NimrodOutdoors
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Well this year started off last year when my wife with 19 points didn't draw her LE Bull Elk tag like we though she should have. We were upset and confused at the same time. We decided that it would be OK and that she would defiantly draw this year.
Well as we went out to get our Christmas tree the end of November, my wife took a spill on a patch of ice in the trail. She ended up breaking her knee. A few months later as we were putting in for the Utah Big Game Draws she was just getting off crutches and wasnt sure she wanted to be put in for this year. I talked her into it and we submitted the applications. We know she would draw with 20 points and we would have to get her ready.
A few months later the draw results were about to come out. People were getting excited as were we with much anticipation. I started to notic people saying on social media that their CC were starting to get hit. I kept checking and rechecking and nothing. We had to leave that weekend and go to the ranch (where there is very little cell service) to work the cows. This did not make me happy because I knew the emails would be coming out really soon.
We were setting eating lunch and happend to be in a perfect spot for cell service and i noticed that I had some new emails. I excitedly opened the email addressed to my wife and was stunned...shocked....and then outraged. Again she did not draw her Elk Tag. How was that possible. I then read the emails for my 2 sons and they both drew their deer tags so I was feeling a little better. I then opened my email only to see that I had not drawn my Dedicated Hunter tag. Again the anger at the DWR set in. I then skimmed down the rest of the email and stopped..."Successful". What??? I had drawn something. I set in disbelief and my wife noticed my silence and said, "What did you draw?" I showed her my phone and it was "Successful for Utah Once in a Lifetime Moose Tag"
All the sudden the disbelief and anger about the draw results went away. I was the lucky one this year. This was going to be an awesome year and it was just starting.
***Nimrod Outdoors***
www.beanimrod.com
Well as we went out to get our Christmas tree the end of November, my wife took a spill on a patch of ice in the trail. She ended up breaking her knee. A few months later as we were putting in for the Utah Big Game Draws she was just getting off crutches and wasnt sure she wanted to be put in for this year. I talked her into it and we submitted the applications. We know she would draw with 20 points and we would have to get her ready.
A few months later the draw results were about to come out. People were getting excited as were we with much anticipation. I started to notic people saying on social media that their CC were starting to get hit. I kept checking and rechecking and nothing. We had to leave that weekend and go to the ranch (where there is very little cell service) to work the cows. This did not make me happy because I knew the emails would be coming out really soon.
We were setting eating lunch and happend to be in a perfect spot for cell service and i noticed that I had some new emails. I excitedly opened the email addressed to my wife and was stunned...shocked....and then outraged. Again she did not draw her Elk Tag. How was that possible. I then read the emails for my 2 sons and they both drew their deer tags so I was feeling a little better. I then opened my email only to see that I had not drawn my Dedicated Hunter tag. Again the anger at the DWR set in. I then skimmed down the rest of the email and stopped..."Successful". What??? I had drawn something. I set in disbelief and my wife noticed my silence and said, "What did you draw?" I showed her my phone and it was "Successful for Utah Once in a Lifetime Moose Tag"
All the sudden the disbelief and anger about the draw results went away. I was the lucky one this year. This was going to be an awesome year and it was just starting.
***Nimrod Outdoors***
www.beanimrod.com