I think I finally understand where you’re coming from @Shed God and the general vicinity of where you hunt. I have spent some days in that general area 20 plus years ago. To me it emphasizes how a single season structure for a state the size of Montana is always going to fall short.
Do the elk not get pushed around with the current season process where you hunt? Honestly trying to wrap my mind around your situation.
Edit: are you killing your mature bulls early or late currently?
Count me in😂. Those are incredible sheds for Montana. I’m not the one you need to convince to go limited entry. Like you my primary focus is big racks. Unfortunately we aren’t the norm.
Don’t you think experienced hunters have some idea what is going to happen when changes are proposed? For example let’s use Colorado pushing their season dates a week later. We knew this was going to make the bigger older more mature bucks more vulnerable to harvest right? And it did.
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General season wyoming units. Guns are a blazing at the deer and the bulls are bugling.
To be accurate, I said he makes assumptions that I THINK are wrong. I stand by that statement. I think he is wrong with his assumptions.
1). Deer hunting pressure does not equal elk hunting pressure...
This is exactly right. There used to be more of these around too but at least on public land these make up the few older age buck demographic that is reflected in any data. I only responded regarding fwp aging. I have aged my own critters and those of my buddies for over a decade. I have...
I think you’re making plenty of assumptions that I disagree with and would argue are just flat wrong.
I have hunted October deer seadons in other states so I know how tough the hunting is.
In these other states the elk don’t get moved like your stating by the deer hunters when the seadons...
Have you actually tried to kill a big old mountain muley in October? I will wager a guess you haven’t by your comments. If so, post up these big old “stupid” october bucks you have slain as proof to how easy it is. My experience is I have a hell of a time even finding the big old bucks even...