In all, this is a good thing. Even though I'm a NR, I can see the reason for the tag costs.
My biggest fear isn't hunting grizzlies in the mountains of WY. It's running the question by resident mama bear of dropping $6k on a tag! Now that's some scary stuff!! For that reason, I'm out!
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Step 1: Always make sure large critter runs towards your truck when shot! ;)
You say, "but that may be only save 10's of yards!"
I say, "exactly, I'll take it!".
Nah, all joking aside, the most miserable packout my partner and I have done was 20 hrs from the time the arrow hit the bull until...
I'll add one more thing to reiterate what the guys above are saying. In this age of instant gratification, it's hard to grasp that an elk hunt without a dead elk is successful. But like I told my wife, "we go on vacations all the time, and only come home with pictures, great memories, and...
Do you know of anyone else, friends, acquaintances, who hunts Montana that you may be able to tag along with. Or maybe spend as much time on this trip as you can, 2-3 weeks, to give yourself time to hunt an area and move to another if you have too, and you should find the elk. Other than that...
Very impressive! When I run a marathon, I just try to get to the other end before everyone else goes home! I believe my next one is going to be in Miami in January. Mainly because I'll be down there around that time, and it will keep me motivated through the holiday season. But, I'll never...
I'd say that Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom is one of the shows that helped light a fire in me for wildlife and the outdoors when I was a kid. It seems like it came on Sunday afternoons, and can still hear Marlon Perkins and Jim Fowler as if it were yesterday!
Thanks for bringing them up...
More than once, I've had landowners to give permission to hunt certain birds/waterfowl, but also let me know not to shoot other types of birds. I.e., One told me to shoot all of the geese, but not the ducks. These were critters flying above his property, and not mammals walking on. I never...
I'm not sure how this really works, but if it's just a simple "here are the coordinances of buck, and pay this amount", then you have to be either a fool, or very trusting. Or just a trusting fool!
"You mean you didn't see the buck that I told you about? Must have already been shot or moved...
My wife, daughter, and I go out to see our son at Holloman AFB. While there in December, they insisted on having family photos taken at White Sands and in the Cloudcroft area, which turned out nice. I haven't elk hunted around Cloudcroft yet, but do enjoy hiking some of the trails in the area.
No epidural! Your wife rolled with an On Her Own Adventure on that one! My wife couldn't handle it!
Congratulations to the entire family. And as said before, enjoy them all you can! They grow fast!
I shot this NC buck during archery season last year, in my yard (3 acres of woods), in the city limits, in view of 9 houses, and no one had ever seen him! Weighed 225lbs, which is a hoss for NC! . A complete surprise! He may have noticed the abundance of acorns on the ground and tried to...