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I got lucky and drew an oryx tag for the Stallion range for Sep 13-15. If anyone has any info or advice they would like to share I would appreciate it.

I had an awesome hunt with my son Hunter and best friend Cory Hays. My son was able to harvest this mature billy on opening morning. We watched this billy and another for two days before the hunt. This goat had the best hair of any billy we saw. To get around some cliffs opening morning we...

I am still hunting with my son. any information would be appreciated. We hunted Hanks valley last weekend and didn't see much.

The goat with the patch of hair hanging on appeared to be the oldest.

PM sent. We hiked into an area over the weekend and saw a ton of nannies and kids. We did find four billies together. Two of them looked older than the others and had big bodies and "horse" looking heads. I don't know if they are shooters or not. Their horns didn't seem too long but I don't...

Out of the blue today I got a call that my son could have a G12 goat tag that was recently turned in. We obviously said we would take the tag!! The only problem is I haven't spent a lot of time in the unit looking for goats. I live near the unit and plan on scouting this weekend and all of...

I looked on the North end on 8/07. There are no acorns or manzanita berries this year. Saw very little bear sign. I think if you can find the serviceberry or chokecherry there will be bear. Maybe the acorns did better further south in the unit.

Here are a few more pics

Thanks for the comments. His g1s and 2s vary from 19-22. His 3 on the left is 26 and his 4 is 25. His 3 and 4 on the right are slightly less. I will load some more pics tomorrow.

After 17 years of applying I finally drew the tag I had been holding out for. I made the most of the opportunity by scouting a bunch in the summer and fall with my good friend Cory Hays and our boys. Cory knows the unit well and we had a couple of good bulls found in the days leading up to the...

The last storm dropped a lot of snow on the winter range for unit 53. The coyotes were already taking a toll on the fawn population and I can only imagine what the extra snow has made their job a lot easier. Hopefully the forecasted warm weather will show up soon. Either way there is...

I drew as a resident with 4 pts. I wasted a point but wanted to hunt rather than accumulate points. I know a lot of people that put in with 2 pts and didn't draw in fAct I don't know anyone that drew with 2 pts. Three points seems to be the magic number for residents. I am not sure what it...

I drew a unit 53 3rd season tag this year. I spent quite a bit of time looking at the winter range and picking up horns and never did see anything exceptional. From talking to some of the local mule deer experts it sounds like the quality has gone down hill the last few years. I thought about...

The amount of points is kind of embarassing. I grew up in Utah and started putting in for moose when I could. After seven years I switched to desert bighorn and figured I may draw out if I put in for 30 years. I got lucky and drew an Escalante tag with 6 points so I started putting in for...

Wow, thanks for sharing the photo and story of your 2013 hunts. That is a awesome bull and definetly shows what the unit is capable of. I checked out your website and you have taken some great bulls over the years.