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How much will a bears patterns change because of fires from one year to the next? I'm with in striking distances of drawing a LE Bear tag in Utah next year. Most likely, I'm looking at two years before I draw a tag. When I draw a tag this will be my first bear hunt. I've had an area picked out...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-10-16 AT 10:43PM (MST)[p]Hay Midwest I shot a buck this year that I thought about mounting so I caped it out and put the head in my freezer. As I have thought about it I think that I am just going to do a Euro mount with it. If you're interested you can have the cape from my...

While out scouting for my Fillmore Oak Creek LE deer hunt this year I found a stabilizer that some archery hunter lost. If possible I would really like to get it back to the rightful owner. It was on the side of the trail near the top of Oak City Canyon. If you can identify the stabilizer I...

What are my options? I have been using Stoney Point Shooting sticks for the past 10 years and feel comfortable taking shots out to 300-400 yards with them. When I extend that out to 500 I am only hitting my 15? gong a little more the %50 of the time. With my Harris Bipod I can ring the gong all...

Just a heads up! When I was coming home from a scout trip Thursday night I noticed small brush fire that was started Wednesday night some time. The fire is just south of the Whiskey creek area. It was a small fire and the fire crews were just getting there but the roads into the Whisky creek...

Congrats on drawing the tag. I was able to draw the rifle tag for the Oak Creek unit this year. Sure would have been nice to have drawn it last year. I have taken on new employment and don't have a ton of time build up to do as much scouting as I would like. Oh well I will take what I have and...

31incher, I have been looking at the same area for my boys to draw a deer/antalope tag. unless I am missing something most units in that area will require 3-5 antlope points to draw. your best bet might be to try for a doe antelope tag/buck deer combo if you are wanting to go with in the next...

Does Wyoming use a preference point system for the doe/fawn pronghorn permits or are they done on a random drawing? I have been collecting both deer and pronghorn preference points for my boys over the past three years. I am getting close to cashing them in on a unit. It would be ideal if I...

Yes, I drew that tag back in 99. I was looking forward to spending some time on the mountain again with my dad. I guess I will have to wait at lest another year for that.

If my dad did not have bad luck he would not have any luck at all. Looks like I will need to talk him in to giving it another try next year. Right now he thinks he is finished playing the game. 400bull

My dad has always dreamed of hunting elk on the Monroe mountain. That desire has only grown since he purchased some property on the mountain and built his little home away from home. Do to his age and his ever failing health my brothers and I convinced him to apply for the late season hunt this...

I started picking up a few bricks here and there last summer. The last brick I picked up was just before Christmas for about $30.00. I now have about 2,000 round for my 3 kids and I to plink around with this summer. 400bull

One thing to consider when getting a spotting scope is to think about what you are going to be putting it on top of. Let the quality of your tripod drive the quality of your spotting scope. You can by the best spotting scope in the world but it will be made useless with a pour quality tripod...

I have three little rug rats running around my house. From a young age I have been teaching them the responsibility that comes with having a fire arm in the house. They all know and understand that they are not to touch or play with them when mom or dad are not around to supervise them. Having...

I know that this a hunting forum but I wanted to give A big THANKS to all the Veterans out there. Because of your sacrifice and love of this great country I am able to enjoy the simple things in life. My thoughts and prays go out to all of you today. May GOD bless you and your family for all...

I have taken our last two elk into Springville meats to be processed. I have nothing but praise for the work that they have done. More then likely a box of meat was misplaced. I am sure that Springville meats would have contacted your friend once the box was located. 400bull

Thanks for the info. I guess I will not make a recommendation for him to go look on the Vernon. I would hate to have him run into the Mossback crew and mess things up for the high dollar client that wants his neck trophy cricket. LOL! 400bull

I have a neighbor that likes to collect bugs as a hobby. One of the bugs that he is looking for is a ?Mormon cricket?. I know several years ago that the Vernon unit was having a bug (Mormon cricket) infestation problem but have not heard anything about it scenes then. For those of you that have...

Over the weekend I pulled out some of my hunting DVDs and had a movie marathon with my boys. One of things that my boys picked up on this time was the number of fallow up shots that were needed and more importantly the number of Texas heart shots used for the fallow up shot. Any way it got me...

