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Please post up your antelope pics from this season!

My nephew's best friend, who has often fished with us for fall chinooks, has drawn the single premium elk tag for the Sled Springs unit (firearm hunt from September 1 to November 30). They will obviously be timing their hunt to hunt the rut with a rifle. I have not hunted the unit but have...

What is your favorite gear that you use? Please share! Hopefully this is a good resource for new hunters or new western hunters. This is by no means my comprehensive list, but it is the gear I like and use the most. As I change or upgrade, I’ll upgrade my personal list. WEAPONS: *...

Do you have any opportunities on animals that you passed on and now looking back that decision haunts you. I have two. The first was back in the 1980's and I was in my early 20s. I had been hunting late muzzleloader blacktail seasons, and my goal that year was a "four point" or nothing...

The only way to keep Musket from stealing the thread for next year is to get it started really really early. :) 2016 "was" a great season! ;)

The idea behind this thread is to be a resource for guys looking for game meat processors, particularly when they are on the road traveling for a hunt. If you know of a game processor that is good, please list it here. I will list a few who I have worked with in the past or have been recommend...

The Berger 7mm 195gr Extreme Outer Limits Elite Hunter Bullet The ballistic coefficient of this bullet is ridiculous. G1 = 0.754 G7 = 0.387 This bullet needs a 1 in 8.3 twist of faster for best stabilization. I was at the Portland Sportmen's Show this past weekend and learned about this...

The CO regs for elk, deer, antelope, bear and moose are now online. http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/RulesRegs/Brochure/BigGame/biggame.pdf

I've killed a bunch of 160 class mule deer and one 183 clean typical (20 years ago). The 183 buck came off a late Nevada tag where finding big bucks was a daily occurrence. How do I get off the 160 class treadmill? I've drawn very good units, hunted great dates, had a tag that I was told "it...

Here is the link. The official guidebook should be pretty darn close. http://wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks/2016_pdfs/2016_biggameapp_draft.pdf

Does anyone know of a good meat processor in Cody? Hopefully we will have a couple elk for him this fall.

I haven't seen much on our forum dealing with crossbows so I thought I would start this thread. Last fall I injured my left shoulder (an impingement) hanging my elk at the meat locker. When this year's application season rolled by, I had to pass on a long time plan to burn a pile of AZ elk...

One of my best friends just called me and his son's credit card has been hit for a Utah elk hunt. He put in for the Beaver late rifle elk hunt with only a handful of points. I've been keeping notes on this unit for several years for the early rifle hunt, but I know the late hunts can be a very...

Well the last day to update your credit card for the AZ elk and antelope draw is Thursday March 12 before 11:59 pm (MST). Typically AZ hits credit cards the day after the credit card update deadline, which makes sense, because they don't want to wait and have invalid cards for the draw. With...

Here is the link: http://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/BigGame.aspx

Who is getting excited about the Wyoming elk draw!?! My oldest son and I are in with max points, and my wife for a long shot. Only about 2 more weeks until the results are out. My notes show the results were posted on the following dates: 2010: Feb 18 (Thursday) 2011: Feb 18 (Friday) 2012...

I am in the current max point pool for Utah elk. I understand the last guy drew out of the pool ahead of me. There are 8 left in my pool. I have held out for San Juan early rifle, but I could potentially be 8 years from drawing since there is only one tag going to the max point holder. If...

Here is the link: http://wgfd.wyo.gov/web2011/imgs/QRDocs/WGFD15_APPPACKET.pdf One of the most interesting things is that deer and antelope apps are now due on May 31. I like that from the standpoint that several draw results are out before you have to spend the money to apply. On the other...

Yesterday (day before Christmas) was one of my most memorable days of hunting EVER. My thirteen year old daughter got her first animal, a huge Roosevelt cow elk here in SW Oregon. She practiced this summer and fall and made a perfect 190 yard shot with a .243, in fact it was the same rifle I...

The older I get the more picky I get that my gear works properly and is comfortable. It seems it has taken me most of my life to realize I have a longer torso than most guys. I am 6'3" but only have a 32" inseam, so I have a torso more like someone who is 6'6". I have noticed that the day...