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  1. Umpqua Hunter

    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    I've been shooting peep sights on our Oregon muzzleloader seasons for around 40 years. I even equipped a .22 rifle with the same peeps for practice. I have a VERY accurate load for my two Knight rifles with a 460 grain No Excuses lead conical. I may just go with that. It would be limited to...
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    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    I am definitely leaning to the San Juan muzzleloader hunt, though now I am toying with archery on the Beaver. What do you think is the best choice for a muzzleloader scope or red dot? I've heard several mention the Leupold Freedom RDS with the bullet drop turret.
  3. Umpqua Hunter

    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    Ha ha...I have seriously thought of going the coin flip route!
  4. Umpqua Hunter

    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    My concern with #2 (Beaver mid rifle) is if the rut is early and the bulls are leaving the cows and are in transition, and I think that could make for a much tougher hunt. I'm leaning to the muzzleloader hunt on the San Juan or the late rifle hunt on the Beaver. The muzzleloader hunt has me a...
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    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    Thank you JimP! I have had my nose buried in the statistics for over a decade and have a very good handle on what I could likely draw. There are two other applicants at 30 points and none above us. So worst case if I go for a hunt with two tags, I have 33% draw odds. Best case, a guaranteed...
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    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    I'll send you a PM. As far as New Zealand, it is booked for March 2025 with Shane Quinn. :)
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    Help me decide what to do with 30 Utah elk points!

    Hi All. It's been a terribly long time since I have been on. As a first time homebuilder, though I have remodeled in the past, I'm trying to build a high quality empty nester home, I have been buried for quite some time getting our ranch sold and working on the project. So far, so good...
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    My Wife Drew AZ Desert Sheep in 44B North!

    A friend of mine recommended Hottingers as well. Thanks!
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    My Wife Drew AZ Desert Sheep in 44B North!

    That's cool. Here hunt is north of I-10.
  10. Umpqua Hunter

    Looking for game processing in So Cal

    I'm looking for place that will cut and wrap game in Southern California, preferably near Ontario. My wife drew an Arizona desert sheep tag (crazy...huh!). We will be spending time in Ontario after the hunt and I am hoping I can find a place to process the meat for us while we are there.
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    My Wife Drew AZ Desert Sheep in 44B North!

    Hi everyone! It's been forever since I have been on here. I have been buried with building our new home on the North Umpqua River here in Oregon. Knowing my year would be very full, my wife and I only applied for "dream tags" this year. Well, on the last draw of the year for us, my card was...
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    Missing some forum friends

    Howdy everyone! :) We sold our ranch last summer. Tons of work to get that place ready to sell and then moving. We had a 5th wheel delivered to a nearby RV park because I wasn't set-up to tow. A few weeks later, we had lightning fires hit on both sides of us. My wife smelled smoke in the...
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    Help in choosing which AZ Unit Archery Elk

    Here are the NR draw odds from 2019 sorted by bonus points to draw. Draw odds are a good starting point when sorting out top units, but other factors do come into play, such as trending units that applicants at large aren't tracking or in this case hunts that have no tag in the bonus pass that...
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    Arizona outfitters

    A lot depends on the unit you will be hunting.
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    Help in choosing which AZ Unit Archery Elk

    Sent you a PM
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    blacktail trail cam pics

    Another buck on our property, but during the rut.
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    blacktail trail cam pics

    The pic of this blacktail came off our property. I never saw this buck.
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    Here Kitty Kitty....

    It was the East, near Harris Canyon.