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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...

Sorry to hear. I hope he makes a recovery that will allow him to shoot a bull next year and makes you pack it out. Would be a win win. On another note, this is why he should shoot whatever bull he is happy with- there may not be a next year.

The simple answer is the archers are hunting during the youth hunt and not the other way around. The archers lobbied for and got the additional days which overlapped the Youth hunt. The archers who lobbied for the change said they were willing to wear orange and would be happy to have any...

So did I........

Let's do it. I bet Lumpy would show up and the 3 of us can lobby for the change. My dad was a long range shooter decades ago- custom guns with Titus barrels, high powered scopes- he was capable, When I served on the Mule Deer Committee a decade ago I asked him (he was in his 70s) how we...

Muzzleloaders must be more effective with scopes or there wouldn't be 4+ pages of comments. I imagine there are a few guys complaining about losing their scopes and other guys excited. There is an Any Weapon Hunt for anyone wanting to use tech that is disallowed for the weapon's season. I sat...

This is correct- it would be illegal as the scope is capable of electronic function beyond the illuminated reticle. R657-5-8. Rifles, Shotguns, Airguns, and Crossbows.(1) A rifle used to hunt big game must : (c) have no attachment capable of electronic function, other than illuminated...

Anyone fished La Paz Mexico and have a recommendation of who to go with? Or who not to? Send me a PM. Thanks

Our ranch had a 2 acre pond on it and we were testing for fish survivability so we planted 25 feeder gold fish from Walmart (we were told we could see the orange swimming around). Well within 2 years there were thousands. Bands of gold fish in schools thru out the pond. Then a 45,000 acre...

The wounding argument for scopes was just a façade to the reality. Instead of someone wounding at 120 yards they are wounding them at 320- per the first hand reports I have received over the past 8 years. I threw a scope on my ML that first year. Why? Because they changed the rules and a...

Ok- I said I was done, but..... it is still an ELECTRONIC scope. You even said it yourself. This is good entertainment. And for the reason why I replied- I would really enjoy the footage of someone going to the courthouse with a revolver that has the firing pin removed, trying to go thru...

Is a BDX an electronic? From the Field Regs booklet-- "Weapons technology rules: Several regulation changes to Utah’s allowable weapons technologies were approved by the Utah Wildlife Board in May of this year, including prohibiting attached electronics (except for illuminated reticules). "...

That is actually a good point. Especially in the last 4-5 years. I rescind my request. haha I shoot too many roundballs and forget about the PB ELRs and Fury bore-sized bullets sitting on the shelf for the LR ML my kids like to shoot. Lets just make it round-balls then.

If the Tech Committee wants to reign in the distance of MLs they should also look at the projectile being the size of the barrel (ie no sabots). I have no problem with regs that put hunters within the animal's ability to sense danger. If we look at the evolution on ML tech in the past 6-8...

I figured it'd just be the usual- All flame and no flux, no solder. Truer words have never been spoken! 25 years of hashing and thrashing.

To be fair they already took some of the tech away on the other weapons. And they created a whole way to hunt with the "Restricted Weapons" definition which passed. How about this- you have the Restricted Weapons tool in the toolbox. Head over to the NorthEastern RAC, ask to address the RAC...

No chance I am reading 3 pages of back and forth. If they are going to ban scopes then go back to 1x and be done with it. Allowing up to a 4x scope will do little as people adapt. I doubt this will save overall numbers much, but it will most likely save some of the age class as targeting...

Even with the battery in your kid's pocket, the scope is still "capable of electronic function" so it would still be illegal. I know you are playing devil's advocate, but it really isn't that hard- is it? I only am posting here for the guy who reads this thread and wants to justify something...

Yep, no electronics allowed on the rifle except for an illuminated reticle. No range-finding scopes or blue-tooth compatible scopes, or even cameras on rifles, etc.... Page 47--- https://wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks/2023_field_regs.pdf

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To be fair, the perforated issue was 18 years ago and the other issue was 15ish years ago so I am sure the tech is better. And speaking of tech- I wish it were all camera pills. I was taught that respect to women is an honorable trait, too. (I have no doubt you respect women- the Dr and...

I bought my daughter an elk tag last year to go with her basin deer tag. She shot a good bull 10 minutes into the hunt, then passed on a couple mature bucks while we were dealing with the elk. She shot a decent 4x4 the next day- she liked the heavy, chocolate antlers. You know a good way to...

I have had 2 family members experience issues with their procedures. One they perforated his bowel and he had to use a colostomy bag. The drugs didn't work properly for the other and she was completely awake, but couldn't move during the procedure, while feeling and hearing everything. She...

Those critters had to use a lot of their energy reserves in many areas last winter just to get by. That gives them less energy at the start to put into antler growth. This year, they may put more energy from the current lush feed into their recovery rather than using it to grow antlers. Many...

I liked it a lot, actually. I just wish they didn't have the need to include it.

I ran Michelin XPS Tractions for years on 3/4 ton trucks. They wore great, are nice off road. They do "walk" a little on the freeway, but not bad. They can be on the pricey side. Last sets of AT tires on half tons have been KO2s, which have been good. We ran Buckshots on our Jeep...