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I've been posting for a while in the Hunt Adventure Subforum on my son's youth any bull tag in Utah. https://www.monstermuleys.info/xf/threads/utah-youth-any-bull-hunt.182995/ We were finally able to close the deal on Saturday night when an amazing forum member offered up his private property...

Well, I think this may have been the worst luck I've had in the last 10 years of applying for tags. Between my son and myself, we applied for 74 tags in 9 different states. The only tag either of us drew was the Utah Youth Any Bull Tag. This tag is a very hard draw for Utah residents, but...

I think he still has a tiny bit of growing to do but was just curious what some of you guys would guess this buck to score. Sometimes he looks great, sometimes he looks young. Took these pictures a couple days ago. Taken through a dirty window (of my house) and into the morning sun so not the...

One of the highlights of my recent Arizona elk hunt was watching 6 mexican gray wolves circling a big group of elk the day before the opener while we were scouting. We were watching several groups of elk scattered over about 400 - 800 yards when they started barking and herding up. We were...

I could swear at some point I read somewhere that Arizona requires the rib meat to be taken in addition to the normal neck, quarters, backstraps and loins. All I can find is this which took quite of bit of looking to find, there isn't anything in the hunting regulations book at all on the...

It's been a bit of a long process, but I finally got my 2013 Wyoming elk back from my taxidermist. I'm pretty happy with the end result. We took some pictures of it in my backyard before we brought it into the house. Not a perfect match, but the goal was to somewhat mimic the habitat of...

Okay, on another board we were having a discussion on what the average hunter might be able to do to increase the chances of future generations in hunting the great public lands across the Western United States. One thing I think we can all (or at least most of us) can agree on is keeping...

Like my Mountain Goat hunt, this is a hunt that has been several years in the making as well. I've been building preference points in Wyoming to be able to draw a Limited Entry hunt for 4 years now. I read a post on Monster Muley?s Hunt Adventure Challenge back in 2010 on a hunt in this unit...

Okay, last year on my elk I shot at 50 or 60 yards, the petals actually peeled off the bullet and I recovered it on the opposite side skin on my bull. Not really a failure, but the bullet advertises 99.9% weight retention so I was surprised that all 4 petals pulled off like they did. Close...

I've read and heard said quite a few times that the hardest part about Mountain Goat hunting is drawing the tag. While in many ways that is in fact true with the dismal odds that there are to draw a tag in the lower 48 states, the process of filling out applications and sending money in isn't...

[p][p align=right]Thread Views Counter.... It looks pretty bad, but didn't require surgery and I don't have to wear a sling or anything anymore, but it still isn't 100% healed yet. Really hoping that it will hurry up so I don't have to worry about it any during the season. I'm still running a...

Well, I struck lightning in a bottle and drew a Unit 1 Wyoming Mountain goat tag as a nonresident. 4 tags and 170 applicants for drawing odds of 2.3%! I have some friends that live in Powell, WY that I hunt with, so right now the plans are to see if we can work out our vacation schedules for...

I drew a unit 61-1 elk tag this year and I'm contemplating applying for a 117 deer tag to have in my pocket just in case we come across a nice muley. Not much info out there, seems like a pretty low population unit with few tags. I could probably draw a tag with one point in the special draw...

LAST EDITED ON Oct-07-13 AT 10:38PM (MST)[p] I've been thinking about how I'm going to have my Wyoming bull mounted and am leaning strongly toward a pedestal mount. I'm not a big fan of the squared off table like bases with a little bit of habitat on them though. I've been trying to think...

Not really trying to toot my own horn because luck had a LOT more to do with it than any skill on my part, but I just shot the biggest elk of my life and probably the biggest elk I ever will shoot. I'm still a little in shock over being able to take such a tremendous animal. My goal on the...

Getting in Shape Also, like most of you, a big part of my hunt preparation has been centered around getting in shape. A couple years back I really started to focus on this and set a goal to be able to run 6 miles in under an hour by the time hunting season rolled around. It took some work...

Any locals have more information on this? http://www.krqe.com/news/local/elk-herd-found-dead-in-northeastern-nm?hpt=us_bn10#.Uh9VxNPPhF4.facebook Saw it on another hunting website. I didn't realize elk were affected by EHD as much as whitetails are. 100+ dead elk in a square mile doesn't...

Drew unit 45 2nd rifle Elk tag this year and am pretty excited about it after not getting to hunt New Mexico at all last year. Been through all the archive threads on the unit here on MonsterMuleys and am wondering if it is really as bad as it sounds on getting your vehicle broken into if you...

I thought the results were supposed to post today? I've been waiting on pins and needles to see if I drew the one nonresident desert sheep tag but the results still aren't posted. My new preference point for mountain goat is showing up, but nothing on the desert sheep tag.

