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My husband was just looking at this pack 2 days ago. Let me ask him if he's interested.

Thanks all! I had a great birthday!! Now I've just gotta get through the next couple work days and then I leave for my WT hunt

I'm usually pretty good with numbers, but I can't figure this one out. I went back and checked my receipts when I put in, but it's still not adding up. 3 adults put in for general turkey 4 adults put in for archery javi 1 adult put in for spring bear 1 adult license bought ($54.00) Charges on our card 10/9/13 $22.50 $84.00 $7.50 10/28/13 $54.00 $85.00 $4.00 TAG FEES turkey $25.50 archery javi $28.75 bear $29.75 I'm thinking the $84 is for javi and the $54.00 is my son's license and the $7.50 may be for spring bear not getting drawn. I definitely need some help deciphering it please Thanks!

Thank you. It's a good deal then and lots of "spring" hunting coming up. My son will be happy!

Seriously I'm sitting here laughing at that one. That's hilarious!

There are sacred spots everywhere, but as far as secret spots - heck no not on public land. Here's what I typically see when I'm out in the field. The vast majority of hunters hunt within very close proximity to their vehicles (i.e. roads). If you park your vehicle and hike even a half mile, you have just changed your odds of seeing other humans from very high to very low. It's all about playing the odds, but ultimately each hunter has to decide what they want out of their time in the field.

Very nice job letting her make decisions Sounds like something out of a Griswald vacation...LOL Glad you could somewhat laugh it off and her scar will be one of those with a story.

Very interesting!

Wrong, wrong, wrong - most of it. It sounds like the shooters involved should've spent a little more time at the range so maybe there wouldn't have been 3 shots at the bull before the fourth and final shot put him down. I know there are always 2 sides to every story and each side always tells the story differently, but from what you say group B needs to learn some manners. My next suggestion is with Mulkepackhunter - find spots where there aren't so many people - then you don't have to deal with this.

ALONE! Yes I did it. I went for 4 days by myself trying to get a better game plan for my hunt that's coming up. I will say the 4 days was one of the most relaxing vacations I've ever had . Going alone was something I've thought about for a long time and the opportunity presented itself so off I went. I've spent 2 other day trips and now these 4 days total scouting. Not as much as I'd like, but enough I feel to start patterning a couple areas pretty well. The good news is I've seen a ton of deer (all Coues). It's been about a 60/40 male to female ratio. All the males but one were young deer and not shooters for me. The bigger one I didn't get a good enough look at before I lost him in the trees, but I saw enough to know he was a good deer. Anyhow, I have two good plans at this point, but still have 2 areas I would like to check out that a local rancher I met this weekend gave me info on. Originally I was going to bring my bow and rifle. Due to time constraints, I'm limiting it to rifle only. I couldn't practice enough with both so I decided on the rifle since I've been on a zillion deer hunts now and still have yet to close the deal on what I want. I've been shooting my 270 and it feels good. A couple questions for more experienced WT hunters.... My limit is 300 yards for a rifle and less if it's windy up there like it was this weekend (it was nasty). One spot I have picked out to sit is a 250 yard shot. I'm way more used to setting up under 40 yards so now I've been given almost a football field longer so I feel like I've won the lottery. My question is can my scent travel 250 yards? I'm at the vertical and horizontal midpoint of a small canyon/finger sitting in/on a rock outcropping. The area I'm watching is the hillside opposite me and also the trails around the edge of the big canyon (both areas are 250-300 yards from my location). The wind typically seems to do whatever it wants in this area. My next question...I'm assuming since there are so many deer in this area that there has to be bigger bucks. Is this a valid assumption? I'm still surprised at the amount of young bucks (forks, spikes) I've seen. Typically we have cameras out and know what's in an area, but this time I only have what we've seen with our eyes. Thanks!

Great job. Love that the kids were there too!

She hunted hard - you should be proud! Great job!

I think it's up to the kid. Most kids are thrilled with shooting a spike, but there could be youngins who prefer something bigger or older. I think it should be progressive in my opinion. Start them off small, but naturally they should start wanting something older as time goes on. I think if my child got a spike one year, then how about a forky the next hunt. I think it would be my way of presenting a new challenge/goal and then it should progress from there naturally. I know for a fact I would not start them off on big trophy deer unless it happened to walk across our path.

She did a great job on a great deer (and so did dad and grandpa)! Awesome

I started off watching hunting shows and there is stuff to be learned from them, but for the last couple years I watch them less and less. I just can't relate with most of them (hunting private land) so I've lost interest. It's funny how much different it is to hunt public land with every other hunter who has a tag versus growing your own deer and selecting which deer will be shot today on private land. They put the effort in 365 days a year to pick what they kill and when. We put whatever time in we can scouting, but ultimately share the entire forest with everyone around us. Most elk hunting shows are pretty good though and the few Coues hunts I've seen were good.

We got hit too and I think for both

So true!

max1 for both southern and northern units is my favorite! I'm also becoming a fan of Kings camo (both desert and mountain). I feel any of these work for desert and mountains and all in between. I will be honest though my army BDU's have done me well both north and south. I see someone said KUIU. I took a picture of myself in my KUIU rain gear up north and I swear it looked like I stuck out like a sore thumb. After I had a few very close encounters with animals who never knew I was there I figured it worked okay too.

Great story! You are a lucky guy. I'm still waiting to see one in the wild!

When I feel sick, ibuprofen always seems to be what makes me feel good enough to get through the day. I've got that crud you were talking about (for almost 2 weeks now) and it shouldn't be enough to keep you down. A surplus of sleep and rest usually don't go hand in hand with hunting, but sleep always does a body good.

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That bear's diet needs adjusted pronto!

That is a sight I've never seen before...elk with Mesquite trees. Looks very odd to me. That one bull is a good bull. If I was you, I'd look into seeing if there are any OTC tags available in that area. I'm guessing G&F don't like them down that low.

Love the heading She sure is a trophy! How far was your shot? It sounds like you got close, but animals move all around I know.

My Yorkie Boo-Kee was the ultimate hunter. I have been challenged since we moved to the "country" over 2 years ago trying to keep him away from all the critters out here. First it was the scorpions; then the gophers, prairie dogs, and rabbits; and finally the frogs. He actually alerted me every time he found a scorpion in the house, which I very much appreciated. We were also treating him for valley fever, which I believed was caused from his constant digging for gophers. Seven years ago my husband gave him to be as a birthday gift, and he was the best birthday gift I ever received. He was my fierce protector and always under my feet no matter where I was. He had at least a half dozen encounters with these frogs I asked about in a CWT post in the past and each time I was lucky enough to be able to wash his mouth out in the kitchen sink and he would have some reactions, but ultimately he would be okay. We have relocated many of these frogs, moved our dog water dish up on a bench so they wouldn't use it as a bath, cut the weeds, etc. I attempted for awhile to go out with a flash light and search for the frogs prior to letting my dogs out, but our backyard is over an acre and this I found to be a very time consuming task. Yesterday morning at 5 am he apparently tasted too much of one of the frogs because within a couple minutes of coming back inside he was having convulsions. For 45 minutes I held him hoping he would make it. He died twice in my arms and kept coming back. He had the spirit of a lion all compacted into his 14-pound body. In the past I have never considered it a possibility to put my own animal down, but during this ordeal the thought crossed my mind, but ultimately I gave him the opportunity to survive if he could. The 3rd time he stopped breathing was the end. He fought a good fight. My heart is sad. My Boo-Kee was one of a kind and will be greatly missed.