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The hunting community is truly filled with so many incredible people and it has afforded me the privilege of meeting so many people through random circumstances that have become some of my closest friends! Six years ago, I had filled my muzzleloader bull elk tag and stopped by a camp to inquire how they were doing. Met two gentlemen, and helped them kill a giant 366” bull the very next day. Bryan, originally from here and now residing in Colorado became a friend that I talk to a half dozen times a year swapping stories and talking about our next adventure. In April he reached out to me and mentioned his 71 year old buddy Gino had drawn an antelope tag after applying 27 years. He had a conflict so asked if I would help him on his hunt. I was thrilled for the opportunity, talked to Gino on the phone to understand his expectations, and told him I would meet him day before opener to put together a hit list. This is where it gets interesting…I found 3 bucks that would go between 74-78” and took lots of video of each. I showed Gino and we ranked them by his preference. 1st choice was a heavy old buck that had a busted back leg. Must have been hit by a car chasing does. He was in rough shape and I told Gino only way he will make it is if he could avoid the plentiful coyotes in the area. Opening morning as it became light I immediately saw 4 coyotes in the area and no buck. My suspicions were confirmed when I found a clean carcass with just the neck and head remaining in tact. Buck #1 IMG_6871.mov We quickly moved about 5 miles away to the location of buck #2. He was a beautiful buck with long cutters and good mass. We arrived just in time to witness a hunter anchoring him in his place 1/2 mile away. Buck #2 IMG_6897.mov We moved on confident that due to the rolling terrain where buck #3 was living he may have gone unnoticed. When we arrived it didn’t take long to find him with his 14 does. A deep drainage allowed us to sneak unnoticed into 200 yards and Gino anchored him! What an adrenaline filled morning and it ended with a buck of a lifetime for Gino and a new friendship for life! IMG_6938.mov

My 13 year old was lucky enough to get a Antelope Tag in unit 1 this year. I headed up Tuesday without my boy before the hunt to check the rifles at the range and then continuing up to unit 1. I ran into some issues with 2 of the 3 rifles I brought up. On Tuesday evening I found 4 bucks, 1 really nice shooter that I could see pushing 80" plus. These dang things are so hard to judge though, so I could be off. Always remembering what a old timer told me to use the eye ball and the ear to help feild judge them. This buck had good hookers and was definitely a double eared buck. He had about 19 does with him so I knew he had to be king. Wednesday I woke up early and headed out to another spot and spent the morning trying to locate a buck I seen in April. I did not find that buck, but finally turned one up This would be #2 buck and thinking he would push close to 80". He had about 5 does with him and the area had alot more cover for my boy for a stalk. This Wednesday I had located 23 bucks all over the unit. Out of the 23 bucks there was a bachelor herd of about 13 bucks all together. This bachlor herd was in a different area than the other bucks with does. I ran into another hunter that was trying to find a shooter. He had seen lots of bucks but he was wanting something bigger than what he had been seeing. This guy was a super good guy and was willing to show me some areas to help my boy tag out. In turn I let him know I found a decent shooter and could show him the area where this #1 buck was. We had about a 2 hours or so left of light so we headed over there and I ended up locating the buck just before dark. Thursday morning I headed home to pick up my boy after his game. We got back up the area around midnight. With what felt like a few hours of sleep we woke up and headed out Friday morning to #2 buck. With no luck locating him we moved to another area and turned up a heard with a good shooter, super thick but not really tall. We started the pursuit and bumped them over a hill about 500 yards away. We headed up were we last saw them and decided to sit and call with a antelope fawn call to see if the does would come in as I have had success with this before. In turn we called in a coyote at 389 yards. It was at that time to get some more confidence in my boys shooting. We dailed the rifle in and I told the boy to go ahead and let him have it. He shot and dropped the coyote in his tracks. As we went over to check on the shot placement of the coyote we glassed up the heard of Antelope down the hill from us about 1000 yards away. We moved closer and watched the buck from about 800 yards away chasining the does all over the flats. We decided to move in closer for the shot. As we worked our way down we got busted and the herd took off about another 1000 yards off. Again the buck was going crazy chasing the does all over as they settled in thier new spot. We backed out decided to head back to see if there was another angle we could approach them. On the way back we ran into a prairie rattler. We took some pics and let it be. Well the rain came down pretty hard on our hike out so we decided to head back and dry out. So we decided try that herd later on in the evening. After a few hours of getting back rested, we decided to hit that #2 buck spot again. It took a bit to find him but the does gave him away. At 350 yards away the herd was content feeding. We set up for the shot and then a doe started feeding just to the left and another right behind him. I told my boy to hold off on the shot. What seemed like forever the does walked away leaving the buck wide open. I gave the ok to shoot and he let off a shot. The buck and does all ran about 30 yards. The buck stopped while the does kept going another 50 yards stopping wondering why the buck wasn't catching up. It was at that moment he tipped over with high 5's and hugs. What a shot!!!! So proud of this kid!!! Also earlier that afternoon I recieved a text message from the other hunter that was going to after that #1 buck. He was able to locate the buck and was able to get on him. It was a awesome text message with epic picture of the downed buck. He thanked me for helping him finding a good buck. It was well deserved for sure. Rough taped my boys buck at 76". Stud and very pleased with my boys hunt.

