Hi everyone, as my handle says, I was/still am an archer at heart from western PA. I shot competitive 3D archery in the 90s and into the early 2000s successfully at the national level. I was fortunate enough to meet some swell fellas (who all seemed to be from AZ) and was ridiculously lucky in drawing an AZ NR bull elk tag in 6A with 2 bonus points way back in 1999. Greatest week of my life hunting by a huge margin and we totally DIYed it. It was just so awesome.
Then life/kids came along and it just became impossible to do everything. I closed my archery shop and eventually dropped off the 3D circuit. I also happened to meet some good guys from IA and have been hunting IA archery whitetail deer every couple/few years but now in my early 50s, I realize the time to plot out some western hunting is now (actually, I am late, but better late than never). So here I am.
I am ready to start the process again. Unfortunately, I don't have a hunting partner as of yet, my old partner and I have parted ways. So I am gonna start here on my own and see if I can turn up a partner. My goal is to begin to come west for either a mulie or elk with some regularity, rifle or archery, and work it in with my IA whitetail hunting. My area in PA is so overpressured for whitetail it's discouraging to even think about going out. 750,000+ hunters in a 44,000 sq mile state does that. Looking forward to getting back out west. All states are in play if the right opportunity comes along.
Then life/kids came along and it just became impossible to do everything. I closed my archery shop and eventually dropped off the 3D circuit. I also happened to meet some good guys from IA and have been hunting IA archery whitetail deer every couple/few years but now in my early 50s, I realize the time to plot out some western hunting is now (actually, I am late, but better late than never). So here I am.
I am ready to start the process again. Unfortunately, I don't have a hunting partner as of yet, my old partner and I have parted ways. So I am gonna start here on my own and see if I can turn up a partner. My goal is to begin to come west for either a mulie or elk with some regularity, rifle or archery, and work it in with my IA whitetail hunting. My area in PA is so overpressured for whitetail it's discouraging to even think about going out. 750,000+ hunters in a 44,000 sq mile state does that. Looking forward to getting back out west. All states are in play if the right opportunity comes along.
