sageadvice
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I just don't got it anymore guys!! I used to be able to hold off for a good one. Seems with age, i've gotten more and more about having a good time, the meeting of other like minded people, looking at lots of animals, and taking a nice respectable buck.
My 2010 zone 5 "Big Vally" lope hunt was never more an example to myself that i just don't put the importance in getting a big trophy that i used to. Not sure that i understand what's going on in my head but i do know that i seem to slowly be changing as i get older, it's not really bothering me much, but the change is noticeable in the animals i'm taking, when before, i would have passed while continuing to hunt for bigger ones.
The scouting part of the trip was probably the highlight of the trip. I had made a few contacts through here and from other friends long before i ever left town and they paid off big time. No sooner had i made it up to the Adin and Bieber area, than i had a couple successful door knocking experiences with exclusive and free permission to hunt given as the result. 2 different ranches, 2 totally different kinds of places, but each place holding maybe 25-30 antelope, that i saw daily, including multiple shooter antelope bucks and the promise of even more to move into the area as the season progressed. It turns out that both these places that i was directed to were among the areas best, according to the locals, places to get permission if a guy can/could.
More, plus some of my chitty pic's to follow...
Joey
My 2010 zone 5 "Big Vally" lope hunt was never more an example to myself that i just don't put the importance in getting a big trophy that i used to. Not sure that i understand what's going on in my head but i do know that i seem to slowly be changing as i get older, it's not really bothering me much, but the change is noticeable in the animals i'm taking, when before, i would have passed while continuing to hunt for bigger ones.
The scouting part of the trip was probably the highlight of the trip. I had made a few contacts through here and from other friends long before i ever left town and they paid off big time. No sooner had i made it up to the Adin and Bieber area, than i had a couple successful door knocking experiences with exclusive and free permission to hunt given as the result. 2 different ranches, 2 totally different kinds of places, but each place holding maybe 25-30 antelope, that i saw daily, including multiple shooter antelope bucks and the promise of even more to move into the area as the season progressed. It turns out that both these places that i was directed to were among the areas best, according to the locals, places to get permission if a guy can/could.
More, plus some of my chitty pic's to follow...
Joey