looking forward to the January hunt there.

I havent had a tag in a few years all I have are pics of live ones

a few more when i was suppose to be bear hunting

they grow for about 180 days and some bulls go 400", math doesnt add up late to the answer see above

Not bad just high maintenance. I have taken several big game animals with them including this operator error elk. Shot in the high hip look at the blood on his right side, it was easy to follow. Three blade rage

A couple of years ago I had a limited opportunity any elk tag in 3b north. I did my due diligence and found two giant bulls, one with ivory white antlers I named Irwin, after a guy I use to work with. After the first weekend I met a nice gentlemen with a foxpro at some elk about mile from where I was normally hunting. We talked after the elk left and he mentioned this was the first elk he had seen and he would be leaving tonight and his hunt was over. I told him I found a big bull about a mile away and pointed in the direction I would be hunting. The next morning the bulls were screaming and I am approaching Irwin and within 50 yards than BOOM my new friend takes a shot, Irwin runs in front of me and stops in the open for a moment (I was in the line of fire and not happy). I had to decide to shoot or dont shoot. I did not shoot. The gentlemen steps out startled to see me and where I was, puts his head down and takes off after Irwin. I was mad at myself for opening my mouth about my scouted spot. Bottom line, the animals we hunt are not the only obstacles we have to keep in consideration. Don't let the human element ruin your hunt.

Honestly, I will use my "soccer wagon" when the mood arises and I want to listen XM or I have to travel (31mpg) and do not need 4wd. Most of the time I do not use camo, I guess I am not a very good hunter. You were by the country club and you did not expect to see urban hunters.

Not to hijack this thread by any means, but how much difference is there between a cow and bull mount. I want to shoot one with my bow also

few more

I sent my last year from Show Low and got one.

I got the late season coon canyon archery hunt last year. No shortage of elk that is for sure. This year I have no interest I want to shoot a bull in June, July or August in one of the otc units.

I think your best option is giving me your tag. I will let you know how you do. Or you could email him and ask where he is going to be and avoid those areas. Sounds like you guys could be civil for a few moments before blood is drawn.

hunted it many times. hint volcano bowls

Went out yesterday evening to bear hunt. Instead I decided to see if I could get into range of these guys. That was kind of easy getting out undetected was harder. Saw four different herds going to this field to eat and water and was in the middle of all of them.

Yep I agree. You learn an awful though when you are close. Right now they are less weary not gullible. The ones from this evening. I would like to find the antlers of the middle bull.