Flatlander

Yes, always worth applying. 80% of the tags are issued randomly to people with less than max. Five is enough to put you close to the bonus for some hunts. Here is my suggestion; pick a dream hunt for your first choice and apply because there is almost always a chance. For your second choice, pick a late hunt in a less popular unit that you are comfortable with OR look for a limited opp hunt with a higher success rate (some of those are actually pretty decent) in unit you would enjoy hunting.

Depending on what you are looking for there are some options out there.

It’s not a great hunt. Were you trying to apply for early or late 6A? I haven’t looked to see if there even is an early hunt this year. Comparing late to late, it’s probably not a drastic difference, but 6A is probably better because there are a lot less tags. 3B late is like a general hunt in other units. That being said, there are decent bulls there. I’d be hesitant to point guard.

Use the bonus point report to see how many pts it took to make the bonus pass for each hunt. How many pts do you have?

Congrats on a heck of an accomplishment.

You’re not in No Man’s land, you just don’t have the points for what you want. The kaibab is wildly unpredictable with tag numbers swinging with drought and winter conditions. You could end up chasing the late hunt for a LONG time as many dudes in the same boat as you figure out they don’t have enough for the strip and drop to the Kaibab. There are muzzleloader hunts that are just a week or so earlier than the late hunt. There is archery. December desert hunts. You could enjoy 10 days on the Bab in October. I’d say you have some great options.

Wasn’t there a Rhoton with a flying violation for a sheep tag?

Seems like a pendulum swing. A few years ago some guides were getting off with a slap on the wrist. That’s a lame application of that law. Koury was looking for otc elk instead of scouting for his once in a lifetime deer tag?! Of course he should have known better. That’s on him. But that’s a silly letter of the law interpretation and honestly it sounds like they busted him because he was a guide. I hate that stuff. Seems like WMO’s want to target these guys, and I am not a fan of LEO’s trying to make a name for themselves.

Did we ever find out the actual facts about what Koury did?

3-1/2” chamber?

Its cooked anyway. No bulls left anymore.

It would be hard to build or buy the rifle alone for $2k. This is a solid deal, and with load data, as a plug and play solution, this is a great opportunity for someone.

We’ve had good luck with black cloud

Nice work. Love the Carhaet jacket!

This system is so gay

Toad coues, congrats!

Headed to TX Friday AM. Hope I have more than a creosote to hide behind!

More interesting question… if there was no probably cause, and he requested to search your pack, would you let him?

But which optic. Is it a scope? Open sights?

Billy what sight are you using? That’s the part that I think will be toughest to navigate.

Dude, congrats! So happy for you guys, what an adventure!

Man we struggled to find deer period. It’s like October out there, 80+ during the day

You won. I wouldn’t change a thing from what you are doing. Right now you are teaching those little dudes to love the outdoors. Build that and eventually the deer will come. And you will have the very best hunting buddies for life.

Heck of a season. Congrats on a beautiful bull.

You were pretty fair. I’d of sent her up the hill to get set while I tried to run them off the road 😂 And, to be honest, what most hunters would have done is made a stink about it and got on social media to complain about road hunters ruining everything. No animal is worth a bunch of drama. Hunting is supposed to be fun or a way to separate from our day to day. Not something to be even more stressful and dramatic.