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  1. Iowan

    Guide or resident needed for non resident to hunt in Wyoming.

    So, if I can find a resident hunter with a big game tag who is willing to obtain the resident guide license and allow me to be one of his two guided hunters, I can hunt the wilderness without this person being present? We can exchange guide services which is not considered compensation? I am...
  2. Iowan

    Nevada - Is it Worth it?

    Sorry in advance this is for your own good... You know how when people say "I do not mean any disrespect" or "please don't take this the wrong way' they are going to say something really disrespectful - this is one of those times. I do not mean any disrespect but if you received a raise at work...
  3. Iowan

    Colorado Draw Changes

    This is all especially damaging for people with 8-22 points where there are very limited options unless you accept you will not catch that tag you have always been chasing and look at tags behind you. The tag I am chasing already has one point creep each year - it will not be closer to two-point...
  4. Iowan

    Be honest about your Wyoming elk app!

    Elk Special for me might increase my odds for a random tag slightly - regular for my brother as he has enough points to draw unless there is more point creep in the Regular than normal. Normally we would both be in Special. Unless Special ultimately gets me a tag two+ early I will move to...
  5. Iowan

    WY 2024 App Booklet is up

    Wyoming overall is a great place for resident and non-resident hunters. The worst rule is the wilderness rule. The second negative is the cost of the non-resident moose points and the FACT that anyone with less than 19 points will likely never draw a tag yet non-residents with less than 10...
  6. Iowan

    Yukon Dream fulfilled, in pictures.

    I could go on our Alaskan moose hunt three times for those prices - no guides or comforts of home but public land, over the counter tags with some giant moose. I would like to hunt mountain caribou but at those prices I just cannot make sense of it. I will just have to enjoy the pictures of...
  7. Iowan

    Moose - Lets see em!

    It was a great hunt but looking forward to something a little lighter like elk. Alaska unguided and self-outfitted (all our own gear). Just got a ride in and out.
  8. Iowan

    Public Land and Over the Counter Moose Hunt

    My meat arrived today. If you ever go to Alaska moose hunting, bring coolers and bring your meat home as checked baggage - shipping is crazy expensive. Alaska Airlines was fantastic - we had to change flights and they made it simple and no charge. They assigned a person to us to help with guns...
  9. Iowan

    Public Land and Over the Counter Moose Hunt

    I just returned from a moose hunt on public land with an over-the-counter tag. Of course, the challenge is getting there. None the less these opportunities exist. It was a great hunt that frankly wore me out. The hunting and scenery were exceptional, the weather was brutal with wind, rain, cold...
  10. Iowan

    When to start burning points?

    Come up with a plan/budget and be realistic about it. I have my families points and hunts mapped out over the next ten years. Do you think that you will ever draw an LE tag in Utah? If you answer yes, you are not being realistic or have not put pencil to paper. Can you draw some good hunts in...
  11. Iowan

    New to elk hunting.

    I was going to say many of the same things as KB. I would encourage you to check out the success rates on the CO OTC hunts - here is a clue - they are terrible. Frankly, I love that so many newbies hunt CO, it keeps the better spots well better. Another important thing is to build a few points...
  12. Iowan

    First western hunt suggestion for a 10 y/o

    I will try to imagine what I would have wanted at 10 years old knowing what I know now. Take me somewhere that I can catch a bunch of fish (trout) but we can also hear elk bugle and watch them. I remember driving to the Black Hills in SD as a youngster - all I wanted to do was look for antelope...
  13. Iowan

    Elk .... Let's see them!!!

    Had a great hunt. Lots of non-hunter traffic in this unit (I mean lots). Ultimately it did not impact the hunting much. 50 yard shot dead center in the heart (absolutely no luck involved) :) My first archery elk (first archery tag) at 51. Hopefully not my last. My days of sleeping in a tent in...
  14. Iowan

    So long TV - Hello Amazon

    I just wish you had even more episodes to watch - send your team along with some of these characters that draw these premium public land tags. What could go wrong... Traditional TV is dying so fast and it is amazing to me how most people are oblivious to it. My two kids have not watch...
  15. Iowan

    What are your 2020 plans?

    I had to really pull back this year as I was battling stage 4 cancer - I am really going to get after it in 2020 :)! If it were not for those three surgeries, 7 weeks of radiation, and 7 weeks of chemo I think I could have really got after it. I have 10 more days of deer hunting here (with my...
  16. Iowan

    Antelope...Lets See Them!!!

    I think antelope hunting is pure fun. We have both killed B & C antelope years past and I just do not get too hung up on trophy quality when antelope hunting (apologize to you antelope nuts). Both of these antelope were in cool stalking positions where we ended up above them and at close range...
  17. Iowan

    2017 Pronghorn Unit 68 Questions

    That is a good one for sure - I would be more than happy with that one.
  18. Iowan

    2017 Pronghorn Unit 68 Questions

    We hunted down by Lordsburg New Mexico a couple years ago and the ranch owner's son brought a shoe box full of rattles he collected off snakes just that year to us within 10 minutes of us showing up on the ranch- ruined the trip for my brother - every time a grasshopper took off he about jumped...
  19. Iowan

    2017 Pronghorn Unit 68 Questions

    Hey Mixed Bag - Did you end up hunting unit 68? How did it go? Thanks. Iowan
  20. Iowan

    2017 Pronghorn Unit 68 Questions

    6 + 5 = 11 / 2 = 5.5

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