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Last year when I bought one in October I think my tag was 255 of 750. That left about 500 tags open to buy.

State 48 restaurant @ Westgate sucked big time. Make sure to avoid going there. We had 8 people in our group. In about 2.5 hrs we received 2 rounds of drinks, and only 6 out of 8 people food came. Service and especially the management sucked. We only had silverware, napkins, ketchup, and water because I stole it all from the server stations and other places around the restaurant, because I knew it was pointless to ask.

Cardinals Stadium in Glendale

I was there. I didn't care for the opener much, but Garth was great. I true showman who makes the show fun and engaging.

Watch the classifieds on here. I picked up my Badlands Summit basically new for $200. I also bought a well used but serviceable Badlands 2200 for my buddy for $100.

It is humbling to be on the mats. We have a pair of assistant coaches who are young tall purple belts that are flexible. They are only about 170lbs, but are the kryptonite to my heavy top game. I catch them occasionally, but they catch me at least twice for every 1 of mine. I love training. I am a big strong dude who doesn't have alot of confidence issues, but BJJ has help me be more calm, cool, and collected in my business life, and I have only been training for about 7 months.

BJJ will take a little time, but once they get some time in it, it is empowering. Once you know how to do some of the basics you will already know more then 95% of people walking the streets. Mix in a little judo, and basic striking and nobody with half a brain is going to want to deal with you if they have the choice. Bjj is appealing to people who have less physical prowess because even small people with some mat time can take out much larger opponents. I am a white belt, but have some wrestling experience and football in my background. I am also a giant human at 6'4" and 320lbs. Dudes literally half my size with just a few years of training tap me out pretty regularly.

Brazilian jiu jitsu.

I have a badlands summit. It is a big pack but it was nice to stick lots or meat in this year during deer season. The badlands 2200 is a little smaller but still a good size pack. My buddy uses one of those.

Titan or Tundra should be looked at too. We bought an 2015 Armada and it has been good so far. It has the same powertrain as the Titan basically and I love it. The only downside is the MPG when doing stoplight to stoplight driving. GM half tons scare me if they are still using any version of the 10 volt rear end or 4l60e transmission.

Most of the whole area holds elk. I have only hunted the 7E not 7W, so I dont have alot of info. I do know that Kendrick Mountain is a popular place, so in my mind I would avoid that.

Tikka is a good choice. If she likes it get her what she wants.

Last year the leftover tags were $35 each plus the $13 application fee. Total was $48. Since I already had the deer tag in my pocket it was a no brainer. Especially since one of the last known sightings at the time of my hunt was not far from the area I had planned to hunt last year. I spoke with G&F people up there while I was on the hunt though, and the more recent sightings during the deer hunt had been on the 12AW side of the road.

Last year the left over Kaibab elk tag was $48

Put it in the zone lance showed and you should don well. It gives you the most margin for error, but you still provide an ethical kill IMO. some people do like head, neck, spine shots, but you have much less margin for error. If you put that 168gr bullet in the zone it shouldn't go 3 miles. Just remember not to push in on the animal to fast if it doesn't go down right away, and to put another bullet in the zone if you can. Elk are capable of amazing things if you push them while wounded. Adrenaline is an amazing drug, so leave them alone and let them calm down. It will let them expire faster.

If they really wanted them all gone they would issue a free elk tag with every deer tag so you could hunt both while on the deer hunt.

Somebody besides me needs to buy these 6.5x55's. You won't regret it if you handload. CZ rifles are extremely good values for the money spent. Both of mine are sub-moa all day.

I bought one of those tags last year when I was drawn for the early deer hunt. It overlapped and the plan was to finish deer hunting quick because 12a is easy to kill a big deer, then to try to find the elk. The plan didn't work so well. We got one decent deer quick, then busted tail for 6 days to find a dinky deer. By then my buddies knee was shot so we headed home without taking a real shot at finding the elk. If anyone is planning on hunting this elk hunt, PM me and I will give advice on what i learned.

Check what you got... October cow in 23 for me.

That primer is flat which shows pressure, but it doesn't show ejector marks or cratering which are other signs of over pressure.

No kuiu or high rent camo, so it doesn't count. I have been working hard to get better gear, and it has paid off. When we had to skin up my cow elk a few years ago it took every low end knife i had to get it skinned. That was frustrating, especially since we had a whole other elk to skin after mine. Sharpening knives to try and skin elk at 10pm at night when it is 20* plus wind sucked. Better gear helps mitigate the suck. I have found that out the hard way on multiple occasions.

The advice about releasing pressure on the gutless method is right on. I started to gut my deer traditionally last year, then made the audible to switch to gutless. It worked great. We did straight gutless on my buddies and as you tried to take off the hind quarters intestines and stuff started to try and pop through any weak area. We got it done without popping the guts, but mine was much easier on a larger animal. An elk is a huge creature. Be prepared. Find a friend to help if at all humanly possible.

Quarter it and hang it. Then start packing it. Gutless works well, just learn it before you apply it in the field. Get some good game bags a good knife, and a pack with frame. I have black ovis elk bags, that worked great on my deer last year. My benchmade skinner went through 2 deer without needing sharpened. 1 deer we got near a road, the other I had to pack out. I have a badlands pack that has internal frame, and it made it much nicer to pack out the pieces. You will not get an elk in a truck whole without a winch or come along or some other mechanical advantage.

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Most gun shops will do it for free or a small fee. If not you can try The Armory in Glendale. For the fee a gunsmith might charge you could probably buy the full kit from Wheeler on Amazon or at Sportsman's Warehouse.