MuggyMan

I'm amazed at how consistent and steady your loss was. My graph looks like a seismograph during an earthquake. How did you not plateau?

I thought the same thing

I was so busy at work yesterday. Saw the hit on my credit card and jumped out of my chair and pumped my fist! Scare the heck out of everyone around me lol. Cow or late bull

First off, glad to hear your wife is home and doing better. I'm in frontline healthcare and work in a destination hospital. So I've seen the worst of Covid. Hope she's well soon. It can take a while. Congrats on a successful Kaibab hunt! Great buck. I'm an AZ resident and still waiting on my Kaibab tag. 6 points and counting. Hopefully this year. On a side note. My wife and I just bought a property in PA (wife grew up in State College. We are....). I'm 3 years from retirement and plan is to live part time in PA. Hoping to do some eastern whitetail hunting in future.

Happy Birthday Bob! I'm only 3 years behind you.

Didn't get drawn for anything this year. Spent 12 days up there for OTC archery. Dry 6 days, and just when I was getting things worked out, it started raining again. Rained 6 days in a row, 2 hail storms, one deluge. It's definitely wetter and greener than I can ever remember. Found one nice buck but couldn't close the deal. Bulls were starting to bugle. Had a nice 6x6 come to water before it started raining again. Saw nice 7x7. Actually saw one bull had some cows rounded up already. He won't keep em.

Remington cap and ball revolver

Not currently administering Covid vaccine at hospital where I work. I had to get mine offsite.

You're an example of a young, healthy guy that got it bad enough to be hospitalized. Glad you're doing better now.

I haven't had the Covid, but as a frontline healthcare worker, I'll share my personal and professional perspective. I had 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in December and January and had the chills, body-ache and felt like crap for weeks after the first dose. My wife was in the Moderna trial and had no symptoms. Neither of us have gotten the Covid yet. I have lots of friends and acquaintances who've had the virus. All but one had minor to moderate symptoms. The one exception was a 45 year old, very healthy and fit man. He ended up on a ventilator and on ECMO and they told his wife he wasn't going to make it. He survived and doing better after many months. While it's true that the majority of those who get critically ill from Covid weren't the healthiest to start with (the morbidly obese and diabetic populations were hit really hard), there's exceptions like my friend. I work as an ICU nurse, and I've seen the worst of it first hand. Thank God the Covid numbers are way down and things are back to "normal" at my hospital, but it was a rough 8 months or so, and I admit I was feeling the stress. There just weren't enough nurses or respiratory therapists. Every 12-hour shift I was doing 3 people's jobs with twice twice the normal patient load. Covid patients that ended up in the ICU had a 5% survival rate.

True Grit, Lonesome Dove, Broken Trail, heck or High Water

Nice. Thanks for sharing your hunt. What broadhead you use? Arrow weight?

I have late season bull tag 5B N&S. Talked to lots who hunted north in early archery. Haven't heard from anyone who hunted the south unit this year. I was wondering if anyone here had any of the early hunts in 5BS? Anyone close the deal? What was the rut like in 5BS? Interested in hearing anything anyone cares to share. In the forum or pm. Thanks Darrell

We were up in 4A this past Thursday through Sunday for turkey. Adriane fished Woods Canyon Thursday morning. He arrived 7:30, wasn't crowded, and he caught 3 trout and a ton of sunfish (one keeper). By the time he left mid day was getting crowded. Crowded on rim road, but we camped way north of there. Few other campers where we were, but lots of ATVs running around. Drive out Sunday afternoon was typically heavy traffic on rim road and dusty. Took 45 minutes to make left turn in Payson as traffic was backed up all the way to Star Valley.

Finally after 2 years no tags, got javi and turkey!

This is the best thread and story on here in a long time. Congrats on going the distance, and thank you for sharing it with us. Awesome stuff.

Good luck Hunter!

Seems there was a thread about this not that long ago, but I can't find it. If anybody can help me out I'd appreciate it.

Was in 4A for archery deer last weekend. Didn't see any deer, but one antelope in the forest, 2 bear sightings, and a dozen elk. All the bulls I saw were still in velvet, but did find a few fresh rubs. Had a close encounter with a bull on Saturday just before sunset and he got vocal. one bugle in the middle of the night, and about 30 minutes of bugling at sunrise. It's get.ting close

Drove through a deluge about an hour ago in Chandler

+1 on American Buffalo. Awesome read.

Now that my 2018 elk dreams have been shattered, my thoughts turn to deer. Thinking I want to start applying for Kaibab hunts. For those with experience there, do you recommend early or late hunts and why? What are the pros and cons of each?

I have issues at L2,L3and L4. Trying to avoid the surgical consult, but I think it's just a matter of time....

That is not funny

Josh Allen has the best arm by far, and he definitely has a chip on his shoulder. Lamar Jackson is the most athletic and can run the ball. Problem is, every third pass or so is way off target. I like Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield as 2 best in this draft. I don't think the Cards have much chance of getting one of the top 4 QBs in this draft. I don't think they should try to trade up to get a top 5 pick for a QB as they have too many other needs - O line, wide receiver, tight end, cornerback. In fact, I think they should maybe even trade down and get an extra 1st or second round pick. They could do that and get one of the lower ranked QBs. I really like Kyle Laletta - he lit it up at the senior bowl, and his film looks good. We could get him in the second round or maybe even 3rd. Then the Cards could use their first pick to address other need