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This was one of the best posts I have read on this site in awhile. Cheatgrass control is also one of the issues that Jims is working on and posting information here on and yet most of the time his posts are received with scepticism and animosity. I think we need to spend more time listening...

Comparing a high fenced ranch with 12 wells or tanks every section and with high revenue raising paid hunting seems like comparing apples to peanut butter. I've wintered in Texas this year and seen the feeders that the deer live around most of the winter not sure that's a workable wildlife...

Great job of taking us on your hunt. You take some good pictures. I live aways south of Valentine but play around a lot on some ranches around Merriman and over to Crawford. I hunted antelope there this year and have for the last 40 and we've got something going that's affecting deer numbers I...

Thanks Jims that is a very impressive explanation of cheatgrass cost and the benefit to wildlife to control it.

I really care less about the score but that buck doesn't make 190 not that I care I shoot him because he's a cool buck. I only made it about 5 seconds of my 15 allowed.

I'm happy for you, fortitude when hunting is tough is a good attribute and it certainly paid off for you. I'm in the central part of the state Southern Sandhills and it's been a tough year with numbers down so congrats on a job well done and a great buck.

Great job! You're living the life enjoy. I prefer antelope meat to deer or elk or anything domesticate. I've probably shot around 30 and never had one that didn't taste good.

Nose to nose contact through the fence wire spreading saliva. Nebraska had a fended kill farm a decade ago that created an outbreak for wild deer in the area. Now they must be double fenced to curtail contact. The prions also live in the soil for many years. A lot of science in CWD research...

He was a class act no doubt about it. It also seemed to me that he knew more about mule deer than most anybody I know of. I hope you can get it done Redbluff77 it would be an honor I think he's worthy of. I never met him but had some interesting conversations with him on here in which I...

That is a beautifully done bobcat probably one of the best I've ever seen.

Everybody likes something different and I do appreciate the effort but to me that muley looks related to a giraffe. To me it doesn't look natural of any mule deer I've seen.

Both beautiful deer you did well.

I've read most of the books listed above and I like them all. I spent some time this summer up at Theodore Roosevelt National Park and picked up a book that is different than the mountain man genre you referenced but a lot of hunters and outdoorsmen might like. Hunting Trips of a Ranchman &...

Logical is the word that got you. The Texas brothers took clients to poach over 200 trophy deer the largest ring in U.S. history and they split 5,75 year sentence between the two. I would argue that the 5.75 years between the two if not more would be the logical sentence for the 100's of...

It's made in Turkey so that will be a NO! The Turks produce a gun known as a Huglu all silvery with a gangster bling look to it. A guy brought one to the trap club a few years years back and after promptly shooting terrible, encouraged other shooters to try it out. After saying no for a long...

A really bad idea. You shoot the deer legally you do what you want with it.

Man I feel for you guys. I see this happen in the taxidermy business a lot it seems like they do good work for awhile and then some type of life changing event occurs and it all goes South. I had the same taxidermist for 20 years until he had so many hunting violations that I and others I know...

He probably had a personality similar to yours and that's why he had no friends to hunt with.

Jims and I are friends who met on here probably 15 years ago and hunt together often and I've been out to see his plots and the changes that occur when cheatgrass is controlled and it's quite dramatic. I really wish they would start using Rejuvra on BLM land but I understand how slow approval...

I think Tank is close but I'll put him right at 200".

260 of once fired brass. $125.00 TYD or obo.

Thank you Weller's was on my radar as a possible.

I'm spending a couple of months in Tucson to get out of the cold since hunting seasons up north are closed. I'm leaving to hunt Sonora mule deer in Mexico on Sunday. I was going to take any possible trophy north to my taxi who has done a great job for me for years. My wife says she doesn't...

That makes a lot of sense. We had a bad drought this year and we did have a lot more mule deer on the rivers than I've seen in past years.

I think this is a really good question. We had a bad outbreak of EHD this year in the Nebraska Sandhills with the whitetails I'd estimate up to 50% loss. We had a bad outbreak in 2012 it killed 90% of whitetails in some units didn't effect the mulies. This year we lost a chunk of mulies to go...

"While the Wildlife officer may have state law on their side to retrieve wounded animals off private property they should not be allowed to push wildlife off the ranches that have not given permission." elks96 So now you want to tell the Cannuks what their officers have the right to do in their...

Patience is a virtue in hunting and usually not achieved at 19. I wasn't a very good hunter at 19 and am still learning at 62. Read from guys who know on here and other sites and it will become easier in the future. Skills to consistently find and take big deer take years to develop I learn...

Nice! You work up a lot of positive karma with the people and friends you help .

That taxidermist is a true artist. Great buck as well, you shoot so many great bucks I thought I watched a video or saw pictures of the hunt for this one but everyone you shoot seems a 180 + buck it's hard to keep them all straight.

Fantastic buck and write up thanks for posting.

I've been reading and look at your pictures for years. I really like the way you look and think about wildlife as it's similar to the way I do. Thank you for your posts always among my favorite.

I appreciate what you did instead of letting that calf suffer and go to waste. Doing the right thing I hope takes away some of the sting of shooting a calf. I wish there was a way to educate more people about ethics of hunting but some would choose not to follow it even if they understood it.

I'm glad they're back for you to enjoy this year. I think most of us on these hunting sites that are lucky enough to live outside of cement cities really enjoy watching wildlife in their daily lives. I've been watching a flock of 15 turkeys that flies down from the roost tree to my barn and...

I do use a Harris bipod and it is heavy and it gets snagged on stuff it also gives me confidence I'll make any reasonable shot. I'm a long ways from a boomer and I have used a backpack at times. I like to have both options.

Good story! I like the way you write. A good buck. Nice recovery by repairing your broken springs on the mountain which saved your hunt.

Elk is limited to residents, finally I drew my OIL elk this year after 30 years of applying. Deer is really limited to someone with access to private land so that limits it a lot. I enjoy hunting my home state but Homer with his sarcasm is probably correct limited traffic at best. I've tried...

Votex best warranty that you will need probably several times over if you use them at all. I would go with whatever Nikon has in your friends price range.

Antelope are addictive. Mass is the key for antelope scoring. He is average on that but you're happy with him so that makes him a trophy buck. I've scored quite a few and I'd say around 76. Congrats and thanks for posting.

Less than 3% of the state is public and the state gives out unlimited Muzzy tags is probably enough said. I live 25 miles south of Halsey National forest and I like to ride my bike there, the number of people that are recreating in the forest has gone up an unbelievable % since Covid began...

I have used an outfitter in the U.S. twice in my life unfortunately one was an outfitter that's son guided and made much of his money selling long range rifles to clients. The story: I really wanted to take a good aoudad in West Texas and this outfitter had a good ranch and relative cheap hunt...