As Friday night came I was very nervous. All four of the bulls I’d seen the prior two years we no-shows. Guys I knew who had the tag were turning then back left and right.
I went back in to find the pretty bull but he and his buddy’s didn’t come out that night. The weather had...
Next up was Montana. I was able to sneak up on a perfect cold, clear, post-snow storm day.
Caught this buck in one of my old haunts. Right place at the right time. Very happy to bring a 170” public land buck home on a general tag. I’m pretty much convinced Bergara rifles chambered in...
Later on in the week I found some more bulls. One of which was really pretty. Whale tails, length, but not much mass, but he really passed the eye test.
I hit the Idaho rifle hunt for two days but didn’t see jack squat. There was a 115” 4x4 I was tempted to shoot just because I wanted to get the itchy trigger finger out but as luck would have it a coyote came out at 80 yards and I decided I’d feel much less guilty shooting him than that poor...
That was the bill. I’m on the hook for around $4750. On Tuesday before the hunt started (Saturday was the opener)....I had my kids with me and found some bulls at dark. One of them stood out as being old and heavy. I could tell that on his right side his G2 was either really small or...
I spent two days in Idaho chasing deer. I had a close call with an awesome buck. Still no dice. Here’s a trail cam pic of him and his buddy.
Those rose-thorn cheaters and his mass would feel soooo good in your hands.
I ran into some local kids who think they have the sheds from the...
Another conundrum was which rifle to use. I have a 7 mag and a 300 wm. The problem was neither one of them were grouping the way that I wanted.
My ol trusty bergara in 6.5 creed has always shot really well. Here’s three shots at 200 yards from a sitting position. I have nothing but...
As the scouting commenced, I just wasn’t seeing the amount of bulls that I had the previous two years. I had my sights set on a different unit my whole life, but since I moved back to Utah——the Wasatch was much closer to home and I kept finding bulls I’d be happy with.
Areas that held 15-25...
Here’s a recap of the fall deer hunts for uncle Stu-baby.
I had general tags for deer in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. My main focus this year was on a late season elk tag in November but it’s always fun to chase deer when the chances come.
Archery season here in Utah was fun. My...
Here’s an update. My 2019 hunting season was almost for not. In mid September I got a staff infection in my right knee. It was in the bursa sac and required 4 days in the hospital and a $56,000 tab. Lucky it didn’t get into the joint or the blood stream so I was able to at least get...
We just got off the Mtn in 77 looking for deer. We saw a moose right at dark. He’s probably a 155-160 class bull. I was thinking of this thread and just logged on to see you’d tagged out. Congrats. Here’s a pic for you.
I drew a limited entry elk tag in Montana in 2008 and 2012. I drew a sheep tag in Montana in 2017. I drew an expo Utah elk tag last year. I’m burning my 13 elk points this fall to hunt my home stare of Utah on an LE late tag.
I’d put in for as many tags in as many states as you can...
Get a used pair of swaro slc or even a used pair of vortex razor had in 10x42. Also important is to be able to throw them on and off of a tripod. She sure you can switch from spotter to binos fast and steady and you’ll be amazed at how much better binos are on a tripod as opposed to...
They need to get the top point holders in there and at least get some hunters through the system.
These sheep issues really make me mad. I wish there was a fix so there could be more of them. Like walking uphill in quick sand.
goofy elk
Here is a cool bull I watched for an evening in the velvet on the unit I had a tag for this year. I'm sharing it because he was later harvested on the Johnson Ranch CWMU. He was cool. Big drop brow tine that seemed to rub the dirt when his nose was down...
Something is amiss. I hauled my scale to the garage. My bull that is 317” with the skull plate is 16.4 lbs.
Anywho. Here’s a bull I saw the week before hunt started. He got killed on the opener. Any score guesses?