Okay, Just got a call from Nevada Fish and Game and they said they have a Unit 171-173 deer tag available if I want it. Hunt date October 5 - 20. This was my 4th choice on my application, but looking it up on the draw odds this is a very hard to draw tag. I need to call them back by the end...

I drew a Unit 75 antelope tag and plan on getting there Sunday afternoon after the bulk of the shooting is over and settle in for a few days of hunting before heading on west some more to hunt elk. I've driven through the area a couple times and don't think I will have too much difficulty...

Well, I have a ton of work to do right now, but I just couldn't let the results sit out there undone so I went ahead and did them this morning and will just work later. Here's the official unofficial results. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012_Final.pdf Congratulations...

Well it's been a little longer than I expected, but I think it was worth the wait. I got my elk that I shot in New Mexico in 2010 back from the taxidermist this week. Here's what it looked like coming home, having it fill up the entire bed of our short bed pickup really helps you realize how...

Okay, here are the unofficial official results through Contest 11. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012thru11.pdf I went ahead and left everyone in on the spreadsheet even those who haven't entered enough contests to qualify so they can see where they are. After you get to...

Okay, here are the unofficial official results through Contest 9. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012-Thru9.pdf I went ahead and left everyonoe in on the spreadsheet even those who haven't entered enough contests to qualify so they can see where they are. After you get to...

Okay, here are the unofficial official results through Contest 8. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012thru8.pdf Mesamuley jumped into first place with IdahoSmitty right on his heels. Still a lot of moving going on and a very tightly packed group. One bad guess can still...

LAST EDITED ON Feb-27-12 AT 12:46PM (MST)[p]Here are the official unofficial results through contest 7. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012-7.pdf nmbighorn is in the lead, maybe he'll win some of his own money that he contributed to the contest! I still expect the...

Here's the standings through contest number 6. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012-thru6.pdf I went ahead and started counting the drops this week and keeping everything sorted on the net so there are some big changes in the line up from last week, I dropped all the way...

Okay, here are the official unofficial results throught contest number 5. http://www.padens.com/files/MM_Contest/MMScoreContest2012-5.pdf As I mentioned in the individual contest posts, I'm going to start posting the results as a link to a pdf file instead of converting them to images. This...

Well, it's very early in the contest and every single one of these scores so far could be dropped in the grand scheme of things, but I figured I would go ahead and start updating the summary. For now I'm not dropping any scores, I'm simply sorting everyone who has entered 3 contests, then...

Okay, I've got one season in with a full Core4 gear setup and a fully Russell APXg2 setup and a lightweight Sitka setup. Trying to decide what to keep, what to sell and what to buy more of. Out of all of it, I think I like the Core4 stuff the best. I had the element jacket and pants, and the...

Thought I would share my 2011 New Mexico Elk and Muley pictures. I hunted Urraca WMA the last year that nonresidents will get to hunt any of the WMAs and posted in detail on it in my Hunt Adventure Challenge thread if anyone is interested in all the specifics...

It's been a couple weeks ago, but I guess I need to post up my buddies Wyoming general tag bull. Here's my friend Mike with his bull: It was getting late so we didn't take as much time on pictures as we should have and didn't get any pictures of us together, but here's a picture of me...

Okay, somewhere in the back of my mind I remember seeing a wall shoulder mount bull with a slight turn and a good part of the front legs showing. I've searched high and low and can't seem to find it again. Was it a pedestal mount that someone just had on the wall? My 2010 bull cape should be...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-20-11 AT 11:15PM (MST)[p]This is still subject to any changes or corrections if I made a mistake entering in a number on these last two contests, but hopefully these are the official numbers. I had to make this one a little larger so it would be readable at all so sorry if...

Okay, I have the contest updated through #27. Really the results didn't change things much since nearly everyone ended up missing it so badly that it ended up being a throw away score for them (except the poor guys that didn't have a score to give up). As always, please let me know if you see...

I drew an Urraca WMA elk tag for Oct 29 - Nov 2 and am trying to line up a packer so I can be a little lazy and not have to haul a bull out from way back if I'm successful. Using a packer last year in Unit 36 got me spoiled. Anyone know of any packers in that area? I've contacted the few...

Results are updated through #26. As I mentioned on the weekly contest post, this week had more opportunities for input errors so please double check your scores and let me know if you see any errors. I'll leave my commentary on the movers and shakers until later. I need to get back to work...

LAST EDITED ON Jun-02-11 AT 05:38PM (MST)[p]Okay, everyone did so bad on that last contest that the results didn't really change that much, but there were a few moves. bigmoosie jumped from 13th to 3rd with the winning guess on contest 25, and Trix4me moved up from 17th to 8th. marley fell...

Just got word that the taxidermy mounts from our church camp were stolen over the winter. The camp is about 45 miles southeast of Bozeman, Montana, but no idea what someone would do with the mounts. I actually have a few pictures of them if everyone could keep an eye out for them. Nothing...