Recent content by plough

270 is big enough and fast enough...600 yds is way far...study your ballistics, KNOW your drops then start shooting targets...if you are already confident in your gun stay with it...bullet placement is the key...dont worry about your wife and kids...its just one shot and they wont remember the...

pulled the trigger on 38 cow moose app with 21 points...should draw it..my 2 buddies talked me into not giving it away, theyre going...want to hunt the west side cuz im familiar with some of it and want to stay at saratoga

the stuff im replying to is 2 weeks ago..im RELAXING tonite..teaching my grandson how to replace generators on coleman stoves ...any way im gone from this forum...next time i need advice ill ask a drunk in the bear trap at encampment or the wolf or rustic in saratoga...no need to reply ill...

i appreciate the follow up...im 68, live in nm, 6'3 290 lbs, when i started buying points i was 220...life changes alot in 21 years...have 2 knee replacements and 1 total ankle replacement...ive hunted from mexico to the yukon...have taken at least 18 elk, 20 deer, 5 antelope, 1 oryx, 1 caribou...

maybe the reason for anxiety is hes never hunted moose and or not in this area...or hes spent 20 yrs of points and doesnt wanna come home empty handed, or hes fat and old and this will be his last chance...i may be in his spot next year ....appreciate all the info i can get....THANKS!!!

ill keep you guys in mind...gonna pull the trigger with 21 points for unit 38 cow in 2024...was gonna donate it wounded warrior but im feeling alot better..THANKS!!!!

maybe cuz he hasnt hunted one of the dumbest animals on earth in unit 38

thank you and the 2 other guys for showing how smart you are for being able to identify the spot where that bull was killed ..us guys that that have hunted 37 for 40 yrs and the guys that kept their secrets to their deaths will forever be indebted to you

decided to buy more points...gotta freezer full of elk and deer...got 7 deer points...didnt draw nm elk, didnt hurt my feelings..hoping to go unit 81 deer when i get enough points....juggling grandsons school sports in fall

i lived in yankee canyon east of raton in the early 80s...one day i was washing dishes and saw a cow elk on the mountain thru my kitchen window..they were a novelty back then ...i got accustomed to seeing great bucks but i always chose to hunt with my dad down south, glad i did, he died soon...

one thing i thought of during this lawsuit, which ive been watching awhile...the landowner claimed that he owned the space above the corner thus making it impossible to cross over...is it illegal to hire a chopper to drop you on public land? if not he doesnt have a case...ive leased ranches for...

leased the grazing on the mesa top of what is now crazy french in 1981...the most beautiful place that remains in my memory....few elk back then but super wide 30+ bucks that would lay while you rode by them...the north and south sides didnt have a fence because of the cliffs...would like to...

how do you know he hasnt already done that? judge yourself

im 68 and never missed a hunting season deer/elk from 12 yrs old...hunted nm, col, wyo tex, and the yukon...2 new knees and a total ankle replacement....when i was young and didnt kill it was a failure....i let a 32 in 180 minimum walk away the other day...ive ate 12 elk, 20 deer, 2 oryx, 3...

im gonna cash in my 20 points for a cow in 38...done with chasing points...got a place to stay in saratoga...im 68 fat and tired....ill have a 15 yr old grandson along that thinks hes tough for help...killed a decent buck in ryan park years ago, havent been there since...be appreciative of...