rcdinaz

Nice! I would love to hang the blonde one on a wall.

Agreed, last year I did not think it was bad at all and I like the area. 1:100 ratio is probably not an exaggeration. One weekend I saw ~60 deer and only two bucks. We had a couple weekends that were better but there are does everywhere.

I am NOT a fly fisherman but his is funny stuff! My buddies are fly fisherman, a loosely applied term as I have seen them catch everything on the river but a fish many, many times... and yes at least one of them drowned 8 different color of nymphs on the last trip only to be told by a 10 year old kid that they were hitting good and he caught about 30 fish. Grown man about to beat up a Jr High kid... Now that is funny stuff!

I think you got a bunch of good answers. I will only add to the feedback on cleaning. Cleaning game doesn't really phase my girls and never has. My oldest did the pig dissection on biology in her class because the 2 boys were pansies. I never pushed them or made them watch or touch anything. Kids are just super curious so if you act like it is a great honor and answer all their questions they will surprise you and jump right in there touching the teeth, eyes, bones, hide, and so on. My younger one literally wants to see and touch everything and is in awe and has great respect for how the animals are put together and loves to eat/try any wild game she can. So just let nature take its course and your daughter will be right there with you when you clean her deer.

Bears gotta eat too...

Well there are some that aren't that far off that is for sure. I think the wild horses have run most of the deer and elk back into the forest. When does the season open on those things?

No problem! Glad the reloading is working out.

I have cameras there and kick around in the area a lot. Shoot me a PM with your email and next time i am up i will let yiu know whats shows in the pics. Had one big one last year and a couple decent ones but it is tough to pattern deer in this unit. Had two good ones early summer but they went into hiding.

After byuing the book and talking to Duane the next thing you can do is volunteer to help out on a sheep hunt. Your butt will go numb but you will get in a lot of time behind glass and there is nothing like it. Obviously you can practice on deer but not many people take a crew with them on a deer hunt. One of the best parts of a sheep hunt is glassing and learning, it is much more laid back in some ways. Go to the sheep society meeting and you can meet some guys that have hundreds maybe thousands of hours behind binos most of them are pretty helpful.

I have two teenage girls with tags this year! I sent you a PM.

My girls both have 3C tags! Should be the hunt of a lifetime. I got skunked again but who cares if I get both of them out on this hunt.

Last year I bought a B&S 3,500 Watt generator from Home Depot. I need to sell it as the plan was to use it with my dad and it is just to heavy for him to get it in and out of a truck. I ended up buying a smaller inverter/generator that he can handle. 1yr old 3yr warranty paid ($80) We ran break-in and then used it to run some fans and a battery charger. Basically brand new and sitting in garage Link to product info. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Briggs-Stratton-3-500-Watt-Gasoline-Powered-Portable-Generator-CARB-030550/203180794?N=5yc1vZbx9nZa8

$350 obo Nobody needs a basically new genny for hunting season or for work? If anyone has a bow fishing bow, 6.5 bergers or Amax, brass, Rem LA HS or McMillan or similar stock we could work out a trade.

Give Sportsman's a call and see if they have 300RUM HSN (Hunting Shack Munitions). This is probably the only way you can shoot a VLD bullet and try in before you start loading. They were making both 185gr and 210gr Berger Hunting VLD. If they have them do not wait around have them held and go buy them immediately or they will disappear. If you can't find that the Remington stuff is as good as any.

H1000 - H1000 - H1000 For me it has been the most consistent and had the best groups. May be a bit slower but shoots lights out. You did not specify what size bullet you wanted to shoot or if you were spcifcally making a rond for a certain critter. for Coues I like the 190 bergers, for bigger creitters the 210's are awesome. Berger has the starting loads for both on their page or they will email your a list of acceptable powders with the bullets you want to shoot. I really like the LR Nosler's as well but I have only run them through the 7mm's at this time.

looks like a giant coues to me!

That's a toad! Nice ram!

Nasty! No way I am eating something like that, may be labeled as ignorant, the permanent visual would make it impossible. Poor deer!

Very cool display!

I am sure there is an official answer but I have seen them with females at all times of the year, probably a lot to do with going to water. They also seem to go at it and butt heads even when they are not in rut, not the same but they seem to knock each other around all the time. You probably already know this but start shopping for a very comfortable chair now. Get a bigger one you can use around your car and a pad or stool you can use when hiking. You will use them even more than Coues hunting. I would recommend the walkabout stool from Outdoorsman's. You will think it is a ripoff but it is super tough, adjustable, and light and very easy to use without your tripod legs hitting it. Get their butt-pad while you are at it and you will have something to kneel on and sit on the ground with that is indestructible. Last thing, ask everyone you talk to if they want to help. I worried to much about the DIY aspect and wished I would have gotten more people involved early on in the hunt. Part of what you will never forget is how much of a social/team event a sheep hunt can be. Save the hard core backcountry lone wolf hunts for Elk and Deer since this is once in a lifetime the more people you have to share the story with the better. my $0.02

Yep! Get with the Sheep Society guys there are a lot of great sheep hunters that will give you info and some may volunteer to help you with your hunt. Also, get the fly over info from your Wildlife Mgr in your area so you can see where the herds were hanging out. They are often at or very near the areas they have been seen at in recent months. Once food and eater is good late in the year they don't have too much reason to travel far for rams that are with ewes. This is a hunt where it is good to talk to others in your area and have as much help as you can get. One of the hunters in my area got his ram the first weekend and helped me out a bunch. I shot mine on the last day, which kept a grown man from crying and having a nervous breakdown. I hunted for 19 of the 30 days so it was not for lack of covering a lot of area and hunting hard.

Good deal, someone jump on these! I love mine best glass of all the swaro's I have.

Great looking dog and good price! Too bad my wife said no more dogs and I am running thin on ask for forgiveness points!

NICE!!!!!

Scones look delicious! You should sell those, bet you would run out in a day. Starbuck's gets almost $4 a piece for their mostly tasteless scones.