GreyGhost85

bears are extremely nomadic. they just wander around without much rhyme or reason. if they are there, they are easy to spot. not like coues where they could be laying in the open all day and you just miss them. They also have a MUCH larger "home range" than most animals. if he is not there, move, not in the 2nd spot? move.

one thing to consider about using a camera with a real flash. i have been on hills glassing in low light and have seen flashes going off a long ways away. walk over to the area and low and behold, a game camera.

i'll nap or play games or read in the times when deer don't show up. seems like 9-11 and 2-4 are the best times for me in august over salt

that is something that needs to happen for sure. it would probably make people size up the bears a little better before they decide to shoot one. i have no idea why someone would want to shoot a small bear? can't show it off, rugs look ridiculous, if you like eating bears, there is next to zero meat on a small on. maybe you could make a hat, or a toilet seat cover out of one? i've killed one bear, about 200-220lb boar i figured and i was a little hesitant to have him rugged out. i will not shoot another one unless he is great big. no sense in having a "trophy room" littered with cub rugs on the wall. bears really have a lot of "ground shrinkage". seeing pictures of people with bears that are the same size as the gun or bow in the picture drives me crazy

i've seen them totally done by archery deer, even a couple that had rubbed velvet already, and i've seen them that still have a LOT of growing to do the same year. i think the majority of bucks are pretty well done by about the 1st or 2nd week of september

is your buddy's name Marty Mcfly? looks like someone would have to hop in a DeLorean to find a pair of those

should be on par with beef. Coues has zero marbling in the meat, as with pretty much all game. you are better off eating it near raw then overcooked

an average size de-boned bull should fit or come real close to it in a 120qt. if it's cold, let the meat hang in camp over night and wake up before it starts to heat up. put down a couple layers of blankets or sleeping bags, put your meat on them and pile some more blankets and bags on top of it. this will keep it plenty cool enough for a quick trip back to the valley

Str8, is that you? you sneaky SOB

salt does help to attract game, but it is not the golden ticket like some people think. salt licks usually take years before they become really productive and deer make using them a habit. they are a lot of work to maintain as well. a lot of people "hate" on using salt, but most of those people do not understand how much work it is hauling 100lb salt bags sometimes miles. i use salt licks and have been doing so for probably 12 years now. i have killed 2 deer over salt and usually hunt over a salt source every year in august/january. 2 years out of 10-12 is not a real high success rate! they do not attract deer like bait does, although the haters tend to think they do.

you will most likely see some rutting. they usually go pretty strong until about then. rut won't be full blown, but you will hear bugles, see bulls with cows, etc.

I've had wild horses mess me up on more antelope/deer/elk hunts in unit 1 and 27 than i care to discuss. seems like every time i am making my way in on an animal i kick up a heard of wild horses. they are pretty ornery too. i think most of them up there have gotten loose from the sprucedale guest ranch and multiplied like rabbits

it had nothing to do Utah trying to keep the deer in their state or anything. i am not too educated on the subject, but i think it was to reduce the amount of deer casualties that occurred on the roadway and diverting the deer to cross where it is safe. from what i have heard the first year it really changed the deer patterns a lot, but hey have gotten used to it for the most part and are getting back into their historic patterns

usually easier for youth hunters to target mule deer. there are some great bucks of both species to be had in 23 though.

bump for some great glass!

What a beautiful buck. He looks like he's high?

If the camera stays inthe shade most of the day, the sun won't have muh effect on anything. You could also try to make some sort of shade that goes over lense. This can help

If they were feral cattle or pigs, nobody would care. Feral animals cause a lot of damage, not matter the species.

someone put this thread down. it was resurrected from the dead

It is hard to determine a 100lb sow and a 100lb boar, yes. Some people do shoot really big sows occasionally, i understand. It is not hard to tell an 80lb bear from a 200+lb bear though. I just get tired of people shooting bears you couldn't make a hat out of

Yup. Need to measure to ogive. I take a blown out brass and just barely bump it with your resizing die. Just barely. Stuff a bullet in the case with your hand (it should fit pretty tight) and cycle the round. It'll push the bullet back to the lands. Measure to ogive

Bartlett has a couple of pretty nice "beaches" to camp on, on the river end

how close are you loading them to the lands? start with .040 off and find the best powder charge, then adjust the seating depth. i know with a lot of rifles, the magazines won't fit bergers loaded close to the lands

i'm sure with the crop of pears this year, it's safe to say that the 22/23 hunts will close after the first weekend because of people shooting the first 80lb sow they see. i wish G&F would make people wait a couple years to bear hunt again if they shoot a sow. probably wouldn't change much, but might make people look a little harder at all those cubs that get shot the first couple of days

nice. those bucks are right on track. should be pretty much done growing in a couple weeks.