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That quote with the DEI goals certainly seemed believable. Had me there for a second. Haha.

We hunted this unit for two of my kids during late rifle in 2020 and 2022. And my nephew hunted it in 2021. The 2021 burn in the wilderness area really buggered where we hunted in 2020, so had to change tactics in 2022. As folks have said, it can be highly competitive.

Alligator. 6 foot. Lived in southeast FL for 5 years for my first job out of college. Would take my kids to the Everglades occasionally to get away from the city. One time trying to bass fish with my son’s sea pole, a 6’ alligator swam over the line. So, I thought it would be cute for my kids...

Ah. Ok. Wasn’t sure if the age requirement you were referring to was losing his youth status or turning 12. Unfortunately, I don’t think I have any useful info on units he would be able to hunt this year. Three of my kids have deer hunted CO as youth, but with a few points.

How many points does he have?

Archery mostly…but more and more I’m enjoying the easier-to-care for meat in later rifle seasons.

Interestingly, the whole pack goats being a disease vector for bighorn sheep was litigated in the courts about a decade ago. Proven that they are decidedly not and ruled accordingly. Access can no longer be prohibited to packers with pack goats. Notably, the pack goats have made our hunts much...

Wasn’t the plan this year, but now my oldest son is finally ready to cash out his NR points. We’ve hunted CO for elk and deer hunts for his younger siblings at lesser point levels, so we know a few lower tier units. He has 12 deer points and 9 elk points. I’m kinda leaning towards just doing...

Yeah, I’ve had 5 kids that all struggled as 12-13 year olds finding game in the scope in the heat of the moment. I often took for granted the skills that now come so naturally after decades of practice, but are surprisingly difficult for newbies.

I’m genuinely curious…are these folks “idiots” for not following the UT law regarding orange or is it that they are unsafe? Are hunters in ID and AZ idiots, too, if not wearing orange? (And I’ll stipulate that during general season hunts in Utah, it’s definitely both)

See Vanilla’s post #102 above and let it sink in. Who the hell are you to criticize another hunter, apparently a young hunter no less, for by all accounts a perfectly legal harvest. Do you condemn every hunter that harvests a uniquely configured antlered buck or bull? If so, why are you on this...

1) Start by keeping them away from Disney shows/movies and such that humanize animals. 2) Feed them quality tasting, well-prepared game meat regularly, even if you have to get it from someone, and as they are enjoying it, point out what it is and where it came from. 3) Have hunting movie...

Just saw this thread. Must’ve missed it in January. I swear that half the folks on this forum are sounding just like the antis on all the other hippie sites throughout the WWW. WTH is going on here??

Getting my kids into hunting (both the sons and the daughters) was one of the best things I ever done. I always taught them hunting was a metaphor for life. Challenging mentally, emotionally, and physically…just like life. Occasionally fun, but often painful. Have to learn to never give up, and...

Hard to predict some things with certainty, but I’ll predict this one thing…the day WY starts a res point system is the day I accelerate my plan to move there and start building res points immediately. 🤪