Any success on the archery hunt? I tagged this buck opening day around noon on the 6A rifle season this past Friday.

I saw Charlie Kirk as potential Presidential candidate in a few years. Maybe the lunatics did too.

Congrats, nice buck! I hunted hard all 14 days of the archery hunt but didn’t get a shot. Got to 100yds on several occasions and spent 7+ hrs one day crawling and jumping from juniper to juniper but they just kept working away from me. Overall I had a blast, didn't go up there expecting to get one with a bow. I’ve drawn the archery tag now 4 times in my lifetime and tagged out 20+ yrs ago the last time I drew. To this day thats my toughest hunt, bowhunting goats spot and stalk in this state. Monsoon always dumps enough rain that they get their water anywhere and don’t have to hit water holes. I’m 62 now so I wonder if I’ll ever draw this tag again before I’m too old to crawl across the prairie pushing my bow in front of me…. Congrats again!

people who complin about everything on public forums...

Went out twice and had a great season. Lots of people hate dove but I love them. Had a bbq with some people and it was a hit. For those of u asking here’s what I did. clean them well. Then soak them in a bowl of buttermilk over night. Next day rinse them off I let them dry and add the seasoning u like. This time did mccormicks. next step was I went to food city and bought a cooked bag of green chiles. They have them whole cooked so just cut in strips next I like to add a strip of bacon. Nothing thick. Dove cooks quick so u don’t want it overdone I then threw it on traeger or u can do oven at 350 until bacon was barely cooked. They were a big hit again. Hope this helps some of u.

My dad waited 28 years to finally get an antelope tag and he made the most of it. We scouted a ton and had several target bucks but this buck was the target buck due to his character. Second morning of the hunt he connected with him. The buck had busted off several extra knobs and his double cutter on the right.

Don’t post much anymore but wanted to share. Was able to fill my OTC tag this morning on this 4 point muley.

I'm so sad and angry right now. He was so classy, always treated his guests with respect, didn't ridicule them or insult them, always polite and even conceded when someone offered a good opposing point. I love how when people would say he's a trump follower he would politely correct them and say he's a follower of Jesus Christ not trump. Truly a heartbreaking loss for conservatives.

