Recent content by Willywalnuts

Thank you, great bucks!!

I drew a unit 35 archery deer tag, it's been very difficult finding information about this hunt online. My plan is to go for the opener (aug 10th) and pack in and camp for five days and try and put a buck to bed in the mornings and get a stalk in everyday if possible. I'm just wondering if...

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I'll do my best, had some difficulties uploading those blacktail pics it turned into quite a pain. I've got a few pictures of some decent bucks through my spotting scope but spent very little time taking pictures and far more time hunting.

Thanks man, For a minute I thought I was in the minority there. Probably won't be the last time something like that happens, I just always assume when you get a limited draw like that the allure is getting to hunt good ground without dealing with the crowds you experience in a general season...

Would you see people hunting an animal and purposely stop your vehicle and try to get that animal first? Are you saying I should hunt private land or expect that type of behavior? Haha I honestly wasn?t that pissed off about it until you made the comment about the whole owning the mountain...

Glad to know your an expert on why animals are limping. Do you ask them why? Is that how you determine how long they have been in pain? Look I get what your point is, your out hunting and a wounded animal comes out in front of you, you shoot it right! This situation is a little different, these...

Does that mean your the guy that saw my truck and decided to park next to it and glass the area to see what was going on? Does that accusation make you feel incomfortable? Haha probably because if that was you you would feel like a jackass!!! Don?t defend the wrong people man, that's not...

I don't think you have to hunt private land to be considerate of people, but that's just me. When I'm hunting and I see vehicles or signs of people I avoid that area. Not just to be considerate of them but because I'm there to get away from them. Everyone has their own opinion

It's a grey area, one of those their words against mine thing. Although judging by the guys reaction I don't think he would have put up much of a fight. I was more pissed about them seeing my truck and pulling up than anything. They shouldn't have been there in the first place but I guess that's...

That's funny you say that, the first thing I did was call a buddy from the area and he thought it was whoever ends the deers life. Wish I knew that then, I video?d walking up to them and the deer and where it had been wounded and the whole thing. Like I said he had a 12yr old boy with him...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-25-17 AT 05:36PM (MST)[p]I was able to harvest this blacktail with my bow this year, as well as one other, a mule deer and elk in CO and a whitetail in Illinois. Overall an amazing 2017 and I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Idaho and The Mackay area.

Another side note, I have a ton more respect for guys that hunt these muzzleloaders with open sites. I have mostly done archery and a bit of rifle here and there and have been successful and lucky with both having only wounded and not recovered one animal in fifteen years. Once I zero?d the gun...

I had a great trip, looks like it hit it just right timing wise. The first two days I was glassing up smaller bucks, by the third day I found two nice bucks one in the 180 class and one much bigger. It seemed as though the younger bucks had mostly moved down into the mahogany foothills and were...

Has anyone had any luck on this hunt yet? I'll be starting tomorrow