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  1. D_Dubya

    Does it makes sense anymore?

    NR opportunity is not going to zero, but no doubt the “golden” era of NR hunting is in the rear view mirror. I’ve been buying points for 10 years everywhere (except Montana) and I think there is a reasonable chance of hunting every year (not counting CO OTC). It is just going to require more...
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    How much wildgame do you actually eat?

    We eat wild game 4 or 5 meals/week. Usually 5 or 6 deer per year, plus a bunch of wild hogs and since I have figured out how to cook Javelina and make it edible this year well probably eat a lot more of them. Plus doves and quail, the occasional rabbit. Every couple years I bring home an elk...
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    2022 Fishing thread

    Nice bass my son caught on Saturday afternoon
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    .243 Bullet Question

    I’ve never really been a .243 fan until I started loading the 80 grain TTSX for my daughters rifle. Great bullet, shoots excellent out of the 1:9 barrel. 3380fps, 20” barrel, 48.3 grains of Superformance. The last 3 years it’s racked up around 20 whitetails, a couple antelope, some coyotes...
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    Fuel prices affect

    I would bet the increased cost of the trip itself won’t be the issue, but runaway inflation and everyday expenses outrunning wage growth will definitely have an effect on many. Probably not a huge effect on the guys who live and breathe hunting (like most of the guys who are active on hunting...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year - by Guy Eastman

    Only way out of this is a sustained increase of game populations without a correlating increase in demand - a major economic recession might make a temporary change in the demand dynamic, but on the whole odds/points/opportunity is not ever going to get better than it is right now. Elk...
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    Wyoming Passes 90/10: The Worst Article You’ll Read This Year - by Guy Eastman

    NR hunting as many of you more seasoned guys have known it will no longer exist, it won’t be over but multiple tags/species/states per year will be over. Guys over 50 who got into it early had some great opportunities, guys in their 30’s and 40’s now still have enough time to get some points...
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    Wildfire locations? History?

    OnnX has historic wildfire map overlays, gives the fire dates. Some of the layers can be hard to find, historic wildfire is now under “Western Aplication research”. It shows the year the fire burned, screenshot below
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    What is everyone up to?

    Getting ready for last weekend of deer/quail this year; virtually no prep required other than mentallly preparing for 3 ‘months of softball, baseball & not enough fishing. My 12 yo son bought a truck (wrecked) from the body shop next to my office and my 15 yo daughter just wants to drive the...
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    That’s a wrap for ‘21-22

    Just finished up my last whitetail hunting weekend of the year, my wife and I didn’t find anything we wanted to shoot but the kids did alright. Both kids ate mule deer tags and me an elk tag. Got a few of the kids’friends their first deer, my brother his first buck in almost 30 years., and my...
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    Over The River and Down The Road to Arizona I Go

    Good luck! We’ve got herds of them where I hunt down here, not uncommon to see 30 or 40 at a time.
  12. D_Dubya

    The Memes Thread!

    And getting a goatee
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    Argentina Dove Hunt? Anybody been? Advice please

    We flew into Cordoba then had a three hour car ride over the mountain range to the west (Sierra Cordoba’s?), we stayed in the small village of San Javier which is in the big valley between the Sierra Cordoba’s and the Andes. I’ll have to go dig up the name of outfitter, will report back.
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    The Memes Thread!

    Yes it would, thank God the evil bastard was also as stupid as he was charismatic
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    Argentina Dove Hunt? Anybody been? Advice please

    I went in October 2017, which is their off-season sort of. First two days we had rain outs and unusual weather, third day we shot birds until we thought our arms would fall off. Ammo gets expensive on days like that. Four of us shot 300 boxes of ammo @$15/box that day. Kind of...
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    The Memes Thread!

    Dammit, now you’ve ruined doughnuts for me 🤢
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    jocularity

    Hahaha!! Took my wife a few years to figure out my bad mood was 99% either the Cowboys lost or my truck needed work. New truck and I barely watch NFL anymore …much more matrimonial harmony.
  18. D_Dubya

    New Mexico Unit 16C

    Sounds like a great hunt and congrats! Thanks for sharing!
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    2021 Whitetail Success Thread!

    My son killed this buck yesterday
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    Son in laws desert ram

    Congrats! Great ram!