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Great story and a world-class buck. Big congrats. That's magazine worthy stuff and thanks for sharing it here on MM. Well written. Is it possible you shot off the main beam? I bet you do a full body mount on him. He has a great body and that'd be a great mount. Thanks for the great...

I'm blacklisted; no invite. My daughter got an invitation, and she hasn't gotten a license for years. I haven't heard from anyone else that was invited. It always makes me wonder if they have an identified audience and want to make sure they get the desired responses for their presentations...

Numbers 8-10 are really good. If you are like the SE region, it could also be said that the G&F (biologists) also seem to just "experiment" with seasons and management changes. And when the change doesn't give the desired result, they just quickly change to another strategy. #3 is likely the...

It's on private lands, so I can use more than one barrel. I use one vertical barrel. Fill it with popcorn and the leftover cakes, donuts, breads, etc the store lets me have. The roller barrel is filled with COB (corn, oats and barley) that's treated with molasses. I also sometimes put some...

I'll hunt bears. It's a great time to get out and have a low-stress hunt. Camp, shed hunt, fish, etc and then sit on a bear bait in the evening. I'll put out a couple of baits and hope to shoot another good one. Here's last year's bear on the bait.

Great story and adventure. Thanks for posting it. And I'm jealous.

I always lube the gasket. Don't fill the filter. I'm old, but I also wonder how many people actually change their own oil any more. I've never paid anyone to change my oil, for the same reason feddoc stated above. I might not know more than the guy at the shop, but I do know I care and will...

I had a colleague who ran part of the program for which I worked the last few years of my job. He was a foreigner, and an avid vegetarian/vegan that had other negative attributes, too. The sad thing was, he had 5 subordinate employees. He hired 4 vegans and would likely have had 5 if he...

I don't know specifically about Star Valley. But I"ll bet there are many options. I do know 4-H is always looking for volunteer leaders for shooting sports and conservation/wildlife projects. And G&F has a shortage of hunter safety instructors, so that's another option. Thanks for being...

Thanks for sharing. Interesting stuff. I agree that it makes a big difference if it's inside or outside spread. And I doubt they have many bucks in that sample in the 5, 6, and 7 year old categories for each year. Either way, it is cool stuff and I wish we had this sort of info in the...

Our deer don't migrate. They live within a few sections.

Good topic and great answers. My dad taught me to handload in the 60's and I have never shot anything bigger than a rodent with factory ammo. I have tons of brass and lots of powder, primers and bullets. I had a lot on hand before Covid, but still buy stuff. I haven't penciled it lately...

Culling only works when the disease is not endemic in the area. Once the disease is endemic and the prions are established in the ecosystem, culling is meaningless. Here's a quote from a research project completed by Conner: Conner says: “Once prevalence reaches high levels and significant...

This is a complicated issue. I've studied it for decades and am still after it. CWD does kill deer but it is only one of many factors that kill deer. So do hunters, predators, weather, vehicles, other diseases and more. Season management is the #1 killer of mule deer. I live, hunt and have...

Most of you don't remember. There was a really bad winter in the early 80's too. I think it was 82-83, but might have been the following winter. That was the last winter that really hammered things here in Eastern WY. The winter of 22-23 really didn't have much impact here. That one in the...

I couldn't answer. It's always "Best legal weapon." Rifle is best, but only if it's a good area with trophy potential. If the quality of the hunt is better, I"ll go with muzz or archery. In Wyoming, we don't have many muzz choices, so it is usually either rifle or archery. I'll hunt with...

People are right. I love Wyoming. I'll die here. But the wind absolutely sucks (and blows). From Nov to April or May where I live. Highways closed, roads drifted, semis blown over, access limited to many places due to drifts unless you are tracked up or snow machine. Wind and weather keep...

This whole situation saddens me. For several years, I thought I was alone in my total lack of faith in Game and Fish. Now, it appears that everyone has the same experience and sentiment. G&F has their dog and pony show, never actually listens or changes anything and does exactly what they...

Good thing I'm left-handed. Those right-handed shovels just don't fit my hands!!

Don't own and won't own a Creedmoor. Sometimes a 9mm, sometimes 45 ACP. Always a rifle, which could be anything from a 223 or 22-250 to the 300 Win Mag. Most often the 300 Win.

