Recent content by D_Hoyt

I would not touch the Kamas. I know someone who had it last year, and they did harvest a goat.

I’ve always wondered how Wyoming has managed to keep this state law in place. Wilderness areas are federally managed lands, not state managed. The state does have primacy for wildlife management. If any of those people cited went to court, I bet they could get the citation overturned and...

You are correct that it is a lot more than a few nannies and one bad winter. Look at what happened on Willard Peak. I saw 200 goats on WP circa 2018 helping a friend get his 13 year old goat. Now, there might be 40. I figure I should burn my points soon while we still have goat to hunt in Utah.

All the Uintah units lost 20-30% of the mountain goat population during the winter of all winters and hunters took too many nannies in 2023. So, DWR recommended cutting permits for 2024. I did put in for one of those units because I can be up there in 40 minutes from my house. There are still...

Good luck to everyone in the Utah big game draws this year. I’m very glad that we only have to wait a few weeks rather than several months to get back our results in 2024. If I were a betting man, I’d wager that I’ll strike out on limited entry elk with 22 points, but that I will draw a...

I’m optimistic that I will draw a limited entry elk tag in Utah in 2024 with 22 bonus points or a once-in-a-lifetime mountain goat permit with 20 bonus points 🐐. I put my daughter in for general season rifle deer, youth elk, limited entry elk, and moose. This will be her second season hunting...

The BLM released the preliminary alternatives today to close a bunch of roads in the San Rafael Swell. I've never hunted out there, but I'm sure many of you have. I've attached a link to the maps and a comment letter generator...

Make it archery only. Then, it doesn't matter how many hunters are on there. Archery is always the lowest success rate of any weapon type.

Stop? No. But, NEPA slows everything down. Even solar. The biggest hurdles will be grid capacity and battery storage. It's just not there.

The BLM goal is 700,000 acres of solar across 11 western states over the next 20 years. It will never happen because of NEPA and rights-of-way issues. Plus, once you build it there isn't capacity in the grid.

Mine tend to get higher. It's like telling the wife that you'll take the first buck with 3 points or more on one side. After passing up a few of those, it becomes 4 points on one side. Then, it becomes, I don't want to go to work, so let's see if we can't find a 30 incher.

They should do one for the African continent. NM and Texas both stand out.

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