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Ok, here's one more crazy part of the saddlebag buck story that I just learned. The moose hunter who sent the pic of the buck to Ryan (the guy who sent the pic to me) - made the saddlebags for Ryan!! I couldn't make this stuff up!

That's interesting!

Thanks! I submitted it to Thanks Gator - appreciate the kind words

I appreciate you pulling the strings!

Well, I'll just quit my whining about not getting the story into a magazine... Eastmans' were good to their word!

Thanks guys - You know how to make a guy feel rewarded for his efforts!

Here's a story of one of the most unusual ways I've ever found a shed... https://beguyledblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/tracking-a-shed-horn/

I gave up on the couple magazines who said they were going to publish this story & put it up on my blog. My boy had a late deer tag in Idaho a couple years ago and got a great buck. As good as the buck was, the way it all came together was even more noteworthy...

We had a great hunt & my boy took a 330ish bull on the 3rd day of the rifle season. The 2 best bulls we chased during archery were both broken on the opener of the rifle. I wouldn't think of this as a trophy unit (compared to the trophy units in Utah for example), but this ranks near the best...

Thanks guys. I was up there last weekend and can see we should have a great hunt. Huuuuuge unit and seems like we'll find elk with no trouble. Hopefully we can find a good bull or two to focus on. Picking that 1 spot to hunt seems likely to be the hardest part!

Thanks BigJohnT - you'd think with the entire West praying for snow every year we'd get it once in a while! ;)

Thanks BCDeer - I appreciate any info you can pass along!

Thanks for the info so far guys. I saw the Tipton HMA & wondered about it. They only give 5 permits, so it's another long shot to get that permission, but we'll apply when it opens. We definitely won't bank on it. I'm getting pumped to get up there soon!

Hello all, My boy drew the elk tag in 124. Didn't really even have a hope for the tag at under 6% odds for Nonres with max points. We know the west half of the unit a bit because we have hunted 101 for deer. That was several years ago though, and we paid no attention to the elk. We'll scout it...

Hello all, My boy drew the late muzzleloader hunt on Pine Valley. We've hunted the unit several times during archery, muzzleloader & early rifle. But have limited time on the unit in late Oct / early Nov. We'll be there for the full hunt & will eat the tag if we don't find a good buck (180+)...