Scored an 11. Was not sure that was good until I seen some other scores. I guess I will take it. 400bull

Buckshot, I forgot to look at my notes last night but I think the 180 Interbond is backed by 64.5 grains of RL-17. I cannot recall the load data for the 165 SST but I know that I was using RL-17. 400bull

I don't have the data at work with me but I have worked up two loads in my 300 WSM with good results. One was using the 180 Hornay Interbond the other was the 165 Hornady SST. I believe the 180 was pushing 3050 fps and the 165 was at 3150 fps. Both shoot sub MOA but the 180 was a little better...

Good point. I always have my kids wear hearing protection, most of them time they are doubled up (ear plugs and ear muffs). After my oldest boy broke his collarbone I purchased him one of the recoil pads that you wear over the shoulder. I will need to see if I can find that for my younger boy to...

Thanks for the reply's. It looks like I will stick with a light load using the Partition for this year and maybe next year he will be ready for a little more. When I have had him out shooting the 270 we have mainly been shooting melons and water jugs from the sitting or kneeling positions. We...

My 12 year old boy will be going on his first elk (cow) hunt this fall and I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to take him out with me for the first time. He will be using my Win 270 that my dad bought for me when I was 16. I have had him out shooting it a couple times over the summer...

Yep its official now. 3 Cow elk tags and 2 pronghorns for my family. 400bull

I have not received my email yet. I am guessing that we will receive it sometime today.

Looks like I have $210.00 in pending charges. That would mean 3 North Manti cow elk tags and 2 Plateau Doe Pronghorns for the family. If that's what it turns out to be both of my boys will be hunt pronghorns for sure. We will then need to see witch 3 out of the four drew cow elk tags. 400bull

From the day I turned 16 until I purchased my 300 WSM (4 years ago) I have used the 130 grain in my 270 on both deer and elk with out any problems. I would say that a good 130 grain bullet for the 270 will work. Another trick that you can do to reduce perceived recoil is to wear hearing...

My sons first big game animal.

I am considering putting my two boys in for the Cach North Rich doe anterless pronghorn permits but I have never hunted the unit before. I was wondering if anyone has hunted this unit before and what they thought of the unit for a youth hunt. I am debating between the early hunt and the late...

So I went home last night with the intent to figure out what was going on. Low and behold every thing was working just fine last night. Spent the better part of 30 minutes trying to get it jam and the only time it did is when I deliberately put a round in the mag wrong. Go figure. 400bull

All the sporting good stores around have some ammo. It's when you're looking for something specific that things get difficult. Let us know what you are looking for and we maybe able to get you set up. 400bull

Cahunter, What kind of things would you look for on the magazine lips? What kind of adjustments are you referring to on the spring? If my memory service me correct, the first round will feed just fine if I have three rounds in the magazine, bolt closed, and chamber empty. The problem comes...

I purchased a Winchester Model 70 300 WSM 3 ? 4 years ago. I have read several posts since then were the 300 WSM has a feeding issue. I have not thought much about it until just recently. But with my 300 WSM I don't have any issues with it feeding as long as I only have three in the magazine...

Bushwacker, I would say you have a 50/50 chance of drawing the tag this year. If you currently have 17 points then that means you were in the 16 points carpool for last year. There were 30 other applicants with the same number of points and 8 of those drew, leaving 22 without a tag. Assuming...

I seem to be one of those guys that always sit back and let everyone else make their donations to a worthy cause. Times are changing and I just dropped $50 to support the cause. 400bull

I had a bad run in with Nikon and there service once, because of that I would be hard pressed to purchase another Nikon product. Hopefully you will get everything all worked out. 400bull

Elks96, If you have lived in this modern world now for 5 years without a credit card I would say that you are better off not getting one now. The simple discipline of putting $25.00 bucks away in a savings account for each pay check will net you more then you would earn back using your credit...

I have both of these scopes setting on top of a couple of my rifles. Both scopes were purchased at about the same time. The Nikon has been back to the factory 3 time for repairs, the Bushnell has never been removed. Guess which one I would recommend. 400bull