Recent content by JimP

I tried a shooting stick when I was up in Wyoming on my antelope hunt and it was better than most. The rest part was a block that was about 2"x3" that you rested your rifle on. Of all the shooting sticks that I have used it was the solidest rest that I have tried. The only problem was I didn't...

You need to see if you can use one when you get proned out. I have a couple but have a problem bending my neck far enough to get a good view through the scope on level ground . One that I use on my 25-06 is tall enough that I can use it in a sitting position.

Here are the two others from Utah. This one is from Antelope Island, only two tags a year are let out. One for a lucky resident and one from a auction. I believe that this one is from the Henry Mountains, but I could be wrong.

Many years of points, or just getting lucky on the draw. There was also a great buck taken on Antelope Island and another one down on the Henry Mountains I believe

This hasn't been my year. First are the health problems but those are under control, I hope. Then came my new roof. After 60 years the roofer found problems with every sheet of roofing that they peeled off of the existing roof. The dollars kept adding up and up from the original estimate...

In all my years hunting I have pretty much known just where I was, there were a few instances where I was slightly confused. But as far as private property was concerned I always knew if I was on it or not and always tried to avoid it if I could. When I first started hunting over 50 years...

It just gets more interesting all the time. As I was driving across Gore Pass the other day and today I had my fingers crossed that one would run across in front of my truck. But I never saw a thing.

I believe that this case was brought because some hunters built a portable ladder that they could use to go over a fence at the corner of private and public lands. Think of a square with 4 squares inside this square. With the top squares being public and private and the bottom squares being...

One problem with the GPS land quadrants is that they may be off just enough to confuse people. I can stand on one of my corner stakes and both of my mapping devices show it slightly off. One is OnX on my phone and the other is the chip in my GPS. But both show it close enough that I need to...

Took care of my tag this morning

Didn't go on my Utah muzzle loader hunt due to Dr appointments but in 2 weeks I'll be hunting antelope in Wyoming

Gut piles work, unless you are sitting on one and then they don't.

Not a expert and haven't done it either but you would think that if there are still bears in the area that they will be attracted to those jelly donuts and sweets that would be placed in a bait site. You have to figure that they are packing on the calories and won't pass up a free easy meal.

I think that the days of easy antelope tags in Wyoming are long gone unless you have access to private lands where they restrict the number of hunters. I spent 11 points this year for a antelope tag that you could draw with 6. The person who was going to go with me didn't have enough points but...

I saw the update a few hours ago. I know that as the storms have been passed through the I-70 area the last couple of week there has been a lot of lighting bouncing around the higher elevations.