Flatlander

Self preservation. Take away someone else’s opportunity to save mine.

And there are guys on here who do not hunt with crossbows who see this effort as an uneducated and unnecessary solution to a problem that is poorly defined and even more poorly understood, even if it does not directly impact them. Always crazy to me when a bunch of self-identified “conservatives” start chomping at the bit for a bunch of extra government regulation from people who neither understand what they are talking about nor have to live with the consequences. 🤯

What it all comes down to is a bunch of guys who hunt with compound bows trying to preserve their opportunity at the expense of others. It’s just self preservation and jealousy.

Looks like fun. Nice to have a tag in your pocket even if you don’t get drawn.

Near the Sierra Anchas. Lightning in an old burn. Doesn’t seem catastrophic right now if they get on it.

Is it a coincidence that the NL 12’s two threads down sold 52 min ago?

Not looking good. Better turn that tag back in.

I want a picture of Wildwoody with Minnie Mouse

Well, how did it go?

Those deer are notoriously migratory. They drop in there from Utah and the Kaibab. When you are scouting you should just be finding ways to get around in that country. It’s pretty remote. Finding deer won’t do you much good until right before and during the hunt.

I know that we all want the HPA to pass, but I have to say that cramming a bunch of crap into big bloated bills that have nothing to do with the subject at hand is one of the biggest problems in Washington. And I hate it when the libs abuse it just because they can. The HPA didn’t have anything to do with budget reconciliation, so it will have to stand on its own two feet.

You are in Tucson or something right? Any chance you’d ship it or drop it in the valley sometime?

There are a bunch of things I like the government being responsible for: military, food and drug regulation, health care standards and governance, roads and highways etc. Things that serve the public interest and require wide scale standards and consistency that private industry wouldn’t necessarily serve because they are non-profit bearing. I put public lands in the same boat. Selling them off for a one-time payment would be far too tempting for private industry or even state governments that are required to balance budgets. The federal resources especially budget and treasury are important when it comes to to owning and managing public lands. Think of the liability of fighting wildfires. No state could afford to simply say we are going to put every resource necessary at this and write the check at the end. It would bankrupt any state or private entity. The fact that federal public lands are managed for multiple use, including profit generating activities like mining, grazing and forest extraction means that it benefits users of all types. Private ownership would never manage for multiple use by various components of society.

It’s true. And I love it. These Republican candidates can go on the record as pro public lands during their campaign or face the wrath of public land owners.

Gorgeous. Did you hunt 8 days?

Man there are coues all over that unit. From desert floor to pines. Nice thing is on the youth tag you should have a lot less competition. Just glass hard. If you’ve hunted the Mexico and Old Mexico it’s probably not any different. There is a lot of country that isn’t designated wilderness that is still plenty remote. Good luck and have fun. My personal favorite coues unit.

Yeah, that would suck. Like I said, I have been paranoid this was what happened the two times we got charges. NR deer needs to be $301. Also, when you are done licking your wounds, you'll probably get a good laugh out of this.

31/32 usually has a random tag doesn’t it?

It’s party before faith to these jack wagons.

You’d rather someone build a condo, golf course or data center than for you your kids or grandkids to be able to go backpacking? I guess that’s an opinion.

This

That’ll be fun.

I know it sucks, but I would suggest getting out there in July with a lot of water. That is the rut and you will see the most rams that time and sort of get an inventory of what is there. Then hopefully you will know what you are looking for.

Bomber rams, wow!