Recent content by Bkule

To finish this thread: I did not get a deer. Saw very few. Most locals with whom I talked felt that the season should have been cancelled and a moratorium enacted to allow recovery. Hunted hard entire season, before and after the Sun. In retro it was a pooly chosen unit, having only myself to...

Fun fact for Wyoming hunters: Decided to add two days of duck hunting after my deer hunt in Wyom. Called to see if my license was enough (knew it wasn't) But informed this: 1. Need separate small game hunting license 2. need HIP permit 3. need US migratory game reporting permit 4. need...

Looking at recent draw odds for a Utah tag.......1 non-res tag and 4992 applicants.......probably not a good idea for everyone to pre-scout this unit. The time and money can be better spent in other ways. JMO......BK

I hunted several times with a very well known and successful western artist. When I asked him to evaluate his own work, he said "I'm as good as any of them......except Leon Parsons". These are a very good value from the best of the best.....glws.....BK

How does Wyoming address the worst winter kill in 50 years? This unit is a good example. They double the deer tags offered. Yup...that's their way of thinking. In 2021 this unit had 200 muley tags and 75 whitetail tags. This year, after the die off, they offer 315 muley tags and 150 whitetail...

I also will be in Reg D this year for the first time. (although in Unit 78, controlled) It is very difficult to get much specific data, for sure. The Wyo Game and Fish site has a lot of good info, but the patchwork of public/private land may make buying one of the hunt programs for your phone or...

All I had left in 243 was 85 grain Speer BT with 44.0 grn of 4350, and thought bullet too soft for deer, although I have taken antelope with it. Gonna load some deer loads and shoot when weather not so hot......am all set up to load 95 grn Partitions...........BK

The more I have shot this 300 Win, the better I like it. Recoil is stout, but not intolerable. Attached foto from shooting session in desert.....not ideal conditions. The groups are quite good for me....the numbers beside the load are the COAL, not the group size....................BK

Utah's spectacular Book Cliffs: Muley heaven in 1970

If you're talking about modern in-line, primer fired, sabot shooting and scoped muzzleloading-like devices, you should have no trouble. If you're talking open sighted, external hammer, real black powder and lead bullet caplocks, you can do it if you work at it. If you're talking flintlock, then...

i want to hunt

When I posted this thread, I had hoped for replies like: 1. It is heavily timbered, shots are usually under 200 yards, or 2. It is open country with timbered stringers, shots often over 350 yards, or 3. very windy in Wyoming, choose accordingly. But most thought I was asking whether a 300 Win...

Very nice write up and very nice buck..... especially like the way you did it.....from the planning to the shooting. I have a Wyoming tag this year.....hope to duplicate your success. Learned a bit from your report. Thanks for posting..................BK

Just as an update, I received and mounted my scope on my 300 WM.....a 3-15 VX 5 Leupold. I must say that these old eyes have never had it so good. Optics have improved a lot since I bought my last scope 12 years ago. Or so. I shot the rifle a bit, in a typical break in proceedure.......it was...