September
-Colorado OTC Archery Elk
-Texas early Teal
September/October
-Wyoming Rifle Antelope (depends on work schedule)
October - Jan2020
-Texas public land archery deer and hogs and Texas draw hunts if I get drawn
-Texas Duck season
Got my Vital a few weeks back. Seems a bit nicer than the Havalon, we will see how the blades hold up skinning this year. I've been on the fence a while joining RMEF and don't know why I didn't join sooner. Lots of good Hotel discounts to be had, and more as well.
You might be able to scout out a potential elk unit if you try hunting mule deer OTC. Like others said, difficulty of the hunt depends on the terrain you choose.
I live in the city and really can't shoot at home, but I make it to the range 5 days a week for an hour or two shooting 20-80 yards. A few days a week I'll wear my bivy pack and walk one of the target courses and shoot my quiver each target. I do this to make up for lost time as I work...
I've carried my bow with quiver on on my handle bar no problem, however I'm not going super fast in pancake flat Texas where I've hunted with it. In your situation up and down a mountain I'd definitely use an arrow case and leave it with the bike while hunting.
I've met several people that bring a back up hunting, sometimes even their trad bow. So no real consistency going from a compound to a trad. A bowhunting friend of mine thins his backup actually it shoots better than his newer one, but they are both the same model Mission. His bow's were both...
I used to use the Wilson 3G signal booster in my truck for AT&T. Worked great but keep service provider in mind as mentioned before and how many users you want the booster for, most 12v boosters only work for one phone at a time.
Yeah military boots do work well well hunting. I wore the soles off my Belleville's last season in elk country. It is a good idea to have a backup pair in the truck...
No...lots of confusion here about phones using the OnX Hunt app.
Phones have a built in GPS. Download the map on the OnX Hunt App to the phone- Off Grid tab- select 'Save new Map'. Put the phone on airplane mode when hunting. Open Onx app and go to the 'Off Grid' tab- select 'Go Offline'...
1/2" Plywood. Was going to put two drawers, but my bow case fits pretty snug in one of the drawer compartments so I use it like that for now. Rigged up a Blue Sea panel in the back to access 12v power from my aux battery.
It's not easy to round up friends that are typical weekend warriors to drop vacation time to hunt, and drive such a long way. I drove 18 hrs to AZ this year for my first OTC mule deer hunt. I'd do it all over again. I will be going on my first elk hunt this year OTC archery and it'll be a 20...