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  1. JimP

    Utah Apps

    Well, if you have been snoozing this is just to let you know that it is time to put in for Utah. I just got done with mine for a deer tag for the HAMS hunt, pronghorn, and bison. This may be my last year for the bison, the point creep stays just ahead of me and I'm not getting any younger...
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    Utah's Proposed Fee Increases

    If the Utah Governor signs this into law this is what you'll be paying to hunt in Utah. Utah nonresident hunting fee changes will see double the costs Item Current Cost New Cost Hunting license $120 $240 Application fee $16 $32 Deer - general season $418 $836 Deer -...
  3. JimP

    Quail and Javelina

    Well, day one is over and we didn't get any quail. It is hotter than we thought it would be here in Arizona and the quail were holding tight. It's so hot that the dog that is with us is running right past the covies as they hold tight. It's hot enough that he is having a hard time picking up...
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    NRA Board of Directors

    I have a friend on another forum who managed to get his name onto the ballot for the NRA Board of Directors. He is a down to earth type of person and managed to get onto the ballot by drumming up support the old fashion way by getting signatures on a petition instead of depending on the...
  5. JimP

    New Proposal on Wolves

    And as the world turns, a group has filed a ballot measure to repeal the wolf reintroduction, if it makes it it will be on the ballot in 2026 https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/colorado-ballot-measure-wolf-reintroduction/article_65b59508-ca1d-11ef-b77f-0373d7cbe87b.html In other news today...
  6. JimP

    Seven Years Ago

    Just a short seven years ago, the ending of a great hunt.
  7. JimP

    Credit Cards Getting hit for Spring Draws

    Just got a text, Arizona is hitting cards for the spring draws. I have a HAM's javelina tag coming my way.
  8. JimP

    19 Year Old Shoots Wolf

    This happened up in Wisconsin https://www.wjfw.com/news/19-year-old-hunter-shoots-wolf-to-defend-himself-and-fellow-hunters-amid-pack-encounter/article_83671a54-7acc-11ef-8f4b-d35a97259d14.html
  9. JimP

    Tags are Arriving

    I received my Colorado deer muzzle loader tag along with my Utah general season deer muzzle loader tag today.
  10. JimP

    Homemade Rifle Vice

    I've been thinking of picking up a rifle vice to hold my rifles steady while I am doing something with them. Like a number of us I like working on my rifles and installing the scopes and or other sights but have fought with trying to hold them steady in a number of contraptions that I would...
  11. JimP

    WY Unit 90 Pronghorn

    A friend is thinking about a unit 90 pronghorn hunt this year and was wondering how the access is along with the herd health. I threw my hands up and said that I'd ask the pros.
  12. JimP

    Kentucky Banning Hog Hunting

    What's the world coming to? Colorado introducing wolves, wolverines, and wanting you to send them your ticks. Now Kentucky is going to ban hog hunting in the hopes of slowing their advance...
  13. JimP

    Colorado Needs Your Help

    First it was wolves, then came the wolverines. Now Colorado needs your help with ticks of all things. Saw this on FB today.
  14. JimP

    Here Come The Wolverines

    Well, the Colorado Govoner just signed the bill to reintroduce wolverines back into the state. 30 females and 15 males will be released over a three year period...
  15. JimP

    338 Win Mag Barnes 225 gr TTSX

    Just putting this out there, but if any of you enjoy shooting the Barnes Vortex ammo out of your 338 Win mag Midway has some in stock right now with a 2 box limit. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1001616295?pid=673391
  16. JimP

    State Gets Rid of Illegal DeerStands

    They take this stuff serious in Minnesota https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/minnesota-dnr-blows-up-tree-stand/
  17. JimP

    Security Verification

    Is anyone else getting a Security Verification page when they try to access the main pages? I have gotten it a number of times after I close out my browser and then come back on. Once I had to verify that I wasn't a robot but all the other times it goes through.
  18. JimP

    Colorado's Proposed Firearm Laws

    For those of you who come to hunt Colorado here are a few laws that are proposed and are working their way through the legislature as I type this. They are: Liability insurance for your firearm Credit Card tracking on firearm and ammo purchases. Safe Storage of your firearm when in...
  19. JimP

    Utah Applications are Open

    Haven't seen it posted yet so I thought that I would throw it out here for lucky applicants. I put in for Utah's HAM's hunt for Floy Canyon. There is a single non resident tag and since I can't hit the lottery I might get lucky on this one. This hunt is iron sights only for handguns...
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    Possible Look into Colorado's Elk Hunting

    Is this article a look into the future for elk hunting in Colorado...