yotebuster

Good luck to him. I’m no help in 36. I was sheep hunting in the gunnison area and saw a GIANT bull moose. Like woulda shot him in Alaska big! I didn’t think I really cared to shoot another shiras till I saw that one!

A shiras bull is about like a really big backwards bull elk. Fronts are heavier then hinds and more awkward to handle because of the length. Hind quarters aren’t bad. Heads and capes are heavier then a elk for sure.

You don’t need the “nitride” coating if the gun isn’t made out of chinesium like the CVA’s are. Go with the TC of that list. I’ve been around 8-10 CVA’s and 3-4 of them wouldn’t fire. Not great odds!

I have some new hornady brass. I agree with above, it’s soft as heck. Fine for light loads I suppose. If hornady spent evem 10 cents of every marketing dollar towards making decent components they’d have some really good stuff!

I’ve got one in the laminated version. Its JFK’d more blue grouse and turkeys then I can count. Dead on at 30 yards, 1” high at 50 and dead on at 100. I cut mine down to 16.5” and threaded it. I know that’s blasphemous but I couldn’t help myself when I got my suppresssor. If you still have this when I drive down for my late elk hunt we’ll work out a deal.

Also I might add that you did in fact steal this buck from someone who waited and drew the general season tag in that unit. Gohunt didn’t steal it, you did. The fact that they let people buy those antlers back is beyond me. I’ve run into countless errors in hunting publications. I always triple check hunt codes etc from gohunt, epic and huntin fool as they all will say in the fine print they aren’t the rules and are not liable for any errors.

Oh lord. This is gonna take a turn for the worse. Also here are the current season dates: OTC elk 9/15/22-9/30/22 Units 9,10,23, 3a/3c only. Rifle with long range capability preferred. Oh yeah the OTC bighorn season runs the month of August next year too. Why would GoHunt even be worth a call? That tells me you somehow were still thinking they were to blame for this?

I’ll dig around. I used to shoot those back in the pre rangefinder days. Like 3800fps out of my 7mm STW. Hold right on them out to 400 and level it on their back at 500!! Better bullet would be the 120gr hammer hunters. Those 120gr ballistic tips are like dynamite. Not big game bullets. Hammer hunters are in stock on their website. Easy to get to shoot good too.

Lotsa “good old days syndrome” on this thread. I remember as a kid in the 80’s hearing about the good old days, now I heard guys talking about the 80’s and 90’s as the good old days. Considering the amount of pressure on the herds from every direction, things are going great all across the west. I hate to tell you guys, but it ain’t getting better so enjoy the “good old days” that are occurring right now because big bucks, low pressure, and easy to draw tags is gone and will never be better then today.

Lark would’ve loved this.

You still select “nonresident” when filling out the application. I was told the computer recognizes you as a resident for the draw due to the hunting license number starting with LH. I scrounged up every cent I could when I was down there for school to buy one and it turned out to be a good call. I stil pay NR fees just don’t have to buy a license every year and don’t have to fall under the 10% NR quota.

I’ve pretty much drawn every single tag I’ve put in for this year so I’m fairly certain I’ll get a call. Yes that’s a humble brag.

He was feeding them. Sounds like a victimless crime!!

That’s what I was told when we were there as well. We went with a buddy in Maui. Caught a mahi and my wife fought a giant blue marlin for about an hour and a half. They figured it was 700#. That was fun. Definitely not the place to go if you wanna catch a bunch of fish. It’s really expensive compared to other charters I’ve been on as well.

Hipsters wrecked PBR for me.