My daughter stopped hunting 10 or so years ago. She couldn't get a tag and stopped trying. Fast forward to last year. I told her I was going to start putting her in so her son could pull a decent tag when he turns 10. Last year with no points she got late unit 1. This year she got antelope. I was stoked antelope are my favorite. I live in 3c and have seen maybe 4 antelope ever. See other post. I started Scouting immediately. I checked all of the g&f areas and saw only a couple of mid bucks. Kept checking and found a couple of spots. Last weekend the OHVs wrecked one of my spots. I wish they would stay on the trails. I decided to concentrate Scouting on one spot. G&f was doing a helicopter survey and those bucks disappeared as well. Sitting and thinking "you know antelope as good as they know themselves, where would they go" last night i saw a couple off in a basin to the far east and decided to take a closer look. About 200 yards from where I parked i ran into the buck I named the pimp. My first thought was that tricky m'fer. They spooked a little and I got out of there early. This morning rolls around and my brother took the morning off to high point for us. We go into the mountains looking for the giant. My brother sees a herd half a mile or so from our starting point in the wrong direction. After checking the small steep area we were in. I get a call saying there are 6 bucks in the herd he is watching and one is huge. We go to his vantage point and take a quick look. I recognize the pimp immediately. We make a quick plan and head that way. They were all bedded for a bit. As we approached the rut kicked in and bucks chasing does everywhere. The pimp chases a smaller buck over the Ridgeline. We move closer. My only pic of the pimp with the chaos the pimp was anywhere from 300 yards to over 500 and out of sight. She has them at 442 in the tripod and ready. I dial the scope and she shoots. Each round hitting just over his back. I guess the angle was steeper than I thought. My brother has to leave to work (around 900) we go to where i think they went. Not expecting much. I see a bunch of tracks change direction slightly and catch what I thought was the pimp at 135 yards. I left the scoope at 450. 20250905_085200.mp4 I make the adjustment back to default and this happens. Doesn't look it but the shot was close to perfect VID_20250905_192846.mp4 One more shot and then it gets western. 20250905_085407.mp4 Thinking hes down for good I give her a hug. She starts going over there and the buck gets up and struggles up the hill. We bump him two more times before the top of the hill with no shot opportunities. I text my brother and a nephew to help track. My daughter is mad and the only person she can take it on is me. I say he went this way and she said he went that way. We split up. I catch up to him 150 yards from where we part ways. I call her and text. No answer. She's really mad. A few moments later she calls me. We catch up to him walking away. I tell her just put it between his buttcheeks and end this. Boom and he drops. After a few seconds gets back up and starts crawling on front two legs up the next hill. F bombs are flying out of her mouth. The last one was F that tripod crap. Grabs her rifle and runs to position. Off handed she puts the final round in his neck. We didn't get the giant one but this one isn't too bad.

Since we're peeving......how about dogs in the shopping cart at the grocery store? Drives me crazy in a world worried about germs and mental health!!!!

I saw it. Unfortunately. I've seen a lot of videos in 17 years of law enforcement with little reaction. This one got me. It reminded me of a does getting hit by the 28 Nosler. Immediately made me sick.

This is very sad. I pray for his wife and kids. You cannot put a number on this but this is 10,000 times worse then the George Floyd thing. Think about what happened to our country because of that. Every patriotic American should probably protesting right now. Any media outlet reporting that he deserved this should have their FCC license revoked and should be banned for ever.

Bicyclist that prefer to be in the middle of the road you want to drive on when there's a bike path 20 yards to the right

Smokers that drive down the road and think it's ok to throw the butts out the window...... or realize the ash tray is full and stop and empty the ashtray out on the road or parking lot. Gum chewers that think it's normal to spit their gum out on the side walk or parking lot. Hunters that can carry a full beer, water, or soda in, but somehow can't gather up the strength to carry the empty out. Pure Assholes.

Right, that crowd was packed in there. On the heels of the subway murder its almost like someone is trying to start something......

People that cry about side by sides

Pretty hard for a guide to recommend boots. Everyone has a different foot, different style etc. I've sure tried a lot of boots and the lightweight ones are seldom the best choice for coues hunting.

I don’t have one, but if I did, I’d gladly sell it as fast as I could! 😂

We've sure got a bunch of "get off my lawn" types on here! 😁🤣

Hunters that show up late and proceed to use rifles to glass at you.

I have had this happen twice by the same guy. I won't mention names but he happens to own Bear Mountain. The one time he set up and glassed less than 10 yards from us. And the other time parked next to us and hiked in over 1/2 a mile to glass within 100 yards of us almost 2 hours after we were already there glassing.

Whatever your guide reccomends.

How about people leaving trashy camp sites.....................