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It’s delicious!! Shoveler is fine too just have to skin it. The flavor (good or bad) is in the skin on ducks so as long as you get it off they are fine for poppers etc. I save mallards, teal and wood ducks for plucking.

Came here for a magical AR in .244 Remington and left disappointed. Bump for a pretty rifle in a caliber that’s over my head!

That’s a spendy tailgate right there!

Doesn’t Texas have a lot of Texans though?

I’ve got all Dewalt stuff but that’s only because I got started with them. I would go Milwaukee in a heartbeat if I could switch all mine. I do like the 60v Dewalt option though. Love their air compressor, have two lawnmowers, blowers, weed eaters, chain saws every drill saw, grinder etc they make. Honestly have no reason to prefer Milwaukee, just what I hear. I probably have 25-30 Dewalt tools and 10-15 batteries and never had an issue with any one of them and a lot of them ride around in my ram box year round, from 105 above to -40 here in ND.

I would bet 80-90% of the bulls taken on late rifle hunts are under 300”. I think most guys have a tendency to call any 6 pt bull a 300” bull and are off by 20-40”. I also think most guys don’t care so there’s a higher percent of small bulls shot. I would agree that if you go out, hunt hard, and can pass small 6’s you can kill a 320-340 bull in any late hunt in the state. (Besides Forebee of course). This is what an actual 300” bull looks like I feel like people rarely score those small to mid size 6’s and just classify them based on how they look

Looks like last year it took 12 to be in the bonus pass. So they are 3 years out assuming no point creep. It seems to have crept about a point a year the last few years so I’m gonna say they’re closer to 5-6 years out.

You can kill a 300” bull in any unit in the state in either hunt if you look around a bit. I’d go with archery personally.

Not sure if you’re interested in a guide, but Grant’s Guide service just killed a big bull out of there. Like bigger than most of the early rifle bulls that come out of either of those units. Grant knows that country better than anyone.

As a NR I will say I was well aware of the change. I received multiple emails and saw it on social media many times. This will without question go to a draw in the near future as all OTC quotas eventually do. It’s gonna put a lot of pressure on mid tier (4-12 point draw) tags when it does as NR that are accustomed to buying OTC and building points will burn their points and then start drawing the easy to draw OTC archery tags once they have.

I came here expecting it to be a few savage 6.5 creedmoors with vortex diamondbacks on them wired together. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Congrats!! Awesome ram!!

This is badass. Huge congrats! Love those red horned rams!

Cool as heck is what it is.

This all seems in line. The 93# seems a little steep if you took the back straps. I’ve always had to pay for the pork AND the processing.

Where are you located? This have the 36” barrel?

The thing nobody tells you about decoying ducks is the decoys usually are hardly necessary. If you’re in a place to really decoy ducks well it’s because they wanna be there anyway. I’ve shot more ducks over a single robo duck in the right spot than giant spreads.

Sweet!! Ruddies swim their way into the decoys?

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I think that’s a giant old ewe laying down, but I could be wrong.

Congrats! That’s what it’s all about!

Honestly could be FourBee. The biggest coues I’ve ever seen was up there.

I’m a little surprised a guide wouldn’t know how to cape a critter out for a lifesize mount?

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.