GreyGhost85

good to know. i use industrial metal supply quite a bit at work, just never thought about them making gongs. might have to slip one in on my next PO number

i'm planning on logging about 40 hours in a ground blind this weekend. could not be happier

i ordered an 18" x 1/2" AR500 plate off ebay for $72. free shipping. comes from a company called TEMCO (tower electric motor company). that's about half of what everyone else is asking. thanks for the heads up HuntHarder

be aggressive. B-E aggressive. if the elk are call shy, which most are, i use what i call run and gun. get the wind in your face and chase bugles. calling them in is fun, but you might spend hours methodically calling and stalking one bull. if you are aggressive, sure you'll blow bulls out a LOT, but you have so many more chances. when i hunt them, i am literally running most of the day. if you are targeting one specific bull, you need to slow down and be a little more methodical, but if you are just looking for a lot of opportunity, do not be afraid of being too aggressive. worry about busting cows more than the bulls. Bulls that time of year really let their guard down more than the cows. i would say i get busted by a cow, not the bull 80% of the time. An elk's nose is their most important tool. far and away more important than their eyes or ears

See his tips? The bulbs on the ends are almost gone. That bull is just about done there. He's a young bull, most likely 3 years old i would guess

He was almost done there it looks like. 310-320 finished?

Looks like it was. Should be good now

Doesn't look like he has 1/2" plates?

Elk can go for 30k plus from what i have heard.

Keep an eye on the bull in the next-to-last pic. Gonna be a monster some day

Prepare for the CWT lawyer again on this post.

Looks like 4 muleys and a whitetail. Doesn't look like the coues subspecies

That buck still has a lot of growing to do. He's a biggun for sure though

Coues

"That was a really great post, Str8shot"....said no one ever

We have a winner!!! Oldest thread resurrected ever!!

I guarantee he did'nt have 18+, like so many of us that would cut off a finger for that tag

Your hunt starts in like 3 weeks and you are still trying to figure out access issues?

Whoa! Did he take them off a dead Nazi in World War 2?

Seems like a legit ad? Has anyone tried to contact the idiot? (Either an idiot for selling those for 1,200, or an idiot for trying to scam someone)

Sheep are pretty abundant in 27 south. They are for the most part concentrated in one area, but there are a lot of them there. Don't get "Blue" over it. Wink wink

the wallow burns in 27 are LOADED with RASPBERRIES. Not very many, if any black berries in that part of the state. i run into the black ones around payson/forest lakes area

I'll have to look at those. any other suggestions? anyone?

Ouch. Good luck with that

tell them you have a hunt very soon, or you are a guide, and that optic is imperative to have for income purposes. they will put a rush on it and you should have it back in around a week from the time they get it