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    Final Muzzleloader Scope Committee Recommendation

    I disagree with your point about crossbows. I am a life long (now old) bow hunter. I had and used a COR for a couple years because of serious back injuries. I went back to my bow asap, against my Dr.s advice and I still use it. I had a $2000. Tenpoint crossbow as it had a built in cocker...
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    Muzzleloader 1X vs All-Scope-Ban?

    If things get restricted too much, that wont stop people from trying to keep their longer ranges with any weapon types. It will indeed increase the number of wounded animals by magnitudes. Especially bowhunters (I am one of them) If you make everyone go to traditional bows the wounding rate...
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    Muzzleloader 1X vs All-Scope-Ban?

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    Y'ALL STILL LAUGHIN AT MY 1980 BUSHNELL SPOTTER???

    Me too...especially if we can make it retroactive, to say about 30 years ago. Moved here in the last 30 years? No resident tags for you. I am sure this will go over terribly, but I would still be all for it. People, far too many people, are what has happened to our deer herds. No technology...
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    Utah Muzzy Scope Controversy

    Well said. In my opinion the biggest issue we have, has nothing to do with any weapon. We simply have far too many people coming into this state. I was born and raised here. I can't even explain how exponentially we have grown. I used to live in a small town that was mostly orchards, I now live...
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    Basin buck

    Very nice buck.
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    Mr. Anti-public land, Mike Lee, needs to go

    Excellent post Oneye. I agree with all of it.
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    Could You and Would You Take the Shot?

    I wouldn't hesitate to take the shot, as long as I knew the range for sure. I would aim at the far left shoulder, straight up the far leg. Haven't missed a shot on any big game animal, since I wounded and lost one in the early 90s. I swore that would never happen again and practiced like a man...
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    Crossbow broadheads

    I always say this, mostly because I spent a lot of time, and a bit of money, testing arrows and broad-heads. But in my opinion a VPA broad-head can't be beat. I like the 150 grain, 3 blade, non-vented version myself. Super easy to resharpen, and milled from a single piece of steel, everyone is...
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    peep sight ?

    I am 60 and have bow-hunted since I was a teenager. I know that I am in the huge minority, but I don't use a peep at all, never have. Never could get used to one when they came out. I do use a tied knot as a kisser button. I then line up my string with a line on my sight housing. I consider...
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    CC hits

    Just had a card hit for 2 deer tags for my son and I, like 5 minutes ago. It's not over yet. Also just got one of our letters already.
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    CC hits

    Life long Utah resident.
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    CC hits

    We went to our local sporting goods store and bought a tag. It's not been that damn long since that was literally the way it worked. I could be wrong, but I have no memory of any paper apps. There was an internet before there were draws for general deer and elk tags. Apparently you either don't...
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    Ut elk

    Works great for me. Water, power, food. If Utah were to run our state this way, we don't need anything from anyone. So. Cal may be screwed when we cut off the water we send them, as well as the electricity that comes from here. Every bit of gas that has ever been in my vehicle was refined in...
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    OH YA!!! TAKE THE MUZZ SCOPES!!!

    I have been an archer for 50+ years, other than for birds, a bow is all I hunt with. Now my son wrestled all throughout his school years, so in order to be able to hunt, he hunted with a muzzle-loader. The season dates worked better for him and his wrestling schedule. He grew to enjoy the...
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    Three Best Big Buck Towns

    Soda Springs, Idaho.
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    Broadheads

    VPA Broadheads...No can defend. Machined out of a single block of steel. No moving parts. Can be easily resharpened, and often reused. I have one I have killed 3 deer with. If you have a properly tuned bow as well as arrows, they will fly absolutely perfectly to 100 yards. Have went in thru the...
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    Ut elk

    As a 60 year old life long Utah bow-hunter...I have zero desire to bow hunt with guys muzzle-loader hunting at the same time. Asinine idea. It would for sure lower the success rate of archery hunters, it may also get a couple of us shot. How about this...if you weren't born and raised in Utah...
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    Wasatch Mt. West- Early Archery Season

    Too many folks out there now to be handing out specifics online. Bow- hunted this unit all of my life. I am 60 and live in the unit. To add to what you mentioned about getting off of main roads...get away from any and all roads, or even decent trails for your best chances. Used to be you could...
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    Lifetime License auction

    Not even trying to fix all the issues, nor am I making any claim too, just the small ones that I personally see. You are damn straight I hit everything I shoot at. I haven't had anything but a one shot one kill situation in the last 30 years, for both elk and deer. Why? Because in the late 80s...
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    Lifetime License auction

    Yes comparatively we do have it that bad now. Did you hunt here 30+ years ago? You from here? Way different is an understatement. There are far too many people vying for far too few tags, while having too few animals, something needs to give. There are many minor rule changes that would help...
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    Lifetime License auction

    I agree that the LL licence holders tags should always be honored. That was the deal. What bothers me far more than that small group is this... I am a lifetime Utah resident, I have lived and hunted here for 60 years. I hunt the archery season. I've drawn a tag every other year for the last...
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    Is ammo availability gonna affect your hunting season?

