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I'm no expert on antler growth, but I glassed many winter range areas across the wasatch front and the animals appeared to be very healthy. Based on current snow pack levels statewide and a mild winter on winter ranges...this year should be phenomenal IMO.

They don’t come easy lol, the areas I hike get into at times have me questioning my sanity.

200" bucks are very rare on general units, but then again its a general hunting area managed for opportunity not trophy class bucks. A 170"+ buck is a great buck on a general unit, any one denying that is delusional.

They cut 1000 tags for 2024 when compared to 2023, if thats the case they are not doing a great job. Besides I find 5 170"+ bucks every year where I hunt.

Dedicated Deer Wasatch West 1pt LE ELK Beaver East Late Archery 3pt OIL Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Wasatch West 1pt

Rifle or Archery?

Random is the only truly fair way. PP systems will not work over time if the demand far surpasses a sustainable supply.

As a resident of Utah I concur.

The NM results will 100% be out by or on the 24th, and as you have stated Utah is due on the 25th. You’ll know your NM results before the Utah application period closes, don’t worry.

There is nothing about this situation that is ethical, this guy clearly abused and handled the entire situation horribly. He simply should have just shot the wolf right away, instead he potentially just ruined his life and painted a terrible picture for actual hunters.

You can find mature bucks in both units.

This country is really falling apart, if this is true it will certainly ruin the entire town/area. Where are these rumors coming from?

Instead of antler point restrictions, there should be an antler width restriction, all deer with under a 14" outside antler spread cannot be killed. In my experience 99%+ of mature mule deer bucks are wider than 14" outside, I think this would be better at protecting 1-2 yo deer rather than...

A couple of bucks I was fortunate to take and a friends buck, all bucks were taken in northern Texas in the palo duro canyon.

That is his second expo tag in 3 years.

6A early archery took 11 points guaranteed draw as a nonresident in 2023. Odds for 8 points were 5.5%, the likelihood of you drawing is very small. IMO there are better units that you have a genuine chance if you do more research, also with bigger bulls.

It just depends on your approach to the hunt, the unit has good bucks spread through out the unit both high and low. If you are trying to kill one of the better deer in the unit you likely have to hike your butt off.

I'd highly consider looking at the Oak Creek. It has consistently been producing the best deer out of the LE units in Utah the past several years. You have the points to draw the rifle hunt. A decent mixture of road access and hiking areas. Pretty much the entire unit is under 9000ft...

Sadly Region G will likely never rebound to how it was in it prime! Region G will have still have its ups and downs in terms of deer numbers and quality depending on winters and moisture. But the fact that there are unlimited resident deer tags is the #1 issue, more residents like others have...

What does a hunting license have to do with a shed? This is all NONSENSE!

At least since you are already building points you are working for a hunting opportunity vs just 1 random lottery.

Expo tag is $5 per ticket

$100 for 0.2% chance...yikes

Unfortunately it’s just supply and demand, the demand for high quality elk hunts is higher than ever because of increased hunting interest, social media, and youtube. This brings more people into playing a broken system in terms of points. Even if they removed any point system and made it a...

One of the issues here is the "I need to draw this LE tag to kill a 300+ bull", yes its easier to kill big bulls in areas with higher age class and lower hunting pressure. But there are 300"+ bulls on almost every unit that holds elk in the west. There are people that kill big bulls nearly every...

Did you end up going on your hunt? I heard that the pronghorn there took a beating last winter, and some left the unit.

This study was done done using rats, but I believe many of the finding and outcomes apply to human living in congested areas. The kind of reckless and delusional thinking that people have living in cities is mind boggling, only the people imo that spend enough time in nature by themselves...

Congrats on a great tag, I had a tag in the sheldon last year. I'll PM you.

Road access is decent in all of those units, all three of those units also have good genetics and high numbers of mature bulls. Manti and Wasatch def have the highest elk populations in the state. They are both capable of producing 400" elk though not often. I'd give Manti an edge over Wasatch...

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I thought we were grown adults, let's be respectful to one another! If you are going to message someone something negative make it a PM.

It's all about strategy, I spend countless hours reading state regulations and draw odds. Making predictions based off of patterns, I could have drew several Limited Draw tags this year in other states if I put in, but I don't have the time this year. 2 of those Nevada tags were FCFS, since they...

I started western hunting in 2021, since then: 2021: -Wyoming general Elk -Utah general season Deer 2022: -NV archery Deer -NV rifle Pronghorn -NV early rifle Elk -Montana LE archery Elk -Montana general Deer Still waiting on Colorado and Utah, 2023: -NM rifle Pronghorn

This hunt was This hunt is wyoming elk unit 106.

Excellent outfitter, I killed my first bull in 2021! Saw about 30-40 elk in about 1 1/2 days, and killed my bull on 2nd morning. The top end bulls range from 280-350+.

Access will be better for 61, don't know the quality difference.

Here are some pictures of the hunt