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Eight business days or eight days total? If it is eight days total then we will know what hunts in a week! Long wait! Eight days total according to my records. Keep in mind that it was the first time moving back to that system, so there may have been bugs to work out...but on the flip side, this is a much bigger draw with more applicants to deal with. Uugh............ going to go crazy.............

Eight business days or eight days total? If it is eight days total then we will know what hunts in a week! Long wait!

Dude your a kill joy! I never thought about this. None of my family have hits for all the lope tags though so I don't think your theory is correct........at least I hope not.......

Maybe there is still hope for my lope tag then................

That's what I want to know. All my hits were lastnight. I thought for sure my best bet was my lope tag with 10 points but no. All my hits were for elk! Four tags so far and my paper app could make it five but I'm not hopeful for that one. At least I will be taking my wife and kids. Just am going nuts wondering what tag they got....... early rifle, archery or november rifle?????????????

I got hit for almost $400! Lookis like everyone in my house will be hunting elk this year! Hope some of them are early rifle tags. Even my 12 year old daughter got a junior cow tag! Don't know about me though because my dad is old fasioned and makes me put in paper with him........... I know for sure my son either got an early rifle tag or a unit 1 archery tag! My wife and oldest daughter either got early rifle or a november tag! May need to buy a second freezer!

STILL NOTHING! Not a good sign.............

They sure are screwing up my MN application!

Still no hits to my account..........

9am on March 28th

I was thinking the same thing. Their web guys doesn't seem to be on top of things so it could just be down. I'm hopeful it is because they are getting ready to release the results. Seems like it was around the 27th of March last year when they were released. Does anyone remember the exact date?

No way this buck hits 80. He is low 70's. Hold out a few years. You have a decent set up and probably are not getting all the buck on camera in that area. Next year you will have more and probably bigger. If not let this guy grow a little and he will be a wall hanger.

Looks like you need to do some dog hunting..........

Beautiful cat, ocelot! I have only seen a few pictures of these cats. Yours is by far the best to date. I wish I would have put a camera on a lion kill I found a while back just to see if it was a lion. Very Nice!

Guess I need to start lion hunting if this is what you find. Holy crap thats a huge buck. Congrats, now get back out there and start killing lions!

Wow what a buck. He is worth not hunting for a year for sure. One heck of a stock too from the read. Good job.

I thought about something like this a few years ago. Wish i would have come up with it first.....oh well. I like it and will be gettin me one........

Very cool. Love the tall tined bucks regardless of width. Good buck and good job putting in the hard work. It pays

Nice buck. looks like you have figured it out and have a great set up.

202 and 3/8

It has been a while since I have harvested in January and have to wait a full year to hunt again. This buck fooled me because I thought he was bigger than what he is. If you have already scrolled down and looked at the picture you know what I mean. Then again I only had a split second to either shoot or let him pass. I also came away with a chipped front tooth which was caused by the buck fever I got from all the excitement. This is a hunt I won't soon be able to let the details slip away. Every January I hit the field with one goal only and that is to take a hundred inch buck or better. Having just taken a buck on New year's eve only reiterated the fact I wanted to hold out for a big buck It is January after all and the last time I shot a buck in January I had to wait a long time to be able to hunt again. That was over ten years ago and I have forgotten how long a year can be. I am now going to be reminded. The rut has been hot and Luke warm from day to day. My New Year's Eve buck the rut was red hot and exciting to be in the field. Well this day was no different and I was once again like a kid in a candy store just drooling at the possibilities. I could hear a few bucks grunting as I was trying to figure out if I should hit the stand or try some spot and stalk. The decision was made for me when I saw does acting as if a buck was chasing them. I decided to get close and just sit down and see what happened. I got in on them and settled into some cover and decided I would see what would happen. I wasn't there long when a small buck came into view and appeared to be very exhausted with his tongue hanging out. Then a doe came running my way with her tail straight out and running in zig zag patterns. As I watched behind her I saw a big bodied deer coming behind her and he was also moving fast. My heart leaped into my throat, I couldn't catch my breath and at this moment I tried to attach my release to my string. TRIED that is….. For some reason I couldn't find my release. What made things worse was the buck came into view for just a second and all I saw was mass and width. He looked huge and I couldn't feel my release! I looked down and saw my release was stuck in my jacket sleeve. In a panic because I knew the buck was going to be in the only shooting lane in a split second, I reached down with my mouth and jerked the release from my jacket sleeve using my teeth. CRACK! I knew right away I had just chipped one of my front teeth but the buck was on top of me and I had to come to full draw. I came to full draw just as the buck entered the only shooting lane in this thick brush. I grunted and he stopped looking right at me. I had a split second to decide to either shoot this buck or pass. All I could see was width and mass, he looked good and I decided it was now or never. After I released and watched my arrow disappear in his vitals I watched him running off. It wasn't until then that I noticed his G2's were weak and I told myself," well he won't make a hundred inches." As I sat back to take it all in I couldn't believe how bad I was shaking. The adrenaline rush from a rutting buck coming at you at Mach 2 is something indescribable. I felt the missing section of tooth with my tongue and then started to laugh. What an amazing ride that five seconds had been. The blood trail was one a beginning hunter could follow and I never lost pace or had to stop. When I found him wrapped around a small oak tree I was impressed with his width main beam length and mass but sure enough his eye guards and G2's were all that kept this buck from making it over a hundred inches. 15 inch inside spread, 15.5 inch main beams his mass measurements were exactly the same from the base to the last measurement on the main beam. Not my best buck but what a ride.

Thanks everyone for all the comments. I am very glad I was able to get this buck because the trail cam pics lately are very slim. the warm weather has put a lid on the rut lately.....

Congrats, you stayed with it and moved your set up until it worked. That is a true archery hunter. Some people dont learn from their mistakes but you did. Nice buck!

So do i enter both bucks or choose one and enter it? I took a buck on 12/31/11 and then again last weekend. I've never done this before and don't know how this works????

My son and daughter both have tags so thankfully i will be busy helping them. I just love this time of year and get so excited to see bucks chasing does!