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So meeting is May 4th, 2018 up here in good old Mohave County. When would they be effective? This is apparently different than the guidelines cycle?

I bought one last year, I just activate it for a month timeframe that I know I will be using it. To be honest I used it on one hunt, it worked perfect, but the other hunts I went on all had cell service so I didn't even need to take it. Sad face.

Not really, some years they don't even kill at all, which would be rough after a long wait to get the tag. Very low density of animals around here but it can be done if you scout enough and have alot of time to hunt, per usual on harder hunts. A buddy didn't kill on the muzzy a couple years ago. Here are some screen shots from the survey harvest data. 2 of the last three years they are reporting zero hunt success. Our region's game manager says on hunts with tags this low they call all the hunters to get good data. On the survey screen shot, the first column is bucks seen(1 buck in 2014, 2 in 2015!), the second column is does seen.

I shot this buck on Monday at noon. My arrow hit further back than I would have liked, I was a little worried, but knew it was probably lethal. I waited 4 hours and started the track job. Great blood for 20 yards, drops for another 30 yards then nothing. Oh no. Hunter's nightmare. Completely lost his track in short order, tried some hail marry circles but no dice. The next day with my brother's help, I was able to extend the trail out to 200 yards, but it was only a little drop every once in a while, then we lost his track again completely. He never ran or bedded in that stretch, just walking. I started gridding in hopes of getting lucky. But we ran out of time. I came home Tuesday night pretty down about it. The area is literally a thick sea of Pinions and Junipers for miles and miles so I knew my odds of finding him were really low. I worked Wed but wanted to give it another try. I did some reading on CW about finding downed deer using crows/ravens, studied my gps map tracks, and figured my best bet was the birds. I expected that, being dead three days, the circle of life and his forrest buddies would be laying full claim to him by now. Thursday afternoon would be my only time available to try in the next 12 days, so I worked in the morning and ran out to do my last ditch hike. I would stop to listen for birds every 20 or 30 seconds. About a half mile in, I saw and heard crows in a few different directions 15 minutes apart. My plan was to get to the nearest mountain and glass the expanses for hopefully the carrion party. As I started my climb I heard some birds up ahead of me on the mountain. A few minutes later I started seeing a few crows flying close to my immediate area. A little later a VULTURE flew by. Things were getting interesting... A few seconds later two vulture flew up from the ground and I knew I was onto something. There he was. Been dead 3 days. More points than I thought. Sad I lost the meat. Died mid walk apparently, .7 miles and 300 feet elevation gain from the shot. A couple lessons learned: -Be a better shot -Crows wont necessarily be right on the animal, and it may not be tons of them. There were only a few, but their periodic calls as they apparently flew around watching the vultures pointed me in the right direction. -Wounded animals sometimes don't mind going for a long uphill hike

I've gone on record saying how pleased I was with my 10 power HD Prime binoculars, price and performance, in the past. Well things have made a turn for the worst. The focus knob fell off in October. They are supposed to have a lifetime warranty on this level bino with Zen-Ray, but I think they are out of business. Been calling and emailing for three months now with no responses. Doug at cameraland says the owner of Zen-ray has been mia for months. If things change I will post an update.

Yes Lakepowell.com is the really the only legal way to really rent a houseboat on Powell. Aramark is the licensed concessioner still. See below. Q. Why can't I rent a private houseboat on the lake? A. The rental concession on the lake is handled by a single professional concessionnaire for a good reason. The concessionaire must take on the cost and responsibility of many environmental and management concerns at the lake. Dock maintenance, waste and utilities management, recycling efforts and improvements are largely handled by the concessionaire. The investment here is in the hundreds of millions of dollars and is repaid under contract with the revenues created through rentals, restaurants, etc.A legal alternative to renting a houseboat is "buying" a houseboat - or buying a share of a houseboat. Commonly (and erroneously) referred to as a time-share, a shared-ownership boat can be a rewarding and luxurious way to enjoy Lake Powell as from 4 to 26 different owners share in the upkeep, storage and enjoyment of a top-quality boat.

I would have a hard time selling my kills, especially some of the good ones like some of those bucks. Do you just have more than you care to keep or got an urgent money demand?

I tried again and the second time it did let me buy.

Says out of stock now! Missed it.

Nice bulls. I would be happy with any of those bulls on cam on any elk scouting trip I ever do.

Bad advice. Hope you find the owner.

I think he is very old. I would go 8 to 10 yrs.

Many factors at play that result in many different frequencies. Usually they tend to hit more during summer months, sometimes almost daily (kaibab for example they really hammer salt). I have deer on my property, and a water trough with salt next to it. The deer have not hit the salt one time in 6 months, but the bachelor herd hits the water usually several times a week... they must get their salt/mineral fix naturally somewhere else here.

Very nice, his coat looks like he is full winter already.

If you have 5/8ths plywood under the drywall on you entire trophy wall, like me, you don't need to find studs with you lag bolts. Anywhere will do.

Trackable arrows are already for sale: https://breadcrumbtech.com/bluetooth-nock/

The biggest factor for me is those OTC hunts are super tough in places that offer them in Utah with very very low success rates on mature bulls.

That's a common shortfall with deserts, 99% of the time they don't have the nutrients or genetics to get the very top tier mass to match up with mountain monsters.

I'm in the market for a Polaris Ranger 700 or 800 with an aftermarket back bench to have a short and economical 6 seater. (child #5 is in the oven!) Going to look at this one this weekend even though it has more hours than I would like. Pictures show quite a bit of negative camber on the back tires. Is that indicative of a problem like CV axles bad or something similar, or is it because of the added weight of bench and full roll cage, or just a common situation? Seems like the CVs have to be replaces pretty often on the earlier model rangers?

Unless he is 400", then cap that sucker and get the cape to the taxi! My tip is, you can never have too many frozen water bottles in coolers back at the truck to keep that meat and cape cold!

I took the "don't cow call" to mean, "don't go educating the bulls before season with that tactic", which I also echo. Good luck!

This joker is apparently still guiding as of yesterday? Posting pics today: https://www.instagram.com/macoutfitters/?hl=en

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It was only a one day hunt but I just couldn't give this guy a pass. Was driving back most of yesterday. Last year I hunted this area, and on a mid-day hike-a-thon I found this 40+ year old falling-apart trough way down in a deep dark nasty canyon that looked like it was getting a ton of deer traffic with no signs of human contact in many many years. 6 weeks ago while up at a reunion in the area I set up a blind and trail cam on the seep. This was the biggest buck coming in, his group was hitting it about every other day. I glassed the nearby canyons Monday morning without finding anything bigger, so I sat my blind in the afternoon and this guy cooperated perfect and came in 5:30 AZ time leading his buddies. I've attached a video, sorry it is sideways when it uploads, but if you click on it, it will download to your computer to watch. Deer land-speed- record I'm pretty sure haha. trim.5B562A47-E97C-4B88-8B8D-12B84F308E36.MOV

Aaaannndd, jmall throws down. Now if he would have had pics, it really would have been a top "post of the week" candidate