nateNAU

Very cool! I'm at 6 points. Shot a "290 bull in '19 in 11m and haven't been drawn since. Definitely some studs and unique genetics around here. That bottom bull was actually harvested by a member on here. Haven't seen him post in a while.

Absolutely! Three weeks of the 11m deer hunt and I never had a deer give me the shot opportunity this bull gave me.

I wish the general public had the smarts or common sense of most of the members on here, but tragically, that is wishful thinking. I met people every year for three years after 11m went draw, thinking it was still otc. Also met a guy 2 years ago in 7e that thought the otc elk tag was valid there.

I would go shed hunting. Sheds are going to be where bulls go post rut and where you might find them on your hunt. This gentleman harvested this bull less than 800 yards from where I found the bulls previous years sheds

14 years for me. I don't post a ton but but rarely a day goes by where I don't check the forum.

Took my son out to check some petroglyphs I found the other day and happened to see some tines hanging above us. Can you spot the antler?

Finally got hit. Either 11m or 12ae early

Last year I think bonus pass for 11 was 8 points and to get tag 1 would be 10-14, at least, so unless you had those kinds of points you got cow. If you drew 6b cow in the bonus pass you never even had a shot of an 11m tag in the 1-2 pass.

Brother in law and I took a day off from fatherly duties and sure got into fox. Called in 5 and 1 coyote and ended up with 3 of them for the day.

Third week of March for big bulls. Any earlier is pointless to me if you are looking for fresh browns.

Good to know!

I've replaced otc tags before but can a third party replace a draw tag? I've never had to replace a hunt number tag before so I have no clue.

Saw this on a trapping form and thought it was pretty cool. Would love to know the story.

Sorry for your loss. Any department regional office can take care of you. Quick and easy process.

Pick up a tube on gunbroker or ebay chambered in any cartridge you want with the same bolt face as 300wm. Take to a gunsmith and swap barrels. Savage headspaces with the barrel nut so no lathe work.

Just saw this on facebook and jumped over here. Nice job! As a die hard handgun hunter that is a great acomplishment. I want to wack one big muley before i dedicate more effort towards coues.

Do you have a sleeping system suggestion? I have a bud who is a marine and he swears by his 3 piece military bag. I have tried bags with ratings well below the temps I have slept in and still woken up miserably cold. I have learned to get into a sleeping bag warm with warm feet or I will be cold all night. I guess the nalgene with hot water in it trick could help.

I would recommend to check with the manufacturer of your stove before you burn coal. I have heard of warping or worst case scenario, the bottom of the stove burning through. Probably not an issue on a half way decent stove but thought I would mention it. I think you also need to elevate coal up on a grate in a stove to get a proper burn. I have been interested in trying it but never have.

No. The hunt got pushed back to 2023. Biden and Ukraine jacked everything up. Standard plane tickets to South Africa normally run around 1k and in the spring they shot upwards of 4k. No one in our group was willing to pay that and the outfitter didn't have anymore openings this year so we pushed the hunt till next year to see if things settle down.

Madabula safaris. We hunted Rooiport, a big concession owned by DeBeers. Highly recommend them.

I'm actually glad g&f makes it a pain. If it was easy, everyone would do it and I would never get leftovers.

Correct. Tags per type can not exceed the bag limit. So for Javi you can have 2 draw hunt number tags and 2 OTC tags. For elk you can have 1 draw hunt number tag and 1 OTC tag.

I would get a good wood stove and not look back. Nothing sucks the fun of hunting and camping out of me like sleeping cold, and I used to do it a lot growing up from improper equipment. I helped on a late 3a3c elk hunt one year and bought a big buddy heater for that hunt. It took some chill off but I was still miserably cold. After I bought my alaknak I started researching quality wood burning stoves and settled on a wilderness 4. Weighs 84 lbs but will burn all night and I can get the tent well over 90° even with a blizzard outside.

After striking out last year, I put in for and drew Wyoming again. This year I gave myself 5 days to hunt and arriving 2 days early to scout. The hunt again aligned with my son's fall break and he accompanied me on the hunt. I learned last year that you need to know where you want to be at sunup opening day and that anything easy access will have a ton of hunters. I found a spot on the map that was a peninsula of public land of about 2 square miles but required a brutal 3-4 mile hike to reach. I was worried about my son being able to do that hike, let alone day after day. Well on the first day of scouting we hiked in there an hour and a half before the sun rose and got there right at first light. Right off the bat we started seeing antelope. Within half an hour we saw about 50 in 5 different groups spread out across the public land. I knew this was where we wanted to be. No need to scout more so we spent the rest of the day and the next fishing. We hiked into that area Saturday, Sunday and finally connected on this buck on Monday, having this tough to reach spot all to ourselves. We had plenty of antelope at about 400-600 yards but I was shooting a pistol and my max range was 300 that I was comfortable with. I glassed him up bedded and snuck into 324 yards. I built up the dirt so my pistol was rock solid, aimed right where I wanted it. 1 shot and he never got up. About 34 miles total hiking in the trip. One of the hardest pack outs I've done but my son wanted to help so he carried the skull out. When we arrived back at the truck there was another group parked by us loading up a buck they killed. They asked asked how old my son was and said they watched us from a high ridge for most of our pack out and wanted to treat him to ice cream in town, to which we obliged . They said none of them wanted to hike that far and a 6 year old showed them up. Another great hunting trip with my son by my side.