thegunsmith2506

Pretty sure those are the kinds of numbers the g&f uses when setting hunt guidelines.

Its about time. I had a tag in 2012 and the numbers were down then.

It depends on the action. Lots of guns only have trigger block safeties anyway.

I've heard Randy Newberg say with a camera crew and the difficulty of filming the hunt, he has plenty of time to chamber a round. For me it depends on the situation. If I am still hunting and know things can happen quick or that I need to be quiet, I'll carry a round in the chamber. If just glassing it is always unchamberd. I still always check the chamber at the truck before loading up.

think you missed a few.... please go archery

I think this in spot on. There are lots of things that wear out over time.

Not much to the story. Had a great hunt, scouted some big bulls before the weather came in. We saw more elk on this hunt than any year in the past 6 years. I passed a few bulls, but with another storm on the way we decided to shoot anything we could. I shot this bull Tuesday night out of a huge herd. Had my family there for the recovery. Shot was 125yds with an xbolt 300 wsm 165gr sst. Bull never took another step.

nice job! heck of a ram

When I was younger my buddy and I had a spot in 30a we use to hunt. It was a chunk of state trust land that was walk in only. We would park at the gate and load up for a half day hike with all the shells we could carry and some water. It was a long mesquite valley with some rolling hills and 3 large dirt tanks over a 2.5 mile walk. We would shoot dove and quail on the way in and stop at each tank to shoot ducks. When we were about 100yds from the tanks we would drop our bird bags, reload with steel shot, and go shoot ducks. Twice we ran into the game warden when we got back to the gate. He chewed us out the first time but said he couldn't write us a ticket. After about 30min of talking he calmed down to where we could actually have a 2 sided conversation. He agreed that we weren't doing anything illegal as long as we were dropping all of or lead loads before we walked up to the tanks. The second time he stopped us he told us he looked it up and we couldn't even have lead shot and ducks in the vehicle at the same time, and if he caught us again we would be cited. That situation came down to his interpretation of " possession" vs mine. As far as shot goes for cranes, I think the non tox stuff hits way harder than lead. Its also hard to find big lead shot unless you load your own.

awesome buck!

That Dakota looks well equipped! Every hunting rig needs a roll of TP handy.

We have been out every day for a week in 8. Yesterday about noon we had a hard time getting out around Devi dog road. I wouldn't worry about getting up high. There are lots of elk down low right now.

We are headed out now. Coming down hard now.

Finally snowing a bit in 8. It rained so much yesterday things are going to be a mess. The wind has died down here. Hope it stays that way.

Stop with your common sense

Well I don't think the media created it. Maybe they named it. I get that those drugs have been around for a long time, but what made them legal? Did the big pharma companies never have a patent on them?

So the opioid crisis wasn't started by big pharma?

Can you explain that?

I may not agree with you, but I understand your position on the issue.

I mean no disrespect, but I remember reading the story about your brother way back when you first posted about it. I thought he was killed for a 6pk of beer. I might be wrong, it just kinda stuck with me. Either way sorry about your brother. I can't imagine having to deal with that.

I just saw a stat that the leading cause of death in males 25-65 was overdose from prescription pain killers. Beat out heart disease, auto deaths, and booze. I have never smoked weed, but I really don't think its the problem. Big pharma is the biggest problem.

I called the office in Williams and was told there were no closures yet.

Awesome!

Now that's funny. Sounds like you went out there and earned that deer with a little help from a friend. Awesome buck! Chevron will probably be pissed cause you didn't mention that 91 octane.

370?? did A3 tape that bull? Looks more like 320. Just kidding, figured I could start some drama on this thread too. Awesome bulls and awesome pics. I hope I can find something like that next week. Thanks for posting whats the story on that second to last bull? he is crazy