It's a big heavy Slumberjack. Great sleeping bag. Lotsa room and really warm. It's 2 bags; one zipped inside the other. But you don't want to carry it more than 50 yards from the truck. It's heavy. Everybody should have one like that.

I forgot I have a couple of kinds of tape and a good-sized first aid kit too. Plus moleskin, bloodstop and a small first aid kit in my pack. Lots of knives and fire starter stuff too. When I go out in style, I let PC carry the beer. Since he's from Cali and Woodlake, he likely prefers Bud...

Yup. A lot of my stuff stays in a special plastic 5 gallon bucket in the bed of my pickup because all of it won't fit in the tool boxes. My old crew cab also has a lot of room behind the back seat. Quite a bit there, too.

The post about sleeping in a pickup got me to thinking........ Maybe I have a whole lot more stuff in my pickup than most people. Here's a list of some of the stuff I have: Tools - wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, etc Tow Ropes Shovel Ax star lug wrench with cheater pipe Ratchet straps...

My 4 wheeler is often/usually in the back of hte pickup. And one pickup has a gooseneck ball right in the middle; not the kind you can turn over. And the ground is more spacious, warmer and as has been said, I have to pee at least twice. It's a lot easier to pee from the ground than in a...

Here are a few of my recent camps. If it's gonna rain, I try to get under the tarp or just head somewhere protected. Otherwise, I just try to find a flat spot. I'm kind of a sissy now, and take pillows. If the wind is howling, I get down in a deep cut or behind something like the snow fence...

I'm learning all kinds of stuff from you guys. As usual. Thanks,

I know everybody but me is in SLC eating lunch with Elkasassin and others. I hope all of you draw great licenses. I've been wondering for a while about this. I see in a lot of articles, vidoes, etc where people sleep in the bed of their pickup. That just doesn't make sense to me. With a...

The thing that really gets me is all of the people that use a spotting scope standing up. WHY??? And most of the time they are on the skyline, like they are trying to mark their territory while spooking wildlife. Glassing standing up is a way to let the critters see you and to get tired...

It's all been said - and then some. I also want to mention the $200,000 G&F has allocated toward aerial gunning of coyotes in G (Wyoming Range). That is another good thing and will also help. The fencing and highway crossings will also help. Thanks to everyone who has been involved in those...

Congrats to both of you on a fun and memorable adventure. I'm curious as to how far the buck travelled before he bedded down. Do you have an estimate? It's always good to learn a bit more if we can. Thanks.

I hunt and scout by myself a lot. Had a run-in with a black bear boar in the Upper Hoback once. By myself, off the trail for a couple of hours and sitting under a fir tree glassing for a big buck. A sixth sense told me to look over my shoulder and there was a big boar bear about 20-30 yards...

I waited for others to respond before I "chimed in." I'll be glad to help whether you hunt with us or choose another option. We don't take a lot of hunters, so starting early is important. I will say that we don't take any general season elk hunters. We've taken 1 per year in there past...

A few other things worth mentioning...... The processing.........Many of the ranchers and hunters don't really want the harvested elk. I've been informed that if they don't want the elk, just field dress them, notify G&F and the G&F will swing by and take the elk to be processed. After...

On corner crossing......... Grab your map or OnX. There are so few corners in area 6 you won't make any significant difference. One place where a small piece of BLM hits the county road. There are a couple of decent school sections with access. We pounded those last week and saw zip. Those...

I agree the primary problem is transparency. If G&F is delusional enough to think this isn't going to stir up controversy and rumors (see all the comments above) then they have entirely missed the boat. They should "come clean" and inform the public exactly what's happening, from goals to...

Unlike most folks, I still hunt for myself for fun. I don't have to kill a buck to have fun. As has been said, I think 180 is a good standard. Problem is, many to most folks can't tell a 180 quickly. I will also shoot a rugged old buck with mass, especially if he has some trash. I'm not a...

Big congrats, Wiz. Glad you and your dad got to share a hunt. Yep, too bad there weren't more whiteys. My hope is that with the whitetail numbers down, it'll give the mule deer a chance to recover a bit. If you and Nontypical can figure out the reasoning behind the way our Wyoming folks...

Strelok. I've used it for a long time. And on Android. I think it'll keep loading on new phones as long as I keep it on my existing phone. There might be better systems, but I have used it a long time and it is familiar and handy. Works for me.