    Not real sure I should post this online, but here goes... Disclaimer first: I haven't been there in the last several weeks so I'm not positive about anything currently. But just prior to that I bought many boxes of small and large CCI pistol primers at the Gunnies in Orem. They had many...
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    Mule deer tag decrease!!!

    Agree wholeheartedly. But the one absolute requirement to growing the herds is habitat, without out it we have no chance of growing the herds. IMHO the most critical parts of habitat are two things, winter range and fawning/calving grounds. We need to somehow stop the development happening on...
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    Is ammo availability gonna affect your hunting season?

    Have a good supply of reloading components. May not run out in my lifetime. Darn sure glad I was stocked up. After Obama, I started making regular purchases of components, whether I needed them or not. Have casings, bullets, primers, and powder for each caliber we shoot...except one. Only have...
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    No More Baiting

    Do not agree at all. My son hunts only with a muzzle-loader, mostly because he wrestled and that was the only season he wasn't wrestling. Was a year round wrestler on our states team. He could shoot a muzzy accurately to about 100 yards with a 1X scope. I could do a bit better, and I would...
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    Archery release help

    I know this is an old post, but I can't believe no one has said anything. He is talking about going hunting, and possibly shooting at game, TOMORROW. And he is just now getting around to attempting to shoot his bow? He has't even actually managed to actually do it yet, and still thinks it is...
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    No More Baiting

    But a multi power scope can and will make you more accurate at further ranges...by a lot. Everybody. No sight will make you shoot a bow any further and straighter than you already can otherwise. Only great form, skill, much practice, and perfect tuning can do that. The sight just makes the most...
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    Are Valkyrie Broad Heads Worth It?

    I burned through several hundred dollars, testing arrows and broadheads to destruction, after a failure to penetrate bone that bothered me. So I am kinda opinionated here, bear with me. IMHO VPA broadheads can't be beat. They are like $55 for a 3 pack. They are machined from a single block of...
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    Best fletching jig

    The tower jig has become my favorite and most used fletching tool. To vary the distance from nock to vane end, I simply put a piece of painters tape across the slot the vane sits in at whatever spot I choose, making sure all 3 are the exact same. Have been doing the same arrow and vane combo...
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    No More Baiting

    I agree with most of this. But I do take exception with the one pin slider sights. My eyes are getting old, the 5 pin sights I used to love are unusable to me now, the pins all blur together into one vertical line to my eyes. No one pin slider sight...and my 50 years of bow-hunting are over. I...
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    No More Baiting

    You are very uninformed about trapping. I trap and have for decades. I trap mostly cats anymore. I release unharmed all females and kittens, have for a long while. I want only adult male cats. Have caught my dog and several others. Zero damage to them, or even to the smaller kittens. My traps...
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    Was your biggest buck off a limited entry unit, private land or general season public land

    Public, full of people, land. Typically far off the beaten path.
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    In what state did you take your biggest buck?

    Utah. Archery.
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    When are most big bucks killed?

    My best have come just before dark in the evening.
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    Mule deer tag decrease!!!

    I live in Orem. Have hunted the Wasatch all my life and I am 60. There are plenty of good bucks up there. Here is the thing, they have increased the number of trails greatly and dumbed the harder ones down. This has resulted in far more people. This has chased the bigger deer into more...
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    Anyone with horses/mules/llamas in the Wasatch

    I sent you a message. Look for the red in the envelope next to your name at the top of this page.
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    Anyone with horses/mules/llamas in the Wasatch

    I have an archery tag, and will likely skip the weekend and start on Monday the 16th. I could be delusional, but I believe I can fill that tag within a few days at most. Have been watching these elk for decades. My son has an any weapon limited entry elk tag as well. We will hunt everyday of...
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    Anyone with horses/mules/llamas in the Wasatch

    Depending on where exactly it falls, I may take you up on that. Would calling the Strawberry Bay Marina be the way to do it? I will be in the Mill canyon /Mill Peak/ Forrest lake area.
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    Anyone with horses/mules/llamas in the Wasatch

    Appreciate the reply. I will be nowhere near Strawberry. But I will still give them an ask. Thanks.
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