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1st 30-30 2nd 7 Remington mag 3rd 22-250 4th 300wsm 5th inherited a 1953 Remington 725 30-06

I was just in there helping a friend with his cow elk tag. He filled it Sunday morning there were multiple bulls with the herd and they were bugling. By 8:30 am they were in the trees and disappeared Saturday so Sunday we used a road that came in behind them got there 5 minutes before legal...

2022 hunting season started off good with my biggest antelope yet on opening day here in Idaho.

I shot the Vap ss last year with the 95gr insert to get the foc higher. It put me at 536gr arrow at 265fps. They worked great, but the arc at 265fps vs 295fps (my old arrows) cost me a 6x7 bull when I clipped a branch that at 295fps wouldn't have been a problem. I switched to Gold Tip Kintec...

Awesome pronghorn! especially for Idaho. I can't wait for the September 1st

Set up my blind and saw 2 nice bucks and 5-6 does which is pretty typical. It's huge country out there and there's water everywhere especially with the thunderstorms last week. Keep looking you'll find them.

It took me 7 years of hunting there to finally find a waterhole that wasn't to close to a road. "Scouting" in February for any big game is a waste of time as far as Scouting is concerned. Those big "herds" on the winter range break up come spring time and the mature bucks start claiming their...

Unfortunately the chipmunk association has locked up their property since 2015 they own a big chunk of land northwest of silver city. It's where I hunted when I had the tag in 2014

If you have OnX it shows you camp grounds. A quick 30 second scan and I found some around magic reservoir. I highly suggest learning how to use OnX. You can way point blood trails, beds, where you need to turn. I've used the ruler to measure water holes or across canyons and have found it to be...

I've had the Dec. Cow tag the last 4 years, other than the first year I haven't found any elk until the last 2 weeks of Dec. Pray for cold and snow

I find it hilarious that people think that the two point only hunt is wiping out all the bucks. Come November there's always post about how there's only small bucks. I've had the archery tag and I saw at least one mature buck over 26" every day. I took my wife out there 2 years ago for a easy...

My friend had that tag last year. We only saw 1 22" 4 point. He spent two weeks out there. He started at the Nevada border and worked his way up. Tons of 2 points, I thought they all got shot in the general hunt according to the popular opinion about 2 point only hunts. I've also elk hunted it...

Unlimited archery antelope, cow elk, extra deer all have a 90% or better draw odds

I tried the victory vaps ss elites last year with a 90gr insert 100 gr tips. They are expensive but they don't bend like I've seen the fmj's do. I got my foc up and overall weight up as well. 29.5" arrow total weight was 536 fps foc was close to 15٪ and the bow got quite a bit quieter. I shot...