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You can still purchase your buck/bull points during the Antlerless Application Period- June 5-19. Maybe give you a little relief. Sorry about your dog. I had to put down our dog last Oct. It is a responsibility I've been thru 3 times now and it makes me question if I'm able to do it again...

Nobody holds their moose antlers for photos angled back like most mounts pose the antlers. You can drop the nose more on upright moose mounts, which rolls the antlers up more. There is no better way to show the antlers than a euro- which is the pose I'd choose. You could work the...

1000 Lakes was a collateral damage unit. At the time, so many people said it was a poor quality LE. Even the conservation groups said how poor it was and supported the move to change it to general season. The Conservation Tags brought little money so no one was invested in it. Of course it...

My friend and I did the finish work on a temple remodel. We knew the expectations going in that it had to be perfect and it was. But it did come with some stress. The craftsmanship of some of the Europeans from the pioneer temples is amazing. No Festools or lasers back in the day. Anyone...

I like euros and once it is euroed I usually just sell the cape. Non-typical euros are sweet, You can pick it up, turn it around, look at it from every angle, and put it back on the stand. A big typical I'm torn on shoulder mounting. A gnarly buck like this, he'd be a euro forever if he...

We fished roosters over Thanksgiving out of La Paz. Caught some and had many hits. All from a boat. They think the needle fish are trash fish, but they were fun to catch too and over 3' long. We fished 6 hours and caught roosters, needles, trumpters, and snapper. It was a good day. If I...

Val Geist "Mule Deer Country" is a must for any mule deer hunter- even the ones who can't read as there are some nice pics. Pat McManus books are always a good edition to a book shelf.

I wouldn't waste time, effort, and money trying to get skunk stink out of a tanned cape. Just buy a new cape and save yourself the hassles. There are replacement capes out there. I have 2 elk capes frozen raw from last month. $100 for both- one should work depending on what you need. Or...

What if the previous owner did something? There are risks in buying used. My Zeiss warranty experiences have been completely opposite of the above. I fell hard on a hunt and broke an eyepiece off my binos. I sent them in expecting to be paying to have them fixed. I received a brand new...

Well 5x more Utahns get to hunt G than get to hunt the Oak Creeks. So it makes sense that they have an opinion on G. I want to draw G or H every year like we did pre-points..... I'll look forward to the next time SS comes to Utah to go shed hunting with us.

If the herd has 200,000 doe and those doe birth 350,000+ fawns and by the next spring we have 100,000 fawns left- where did 250,000 fawns go? Save 20% off the loss and we'd add 50,000 more deer to the herd each year..... That is the math equation that needs to be solved.

What if someone shoots an XL 3 point on a management hunt and they feel it is a great trophy for them? Can't the same be said for many of the world class type bucks- if he had one more year. All of the 200" bucks that get killed, what if one or two of them would have become 280" if allowed to...

A few years ago, we had Region K tags and a moose tag in that area when it went to 3 point or better. We found multiple dead 2 points, some close to roads and some aways back in. We watched people shoot at 2 points. It was a mess. I also never understood why we want to place 100% of the...

I've never had anyone want something like that. Mounts from that era are usually hollow inside and made from paper mache. The mount shell was attached to a piece of wood as the back board. I have taken apart old mounts (thanks arsenic) that had debris in the hollow section- which would make...

If you make it up to Utah County, there is an older fellow at Cutlery Corner in Orem that does a good job. On cheap knives he might take a smidge of the blade (which is fine by me), but on the better knives he has done a nice job on the knives I have taken in. Not much cost either. They are...