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Not bad, I only took one day since the priority was the deer. I made a follow up shot that damaged the fan with my broadhead so I decided to leave this one for the rancher and some day I'll get back down there to kill one to mount. For some reason the beards on our turkeys this year were shorter than in years past not sure what that was about.

I seriously doubt you are able to get a ranch or ranches that will accommodate a "group" of hunters but I could be wrong. Mule deer #'s are just not as high as Coues deer in general and the good ranches are taken by outfitters. Most of the outfitted mule deer hunts I've seen range from $10k to $25K for anything with good opportunities at decent bucks.

literally speaking you are correct I stand corrected, I still stand by my stance that there are very few to no elk on that piece of "forest" after the OTC hunts. Every elk I've seen have been moving over to private property to the east past the bio mass plant. Carlisle has recently locked all of his land that used to be open. He has allowed access to certain people for a price but I'm not sure if that is the case this year or not.

3a doesn't have forest. 3a is the unit in the title of the thread. 3a is the unit I commented on.

My BIL who is an avid fisherman and lives in Page says that some of his friends say there have been reports of small mouth in lees ferry now. Warm water with the low lake level is the cause. That would be detrimental to the river

I don't think there is a elk out there on public land anymore, due to the OTC hunts and landowners locking gates. Good luck scouting Your prime time to scout will be 2 weeks before the hunt.

Well the title of the post is Toyota Dealer Recommendation so yes most are answering the question. I haven't bought a new car or truck in the last 6 months so I don't know what is going on in the new car world. Last year you couldn't be too picky, very limited inventory and cars being sold very quickly, you either had a while to wait or you bought what came in. That being said I agree with eddie if multiple dealerships have the car you want then buy on price. I too have had good luck with Hatch Toyota up here in Show Low but it is a long ways up here Good luck.

Congrats young man! Good shooting!

Great Bull Jonny!!

Great looking Ram

That is awesome as always Tyler, How long has the streak been going? got to be way up there now?

Well I've owned only 1 vortex scope ever. It was $800+ quite a few years ago and I had it fail so I'll never own another one. I just thought it was funny that casey said almost the exact same thing back on page 1. I agree 100% with him though.

HAHA deja vu from page one

I did a prime rib this year but forgot to take a picture so I’ll add to this thread by posting one from a couple years ago with a giant Coues next to it. I love cooking on my Traeger, I'm sure there are others that are better or just as good but I've had pretty good luck with mine for almost 10 years now. I did have to replace an auger motor and a fan but that is about it.

Beautiful pictures and some very nice bucks!

What a great year and some stud bucks!! Very cool, congrats to you and your family/friends.

haha my problem is that I buy once and cry, buy again and cry etc... lol

Ok I'll start it off Seriously?? You are talking about $2k+ smokers and have 2 misspelled words and one of them is NOT Traeger?? Can someone say trust fund baby. JK Devan !!! One of the days I'll get me a good one. I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS

I love the simplicity of a pellet smoker/grill and what you get out of it. It takes significantly less time to clean and tend than my old wood/charcoal smokers. Much better taste than propane, but yes just like everything in life there is some maintenance. Couple of things I have learned over the years of pellet grills/smokers Keep them out of the weather as much as possible either with covers or on a porch etc.. Pellets will retain some moisture and if they start breaking down it really gums up the auger. I usually keep just enough pellets in the smoker so that if they get wet, either directly or through humidity in the air I don't waste a bunch of pellets. There is a sweet spot when you vacuum too much or not often enough If I'm doing long smokes (6+ hours) I'll clean them out every time. If I'm doing quick grill work, steaks, hamburgers, chicken etc... I clean them every 5 or 6 times I use it.

Thankfully I've had the opportunity to kill a decent bull on the late archery hunt, If I didn't have the chance to do other hunts throughout the year the late archery hunts can be fun. There are a few things I did not like about them. After shooting a few elk over the years I don't have a need to shoot a cow elk so my response will be for bull. 1. In most of the units it can be pretty cold. I killed a late archery bull at 0 degrees. Cold can be hard on archery equipment 2. They get into the thick stuff pretty early and can be very tough middle of the day hunting. 3. Expensive .. I always found myself sleeping in a hotel or something, I hate camping in - degrees, just not fun for me. 4. Even the worst bull hunts are getting harder and harder to draw, there isn't much opportunity (hunting every year) anymore. To me I would rather spend my time off doing archery deer, or predator hunting or ducks or going out of state that spend a bunch of cold nights chasing raghorns on the late archery hunts. That being said after I draw my next early tag I'm sure I'll be trying to hunt the late hunts just to hunt until I get too old to do so.

Dude that is freaking Awesome, What a hunt, story and Ram. Good for you

I was looking into it last night I just wish you could pay per text or something for non emergency. One of the biggest reasons I like the inreach is that I can text for changes in my plans etc...and not just emergency.

I told my wife that same thing when I bought my Schmidt and Bender, again when I bought a Kahles and once again when Lance talked me into Tangent. I"m not getting to use that line anymore. I would get a custom action, some of my Rem actions shoot just as good or better than my custom, but the resale and worth of a full custom over a partial custom seems to be significant. But I'm a amateur in this area for sure.

Congrats on the hunt and the ram. What a great experience and a cool Ram. You are a stud, Good luck with the sale.

That is awesome, congrats to all those that made it happen, and congrats to the hunter.