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The 2021 guide draw quotas are based upon the previous years quotas. The 2021 general draw quotas won't be approved until the May NDOW Commission meeting. Last year in 2020 the overall general deer tag numbers went up, that's why the 2021 guide quotas have gone up this year. Should the...

I rarely post on here any more, but just couldn't get over the all-knowing Slightlysober's comments. It's amazing that an expert such as himself, or anyone that he knows, has never heard of the 1 thru 4 classification of sheep. I'm sure he's done some research and learned than many of the...

Take a look at the 2019 August NV Wildlife Commission meeting archive. NV's contractor for the draw, Kalkomey, provided the Commission a detailed description of how the draw works and what I would consider a great Power Point presentation. The presentation is available in the archive, item...

LAST EDITED ON May-28-19 AT 10:53AM (MST)[p]You'll have a great hunt. That unit produced the #2 and #3 rams killed in the state last year. I was fortunate enough to be on the hunt where the #3 ram was killed. It's a BIG mountain with plenty of places for a ram to grow old. It's also not near...

I have some friends who hunted sheep out of Soldier Meadows earlier this year. They made it up Slumgullion daily in a lifted Jeep. He said the worst part was actually the bug dust down right out of the ranch. You should be fine in anything with decent ground clearance or a SXS or quad.

This was my base camp in Alaska earlier this fall. Going to be a tough one to beat!

Congrats on a great bull! Thomas and crew are a lot of fun.

I do truly think there are some outfitters who use the helo more for transport and there are others who scout more from the air. When I hunted with MMO in 2015 I did not get the impression that Stan does much scouting from the air. In fact he was concerned with the amount of hours he put on...

I hunted with MMO in 2015 and had an outstanding hunt, it was probably the greatest hunting adventure I've been on to date. I didn't kill my ram until day 9 of the 10 day hunt. The helicopter is a major factor though that you need to weight in. There is no question that with the helicopter...

I think you need to decided what part of the state you want to hunt in and what type of buck you are looking for. You can kill a nice buck in almost any unit in NV, but the bulk of the large deer killed in NV come from the eastern part of the state. With that the draw odds in eastern NV are...

If you're set on a guide I would give Colbe Egge with Silver State Guides a call. They are based out of southern NV and I think would be your best bet for that unit.

I think almost any unit in Nevada now can produce a good bull. Personally though, I think the 11's, 22's, and 231 constantly produce more big bulls than the 6's, 7's, and 8 up north. The terrain in northern NV is more forgiving though than that in Eastern NV, outside of Jarbridge. If you...

Anybody got a picture of the ram?

What an awesome adventure! Congrats on all three trophies, that caribou is a slug! I hunted with MMO last year and agree with everything you said, they are a great outfit. The only bad part about hunting up there is trying to figure out how to go back again! Congrats again.

There is a lot of great info in this post and in the previously mention post. I gave my $.02 in the previous post but have subsequently gone on my sheep hunt in the NWT. A couple other items to consider when looking at Alaska versus Canada is the travel. On the Canada hunts I think you can...