For the first time in my adult life, I purposely took the opener off. Took my boy and my pup out. Both had a blast. Flying was a little slow, but we had a great day.
With the entry part of this year's giveaway closed I'd like to thank everyone who donated to the giveaway . This year's prize pool is outstanding. I couldn't have done this by myself . Now to the numbers . There are 129 kids entered for the drawing . That's awesome more than doubled the last year's . The young ladies made a big push this year and there are alot of young hunters in the bottom of the age bracket.
The drawing is scheduled for Saturday and results will be posted as soon as possible .
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PUT IN THIS YEAR!
The next giveaway will open January 1 for entries .
I didn't get the opportunity to hunt till later in life . If I can give some kids the opportunity to experience the outdoors and what hunting has to offer its money well spent .
Saw tons of antelope today but this one made the mistake of coming into my decoy at 30 yards!
Added story!
Was in a valley just north and way of the highway 82/83 intersection. Saw probably 50+lope running in a circle around the valley. They would let me get to about 70 yards and then push the does off. About 10:00 in the morning I moved to one of the few trees to get out of the sun and put up my decoy. I saw this buck and a doe about 200 yards up the hill running towards another hunter at the top of the hill. The doe spooked and ran and this guy turned, saw my decoy and slowly made his way to me. Took about 30 min to cover those 200 yards. He stopped at 60 and started to go the other way so I drew. At that point he started to come back again so I let down. He went down into the wash and popped up behind my decoy at 30 yards. Two steps to the left and I had a solid quartering towards shot. Put it in right in front of the shoulder and came out the opposite hind quarter. Took out lung, liver and femoral. He ran about 20 yards and went down. Was a ton of fun.
Well he happens to know I was busting his balls in fun. Why would I know what he needed to fix it? Think about it....some people have friends here and some are just dicks.. I happen to be both. Some are just dicks.
Pick your weapon... if you buy an otc tag in January you don't get to apply in the draw. No more having 2 deer tags. Otc sales cut in half, reduced take. Problem solved.
Next step in saving deer... get rid of electronic communication during the pursuit/stalk. F&G is hypocritical when they preach Fair Chase then out of the other side of their mouth they allow this.
I'd bet if they changed these two things most of the quotas wouldn't be filled and we'd live happily ever after. Ed F
Our trip was almost a bust. Bad winds big seas. And couldn’t find fish. We didn’t have anything except a couple of dodos on the troll until the last hour finally found some fish. It only takes one good stop to make the trip.
Happy Birthday Hog Hunter, Mike Misker. With Christ for two years now. You are missed very much!
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