Recent content by Phantom Hunter

Hunting is becoming a rich man’s sport where the ordinary lower to middle class guy has less and less chance each year at a tag while the wealthy buy more and more tags, either at auction or landowner. If the wildlife truly belongs to the people, let the people have equal chance at them not...

All red for me AGAIN 😩. Congrats to all those who found green!

Me neither

Killed one smallish bear I badly misjudged on size. Did not care that much for the meat. I will probably go again since my hunting buddy and my son both want to kill a bear. I doubt I shoot another one unless it definitely on the large side.

Spring wildflowers starting to show here in the southern rolling plains of Tx.

Not so patiently waiting for the results. Used to draw every 2-3 years before NM cut DIY guys down to 6% of available tags. Have not seen a tag since. Hoping for a tag but not really expecting one again this year.

Not as big as many of the bulls that others have taken but my biggest so far. At my age may be my last as hard as tags are to draw! Bull was taken in Colo unit 61. Wood plaque is a slab of mesquite from my place. The ivories are imbedded just below skull plate.

I am rifleman at heart. Muzzy if I need to. Killed one deer with a bow and put it up, was not my thing.

Nice welds! I can stick two pieces of metal together but at best am just a dirt dobber when it comes to welding. My hobbies outside of hunting are fishing, of which I do a lot, gardening, and horses although I don’t ride near as much or as far as I used to.

I guess the staff went to a different type of wildlife management class than I did. What a bunch of baloney for Res and NR.

I voted elephant, just because I at my age I will never be able to get in sheep shape. I do think if one is in good enough physical shape to tackle the sheep mountains it would be a fantastic hunt In beautiful country. This topic is really all just campfire dreams for me as I could never...

Being debt free is great. Been debt free for about 10 years! Can’t imagine being retired and having a mortgage or vehicle payment.

YIKES!

On a trip to Port Isabel Tx last fall I saw my drivers side boat trailer tire go bouncing across the divided highway. Quick shut down avoided catastrophe. A quick look confirmed we needed a complete hub assembly to continue on. Unhook trailer and go back to the nearest town and found the hub...