lonne

This is definitely the way it was. This is definitely how I'll still do if the animal is small enough. Elk I might think twice, but I've known guys that have hung elk too with a little bit of good ole' mechanical advantage. But personally I'd rather bone the elk out. It really helps when skinning and it also cools the meat a bit.

Awesome! That's what I'm talking about !!!

Sweet bears!!! Nice work. I'm jealous!!! Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess I would ultimately say more than 3 of us (including me and many others) need to show up at the meeting to help influence if this is would help make the in best decision. The problem with that in today's world is how realistic is it that we could actually show up with our day jobs and other commitments? Are there other more convenient ways we could help all work together and influence, with our day jobs and family commitments which we are simply overlooking? We often jump on Game and Fish, but at the end of the day, I fear the alternative and they're doing a decent job. Are they perfect? Of course not, but with hunter input from everyone maybe they can get closer. Survey wise. 3 might show up and indicate they agree they saw all bulls and now cows, or exact opposite. Maybe it holds alot of weight, maybe it does not (I'm not sure without an expert or attendee actually filling in here). Or all 800 tag holders might indicate what actually happened by filling out their surveys which Game and Fish sends out. How many actually are filling out actual surveys? Lonne

Hunting down there is amazing. Beautiful country for sure. If it is you hunting down there, and you cross south of the border, and cross back, is anyone watching? The more risk you take crossing south and back north, or the more distance you put into crossing, of course you will encounter trouble. (I haven't done and I definitely don't recommend, just mentioning to highlight the comment about there being "no border"). But the official checkpoints cannot cover that wide range of country. There is some interesting stuff going on. Lance, we appreciate what you do and be careful down there.

They probably ate the growers :-)

Waiting for the novel!!! Need a good story after my unsuccessful hunt. Way to go ADAM !!! Let's hear it bro.

Ditto on all. When get up at 3am, I put my jacket on and get whatever stuff ready that's needed. Before I start my hike, I strip down to nothing but plain cotton pants (fleece lined if it's real cold), and a short or long sleeve cotton t-shirt. And cotton sucks period, but it works ok in Arizona as long as not real humid, real wet and rainy, or don't sweat alot. I hike my butt off some elevation gaining hill, with or without a pack, and immediately when I get to the top of the hill the first thing I do is take off my t-shirt and put on a thermal long sleeve, and a light wool jacket, wool army cap, wool gloves. I notice alot of others wear their heavy stuff climbing up hill, which is a big no no. Not only do they sweat, and when they get to the top the sweat makes them colder, or the sweat catches wind and tips off the animals with the smell. Hike up, generate body heat. Think about it, you're just an engine where your heart is the RPMs redlining up the hill. As soon as you get to the top, put all your warm gear on and insulate (trap) the heat in. You'll be warm for hours. Alot of guys swear on synthetic camo stuff, and it's awesome, but not all of it is great. Underarmour is pretty good. You can' t beat the lightness (low weight) of synthetic gear. But then again I was in a recent hail storm, in wet wool, and I was warm as heck, while buddies of mine were cold. Summary: when you hike period, up or down, strip to minimum lightweight pants and t-shirt, no hat unless something light to block from sun. You'll be cold for 5 minutes but will quickly generate heat and be very warm hiking up but not hot or sweating, in other words you will be comfortable. As soon as you stop moving, put all your warm gear on, or the cold will come on fast, and start glassing like crazy. Good luck. And I know your question was, what beanie can I use I won't sweat in when I hike? But I don't think it exists yet. There are lots of claims out there, but truth is different from marketing hype. Underarmour has some nice beanies. Or go with Army Surplus wool beanies, they're great and only $7. But never hike with them! You don't need to put them on until you quit moving. Lonne

Interesting. I just hunted Unit 10 for the first time. Absolutely beautiful! It was a cow tag hunt. We were following a herd before the hunt and saw them on a few occasions with a herd bull, but they quickly disappeared on the hunt and we couldn't connect. I was thinking cow hunt, should be easy, but wow was suprised how hard of a hunt it was. We spotted several bulls, along with several mule deer bucks and does, and at least two different herds of javelina. I figured typical hunt. You spot everything you're hunting for, and the cow elks know they are being hunted. Spotted some cows bedded down, but realized definitely need to improve my glassing on bedded down animals. (I tell myself that every year!) I was really wishing I had a bull tag. I'm not even a random sample, just one group of four hunters. But seems in line with what we saw in the grand scheme of this recommendation. Of course, much I don't know, so I won't draw conclusions without facts and history, which I'm sure alot more of you guys could offer up. If this is truly the case or not. Despite not filling my tag, which was a huge goal of mine and I didn't think I'd come home empty handed, nor did any of the guys I was with, we had a great time spotting all the game. We worked VERY hard but just weren't lucky. Lonne

Great video. This is it

Sweet buck. Nice photos. I'd love to get one in velvet especially on the Strip.

Same here, let's see the second! Way to go Adam...let's hear a good story :-) I hear the taxidermy cash register adding up ka-ching ka-ching getting Clarence his wings...Will order up more mannequins

Buy a pair. Then count the years you had 'em. Lonne

Dang! I bet that is gonna be a blast! Too bad I got something else going on :-(

Interesting. Re-posting that here. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/36422-you-be-the-judge/ Everyone down there has seen some crazy stuff. We found some scout camps on ridges, smuggler camps in deep "can't see from above" thick brushed canyons. Ran into a group going heading north through the canyon into wilderness while we were heading south back towards roads and camp at dark. Had a stand off, and long story short myself and the friend I was hunting with - we decided the standoff wasn't worth losing, we were probably outgunned, and we might think twice while they wouldn't, and climbed out of the very steep canyon with a nice dose of adrenaline where a fall wouldn't have been pretty. Amazing what you can do with adrenaline flowing. Last year we were hiking through the hills at night on the way back to camp and border patrol pulled into our camp and started asking questions, sounded like someone called the border patrol on us.

idgaf, Tell us more.

Seen some black king and red racer snakes at 7000 ft, but only timber rattlers at 6000 feet. Wow, 9000 feet?

Sweet bear, great job

Thanks for posting. Never forget. And too many have forgotten already.

Definitely that doesn't happen alot. :-) Awesome...!

Super fly ! Awesome...way to go !!!

Mmmmmm...birria

That's totally awesome James! Good ending to a bad start. Some people have a lot of nerve. They'll get what's coming eventually.

Yep, lots of people hike/hunt in there.

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