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Me and some buds do it all the time. We set up lawn chairs in a circle in the middle of fields and each spotlight our own direction. We are wanting to build some kind of platform to give us some elevation, but we have yet to design something that we would want to carry to all our sets. I wish az would change the rules about hunting from a vehicle for these night hunts. Those texas boys have some nice rigs for night hunting.

I had the november archery hunt last year in 7e and I learned quite a lot. There are resident elk in all elevation ranges but cold weather or snow will concentrate them to lower elevations so pray for snow. I would focus on trying to find the best glassing locations and 7e has a lot of them. Also look at all corners of the unit. If there is a pine, juniper or oak then its elk habitat and a lot of the unit is over looked and never hunted.

Called this dog in with the primos alpha dogg. Female invitation howl brought him into 200 yards and hung up. I hit pup distress and he ran straight to the call. Finally stopped him at 20 yards. The 204 dropped him in his tracks. No exit even at the close range. Very fur friendly round.

Im going to give it a few years for this change to sink in but I will absolutely put in for this hunt. I remember seeing pictures of bachelor groups from the 70's and 80's that my dad took of bucks at A1. Im talking 30+ 160-190 bucks and he said that how every day of the hunt used to be and even when I hunted there I never went a year without seeing p&y bucks. Not to mention the bucks that hang out in walnut canyon that push 200. All the people have ruined 11m over the past five or so years. To hunt the unit with only 79 other people sounds great and trophy quality will only improve in a unit that is already great.

Haven't had a chance to get out much the last few months with my first son being born in march. I was able to get out for a bit this morning and pick up this decent brown. Will try and match it up tomorrow.

40 gr v-max. I had been debating with my self for a while on a predator gun. I have never been happy with fur damage on coyotes from my 223 and 22-250 and I know it would be much worse on fox or bobcats. I was leaning towards a 222 but finding a rifle in it was challenging so I opted for the savage in 204. Once I start hand loading for it I like to give the 32 gr bullets a try. Dont really know what other 5mm bullet selection there is out there.

8700" elevation has a way of doing that : ) actually the pics are kind of deceiving. Guard hairs were good but almost no under coat left.

Wait, you can road hunt and kill deer in this state?! Count me in!!! Only if you take questionable shots at ranges you've never practiced

A lot of road hunters tag a bunch of smaller bucks in 11m. Doesnt surprise me. Dont know how many deer are harvested in 11m but I bet its quite a few.

Wow! Glad you pointed this out. I might have made a mistake this year. If your a die hard 11m fan this could be great. No more 10,000 Phoenicians every single week and 11m does hold some monsters.

I think I'm averaging 9 boot miles per shed. Sucks!

But they can be valuable if no longer made.

I got lucky this year. Tag 149 of 150.

What's the round count down the barrel : )

Cant believe this hasn't sold yet.

Amazon has card readers that plug into your phone.

Most hunters hunt between 180 and 89n north of the peaks. A lot of elk in here but remember 7e is big and its all elk habitat except for the real open grass land.

I had that hunt last year. Saw bulls every day of the hunt. The hard part is getting in archery range with crunchy snow on the ground. Pm me and ill share some spots that you will find bulls.

Same tag here. Dont worry. Ill leave you a decent bull : ) haha well thanks, hopefully we have a wet year and a good rut.. Some good bulls will be hitting the dirt. I hope so. Last year 7e had awsome antler growth but the rut was real slow to kick in. I hope its a little earlier this year. I took some video of a bachelor herd of about 75 280-320 bulls. There should be a lot of good shooters in there this year.

Same tag here. Dont worry. Ill leave you a decent bull : )

My first son was born three weeks ago. Im already thinking about building up mom's points for him and what his first rifle should be. I can wait to have a little hunting buddy.

I've draw early archery elk tags like clockwork every third year. I'm sitting on 12 lope points and I know I have a long way to go before I draw my 10 or 5b antelope tag. I would trade in a heart beat!

I have had 14 elk tags in the last 16 years. This year is my 5th bull tag in that time. I always put a good bull tag as a first choice and an easy to draw cow tag as my second. I hunt elk nearly ever year and every so often i get my first choice and get to chase bulging bulls.

Thank you.

What does a tag cost?