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I love the quarter bores. I bought my wife a .257 Ackley and we love it. I doubt I would try to shoot a big Muley at 600 yards with it but it has great ballistics with heavy bullets. My choice would be a 7mm. A 160 grain bullet fired at close to 3000 fps from a 7mm whatever is definitely...

I don’t go through near as much wood as some of y’all. Wife wants the house warm so I keep a good supply of mesquite cut. Make great BBQ wood too!

Hunting is becoming a rich man’s sport where the ordinary lower to middle class guy has less and less chance each year at a tag while the wealthy buy more and more tags, either at auction or landowner. If the wildlife truly belongs to the people, let the people have equal chance at them not...

All red for me AGAIN 😩. Congrats to all those who found green!

Me neither

Killed one smallish bear I badly misjudged on size. Did not care that much for the meat. I will probably go again since my hunting buddy and my son both want to kill a bear. I doubt I shoot another one unless it definitely on the large side.

Spring wildflowers starting to show here in the southern rolling plains of Tx.

Not so patiently waiting for the results. Used to draw every 2-3 years before NM cut DIY guys down to 6% of available tags. Have not seen a tag since. Hoping for a tag but not really expecting one again this year.

Not as big as many of the bulls that others have taken but my biggest so far. At my age may be my last as hard as tags are to draw! Bull was taken in Colo unit 61. Wood plaque is a slab of mesquite from my place. The ivories are imbedded just below skull plate.

I am rifleman at heart. Muzzy if I need to. Killed one deer with a bow and put it up, was not my thing.

Nice welds! I can stick two pieces of metal together but at best am just a dirt dobber when it comes to welding. My hobbies outside of hunting are fishing, of which I do a lot, gardening, and horses although I don’t ride near as much or as far as I used to.

I guess the staff went to a different type of wildlife management class than I did. What a bunch of baloney for Res and NR.

I voted elephant, just because I at my age I will never be able to get in sheep shape. I do think if one is in good enough physical shape to tackle the sheep mountains it would be a fantastic hunt In beautiful country. This topic is really all just campfire dreams for me as I could never...

Being debt free is great. Been debt free for about 10 years! Can’t imagine being retired and having a mortgage or vehicle payment.

YIKES!

On a trip to Port Isabel Tx last fall I saw my drivers side boat trailer tire go bouncing across the divided highway. Quick shut down avoided catastrophe. A quick look confirmed we needed a complete hub assembly to continue on. Unhook trailer and go back to the nearest town and found the hub...

I am right there with your rmanwill. Don’t have many years left to hike in rough stuff. Planning to burn my deer points soon. Shifting more of my outdoors time to fishing and hunting family property for whitetails. Changing expectations is going to be necessary going forward, especially for...

Not near as big as some of y’all’s but my biggest from Colorado unit 61 in 2022

Thanks for sharing your season. Good times with your son for sure!

My favorite is my Corriente ranch saddle. Have put lots of miles in it over lots of varied terrain. As was mentioned a good pad is essential. I use a good 1” wool felt pad. Protects my horses back very well.

My buddy and I did the semi-guided hunt with Allout last year. Was very pleased with the services of Allout despite some hiccups with weather and things that were beyond Allout’s control. The canyons where the bulls will be found after the rut are STEEP. As has been mentioned if you are...

Digging back through some older game cam pics I think I have found dad and maybe an older brother. Note same upturned main beams. Even if not dad or older brothers it is neat to see same genetic characteristics year to year to year.

Y’all are probably right, based on age of both more likely brothers or uncle/nephew. Just hoping the big one makes it through to next year. He will be a real toad next year!

I think this is father and son. What do y’all think?

Thanks, Orion

Is the 75/25 tag allocation for all species or just deer and elk? Mainly wondering about antelope.

For those who have experience with Highliner lodge or their mothership the Emerald Isle I would love to hear more about your experience with them. Have them on the top of my research lodges list.

Glad I never started chasing NR points for anything other than antelope. Sure won’t be any more apps in the special drawing for us! Hope to be able to burn my lope points in a year or two then I am done in Wy.

Merry Christmas to All of you. I hope you all remember the blessings that have come your way in the last year. May the Lord bless each of you in the coming year.

“Dream buck and amazing mount!“ YEP

My neighbor lady is there. I get to take care of her horses while she is watching the NFR.

The area around the Tongue up to north of Campbell Point is the area we know best. Love that country.

I knew numbers were not good. Thinking of trying a third season buck/cow combo. Burned my elk points last year and found my biggest bull yet in 61. Don’t know any other units that are much better with the exception of some eastern plains private land. Getting long in the tooth for a...

I would love to hear any unit 61 deer success stories. I know much of the unit and have plans and points to draw next year or two. Respond by PM if you want!

Setting aside the Resident/Non-Resident argument for a moment, the wealthy vs blue collar argument is fundamentally flawed. The article implies all non-residents are on the wealthy side of the equation and all residents are on the blue collar side. Not the case at all. Many of hunting friends...

There are two wardens trying to catch the punks