Flatlander

My odds were a little more generous for 3104 with 0 pts. I figured somewhere near 15%. Still some pretty long odds. Hunter's Trailhead is a service that Monster Muley's used to post on its site. They now charge $25 for an annual subscription, and thats a bargain seeing as you get draw odds for every hunt in the west. Having put this info together on my own just for the AZ elk and Lope hunts. Believe me its worth the $. Camofreak - Here is a link that explains the draw process and what the Bonus Pass or 20% Pass is. Basically the first 20% of tags from every hunt go to the people with the most points. For the 7E archery bull hunt it took 6 points to be in the top 20%.

If it wasn't such a long DL I would snatch this thing up. Sweet 3D rig.

B4L - What tags did you draw? Stickbait I will have to run your odds tomorrow I don't have my spreadsheets with me. Congrats on your first tag, I hunted that unit a few times with my little bro. when it was a rifle hunt. He killed his first elk there. Climbing up on Sponseller with a pair of binos is still one of my favorite things to do in the White Mountains.

I drew an archery bull tag and yes the streak lives on. You're going to get me stoned to death Robert. 25 straight elk tags! TJ If I could draw 25 in a row I would consider getting stoned myself!Seriously, it shows what dedication can do for you. I look forward to pics and stories. I've been blessed to hunt the unit I love for so many years. Started out playing the odds and fell in love with everything about unit 22. I have lost a couple elk over the years and it still bothers me to have done that but I have been fortunate enough to put 19 elk tags to use. The first two were rifle and the rest archery. Good luck to all those who were successful in the draw. TJ Any chance we could get you to do a collage or slideshow of all those elk? That would be awesome to see.

I got skunked but the wife pulled a 7E rifle cow hunt. Should be a good first hunt with only 10 tags and being early October. I have buddies with archery hunts in 5BS, 5A and 10 plus the kid acorss the street and his dad drew tags they will need help with. Going to be a busy fall.

Gunna be a tough one. I have no doubt that you will get it done though.

I got skunked but the wife pulled a 7E rifle cow hunt. Should be a good first hunt with only 10 tags and being early October. I have buddies with archery hunts in 5BS, 5A and 10 plus the kid acorss the street and his dad drew tags they will need help with. Going to be a busy fall.

Love that hunt every elk I have ever killed was in 5A. I have 2 buddies with that tag. Let me know if you need scouting advice. I got skunked but the wife pulled a 7E rifle cow hunt. Should be a good first hunt with only 10 tags and being early October. I have buddies with archery hunts in 5BS, 5A and 10 plus the kid acorss the street and his dad drew tags they will need help with. Going to be a busy fall.

Good luck Out2Hunt!

I can't take this much longer. I have been preparing myself for Wednesday.

Could it be tomorrow? I am thinking Tuesday afternoon, but that doesn't mean I won't be checking every ten minutes tomorrow.

That was nasty. I couldn't watch the replays. The reaction by the players was bad too, everybody in tears.

After all these years of chasing that buck, that must have been a bitter sweet find. Glad he ended up in your hands, that's one unique deer.

I think that is actually a third bedded deer.

Very heartwarming. Now can someone post some pics of that beast?!

Good job Phil.

I just woke up and read this after a long night of calling the G&F. This is a sick joke. And now tonight I have to stay up all night waiting for the Easter Bunny. I think this is the year I finally catch him, sneaky bugger.

I am 100% on board with mandatory reporting and don't know what the departments arguments against it are. What I would like to hear from others is how to make it more accurate. Obviously if your require everyone to report regardless of success there may be some who give inaccurate information. Anyone have any ideas that would help?

Definitely the further South you go the fewer wolves there are. But typically there are fewer elk as well. I never hunted Hells Gate, but be warned, there is steep and then there is Idaho steep. Some of that country is just nasty.

I was born in Pocatello and lived in Rexburg for 3 years. I only ever hunted the east side of the state. Tags are divided up by zone and then you buy an A toag or B tag for that zone. A tags in most units give you the month of Sept to hunt any elk with your bow and then a Nov. season to rifle hunt cows for anywhere from 2 weeks to a month. B tags give a 2 week cow/spike archery season in Sept and then one week to hunt bulls with your rifle in Oct. Island Park is set up slightly different with the A/B seasons and I don't remember exactly what their seasons were. Units 66, 69 and 66a were the hot tickets when I ws there a 4-5 years ago. Those units fall in the Tex Creek and Diamond Creek zones, but youhave to pick one or the other. The Isalnd Park zone can be productive and provides a lot back country but the opportunities are more limited. There will be plenty of folks out hunting so it can get a bit crowded and the rut is nothing like it is here, not by a long shot. But its hunting, you can count on it every year, and there is lots of wide open space. Good luck and let me know if you move forward.

My bracket is up in flames, so despite the fact that I pick Louisville, tonight I will be pulling for the Ducks. Go PAC!

Is anyone else having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that it is going to be the middle of next week before we know? I have been trying not to get my hopes up but I failed and have been hoping all week that today might be it. I am a sad excuse for a man right now.

PM Sent

Depends on which hunt you have. Those cowboy's always seem to do better on the late hunts, but be careful I heard her cook only makes hot dogs.

That is a lot of brown!