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Two more months and I am off the proverbial bench. Sixty days and counting.

I got the bull on my avatar during last years late archery hunt. i hunted the entire season getting into range of three much larger bulls and seeing several others. I went several days without seeing an elk and several days of hard rutting activity. Just keep your goals realistic to the time spent scouting and you should do well.

I am not voting because either way it has little effect on me. I do not like bait, so I do not do it, but I do not oppose anybody that does. In my opinion and my opinion only baiting is turning our sport into another sport. We call it fishing. This is a lot like the antler restriction rules that come up once in a while. People want to have antler restrictions rules in place. I do not shoot small animals and do not need regulations to tell me that. Once again I do not begrudge anybody that does that is their option and we do not need gov't to tell us which way is right or wrong if we have personal responsibility to do what we believe. Honestly, bowhunt forever, you may be the biggest Obama supporter ever, by comparing a referendum on baiting animals to the running of our country

I think my brother and my nephew have this hunt or the one that starts on the 15th(ish). My goal is to get my nephew a bigger buck than my brothers. No time to scout, hope it turns out ok.

You may want to try between hwy 60 and the reservation. Alot of mule deer but a few whitetails. I got this guy in january in that area.

Love the character of the bull and a perfect shot with great footage and with the ability for vehicle access to make it easier to get the elk out. Does it get any better? Congrats.

In my travels I have seen a few illegals. I would not worry about it to much, just use common sense.

I hunted one buck in 36c for four years straight. The last time I saw him he walked through my rifle scope about 80 yards away with me squeezing the trigger and never finding any evidence of a hit. Some days you would wonder how can there be this many deer in the desert and then not see a deer for the next three days. The buck I hunted I had in range with a rifle or bow 5 times I believe seeing him maybe 8 or 9 times total. The "Flats" lends itself to my favorite style of hunting. Moving slow, getting close and seeing them before they see you. Here are a few pics, the first one is a pic of "Mondo's" shed. The next is a buck I shot in 2007. I will also post a pic of a buck my brother got in 2008 or so. The better pics died with my last computer Also a cell pic of a little buck that him and his friend walked within 10 yards of me. Good luck on your hunt.

Elk were screaming in the middle of unit 1 over the weekend. Big bull already had his cows and did not want to pose for pictures. I did manage to get some smaller bull pics .

I tagged out in January also. like you I am also bouncing off the walls to go hunt. Luckily, I live an area with turkeys to give me something to look forward to (I have taken a bear and not alot of interest in getting another one) Also, I am three species away from my big ten with a bow (without dogs) two of the species I am waiting for a tag on, sheep and buffalo, and the third, mt lion, will be my focus this fall. Whether its the first day of January or the last day of December or a season in between, if I see a mature buck that takes my breath away I am shooting.

Congrats a new opportunity will arise (after hunting season). I am going through the same thing with two exceptions 1st I do not have any tags and second my corporate guys are keeping it a "secret" and no one in my branch is suppose to know there master plan.

Has anyone ever fished at the dam at roosevelt(or any lake for that matter) for cats and if so what were the results?

Apparently, there has been a mistake. I think they need to redo the entire draw process, I still do not have a charge on my CC for sheep. G&F needs to redo everything.

Thats good news for me. I still have a chance for my bighorn sheep tag.

I lent out my monster to my brother for his antelope hunt, so this August my goal is a science experiment to see if I am better hunter now or back in 1994. I found a 1993 high country bow that I am going to try to take a couple of otc animals with(tagged out on deer already). I want to see if my recent killing spree is because of technology or because I have become a better hunter. I just need to find aluminum arrows now and Fred Bear broadheads.

I had the late archery hunt last year in 3c got into 3 or 4 days of hard rutting

You have roughly ten weeks to season starts. Get a few single, double, triple reed mouth calls and start practicing. Your neighbors will love you for it.

My brother has that permit we went scouting this am and found a few bucks. The biggest was to far for a pic and then gave us the slip.

Most of 2a/2b in moonscape. It does not need any fire to cause that.

I do not think you August hunt was that bad. I would call it memorable.

a few more

shot at dawn

Life Goes on and unit one/twenty seven will recover here are some random pics from some of the "most" burned areas. No intentions whatsoever of highjacking the thread

it use to be 1500, but you get to shoot 2

I have seen alot of deer in the burned part of 1 as well as the non burned part. During my hunt last year we saw over 10 bucks in two days and 1 hour of hunting. The only thing that will change about unit 1 deer is the perception of unit 1 deer.