Recent content by gl7mm

You are kind of in never never land - you are way behind the premium units 2,201,10,and 61 early will be hard to catch - you could possibly draw unit 76 1st rifle - I know that is an excellent archery and muzzleloader hunt for average bulls - not sure when the migrate out though. It is pretty...

Nice west river whitey sdmuleybuck. I hope I find out blue tongue isn't the issue. Have to see what the pattern of death is.

I am heading to friends large ranch in west central So Dakota for opening deer hunting. This spring and summer He found quite a few dead deer - wt and muleys - including a number of mature bucks still carrying antlers. I know it was a rough weather year but I am very concerned that blue tongue...

The draw odds section of this website is excellent and will narrow your choices down to units you can draw with 9 points. I would suggest you narrow down to a few units and go to the CDOW and pull statistics, maps etc and when you have narrowed your choices down a bit and to specific units you...

We hunted it 3rd season a few years back. Great hunt and between the migration and rut getting going later in season saw a lot of real high quality bucks. With late season dates this is the year to hunt it. It is an easy hunt relatively speaking although there are plenty of places to stretch...

I received this email from UDWR regarding utah's changes to nonresident big game applications. I especially enjoyed the candor of the second line - if only they had added "except for all the tags we sell to the highest bidder" If you've ever tried to obtain a Utah big game hunting permit-and...

You can't compare Utah to Nevada or Wyoming in Non-Res opportunity. Wyoming has thousands of limited entry tags as does Nevada. Utah has what 80 LE deer tags - 1 or 2 Henrys tags? I will agree Arizona is similar. This change Utah is proposing isn't about opportunity it is about convincing...

Utah is simply trying to give the Non-resident the impression that they are getting "more" for their hunting license dollar. Rather than focusing on the real issue which is the ridiculous number of deer tags given to the various organizations for sale to the highest bidder versus the paltry...

First I appreciate the fact that every state has to raise funds if they want to increase hunter opportunity. And we should all be grateful that we have organizations filled with volunteers to help with the desperately needed projects. We have an obligation to support them financially. I have...

The difference between Wyoming and Utah is that I will hunt in wyoming in 3 to 5 years. Statistically I won't hunt deer in Utah for 20 years. Same with Nevada - I will pay but I know I will get a tag there in 3-10 years depending on unit. With the paltry number of non-resident tags available...

I'm dropping utah - just aren't enough tags available. I have 5 and will never draw Henrys, Pauns, Bookcliffs or Vernon. Plus this is just the start they will increase the cost every couple of years and reduce the tag numbers further (or give them to the clubs to auction off.)

This could just as well be a 3 question survey. 1. Are you a resident that does not own any land/habitat? 2. Are you a resident who owns land/habitat or an outfitter. 3. Are you a non-resident who has watched his hunting opportunities diminish and the costs escalate? It is pretty simple to...

If you stay in the top tier of units, which unit you pick will have less to do with your success than how hard you hunt, the weather and good old fashioned luck. This is a do you like bud light or miller light question. The top units 10, 21 66 44 etc etc. are all great units - go hunt one of...

I just tried my first bunch (4) of platinums last nite. They appeared to shoot well in my 22" barreled ruger 7750. One serious complaint I have is the black plastic seal is very hard to get started in the barrel end. I have never had any problem with the 345 regulars with the green seal getting...

22 is a good tag although it like most areas was better in years past and before the prolonged drought and other factors reduced the deer numbers. Nevada to its credit has cut their tags back and maintained their trophy quality. With some luck you can kill a good buck in 22. The unit is very...