Without otherwise hunting there and needing to buy the hunting license, it’s gotten to be too expensive to be worth my while. I figure putting that much in savings each year is better. If I lived close enough that I could apply in person and didn’t have to pay the credit card/phone fee I might...
Hoping my dad will draw a 1st rifle elk tag in CO with a good number of preference points. Either way, I’ll be doing archery and shotgun deer in MN. Looking most forward to taking my son with me for deer for the first time this year. I’ll be less picky than normal if I get a chance with him...
1) personally I’d go SLC if you can still find one (plenty of options if you’re ok with used) or NL. I wouldn’t go middle of the road since EL are still quite expensive. I bought the SLC and am happy with them. I do wonder about the NL though. If I didn’t have the 10x42 SLC I’d be looking...
To capitalize on your points I’d recommend Unit 18 2nd season. As you’ve already discovered, dates are amazing this year, and point creep is going to suck. Hunt on or near roads. Shouldn’t have too much competition there.
Colorado is your best bet. I got a shiras a couple years ago. No elk yet to compare it to. I think it’s good, but honestly I think midwest (corn/ soy bean/etc. fed) whitetails taste better.
That said, I’m hoping to take my dad for a cow moose in a couple years. They’re fun to hunt!
Unfortunately, I don't have pics of most of the better ones I've seen.
Here is a fence post the deer always seem to rub on. The buck was shot right near the fence post. Notice the cut in the top of his nose. I don't know, but it seemed possible he may have cut it on the barbed wire while...
The selfish part of me is upset by this, but I can understand why Wyoming would want to keep more opportunities for residents.
With decreasing value in NR preference points for MSG, my hope would be that eventually they would get rid of the preference option altogether and go random. I’m sure...
Another vote for reconyx. Up until a few weeks ago, I’ve only run my cams in photo mode. I had been using two reconyx, one browning, and one cheap campark from Amazon. The reconyx blows the others out of the water for photo quality. I was disappointed with the browning photos. I have the...