A lot of the trophies are on a sliding scale, generally the costs are reasonably similar between location (hunting area) to other hunting areas. The hunting region will set the trophy fees. The places we hunted had limited tags, i think 14 or so for the mouflon and maybe 40 for the fallow, not...
If the scope hasn't been damaged or used mount it up and go shoot the gun. I can see your frustration though and I'm with the other guys in that getting told stories from customer service is not ideal, if thats what happened.
Leupolds will be bullet proof anyways!
All good mate, i knew what you were trying to say, no worries there.
Yes the soil mineral content plays a massive part in antler growth, really quite amazing. Even over here with our sambar herds i can notice areas that consistently produce better antler growth for the same age class of deer...
Yes each animal has to get recorded, what area it was taken in, the age, antler/horn size etc and you receive documentation which helps with bringing the animals home. They are also scored under the CIC system and if the score is a certain size it will qualify for medals, which are given...
Towards the end of 2015 a mate and I headed to Hungary to see good friends over there and hunt a few species of game. Their management principles and game policies are incredible, deeply entrenched through centuries of hard work and study. Coming from Australia where there is very little...
Interesting thread, always plenty to dream about and plan for future hunts. I have never been a person worried about scores, inches or awards. But growing up I always wanted to shoot the South Pacific 15 free range, self guided and in their original locations they were released 150 odd years...
Hi mate,
Yes from Melbourne in oz.
I guess there is always two ways to look at things, the top tier point holders have been disadvantaged in az, but at least the lower point holders can have some hope that maybe they will draw a strip / kaibab tag or one of the premium early rut rifle/archery...
Going into 2016 with:
AZ 15
Ut 14
Wy. 6
Nev. 6
Co. 5
All the hard work of applying will soon pay off when I start cashing in some elk tags.
Come on randy11, surely you don't have that much of an aversion to chasing bulls around!
Good post randy. Hope it works out for you.
Great post Lopehunter, really enjoyed reading through this one.
I guess it looks like there is going to be slight odds of non residents with less then max points being able to draw a premium high demand hunt/unit. And at the end of the day, it means a lot more people will have a glimmer of...
Buzzh post is absolutely spot on and so is Gerald's. Keep an open mind about so called 'dream hunts'. There are hunting opportunities everywhere for keen self guided hunters, both locally and on an international level. Start the research and plan adventures/hunts. I've probably done 25-30...
All the best on the remainder of your hunt.
I have enjoyed following this thread, really neat. Hope you cut the tag on a bull worthy of your effort.
When you get time, i would also be quite interested in seeing a run down on how those three different commercial tc's went for you, battery...