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45 has much more winter range habitat and more deer. 2 of the last 5 winters have been very tough on the herd. I hunted with my bro in 52 this year during the muzzy hunt. Glassed nonstop for 6 days and didn't see a buck over 150, so he put on zero stalks and ate the tag. There were 2500 cow...

It seems to me the best way to reduce the crowding while still offering opportunity is to require all hunters to choose a weapon and only hunt those dates. Would reduce hunters during all seasons and give each hunter a better opportunity with the weapon they prefer. This seems so obvious that...

Shooter any day. 180++

There are whitetail along the river bottom near Riggins, but most of them are on private property. There are far more muleys in the area. There are a lot of whitetail on top of the ridge though on the road between Riggins and Grangeville that takes you by Mt. Idaho. It is east of the river...

To film long distances I use a digital camera and a spotting scope with homemade adapter and/or a phoneskope, which I just got and works great with my S6 phone. I also have a few Panasonic camcorders which I use on the Solvid head cam mount, tripod, and/or in my hand. The camcorders have up to...

If he's the biggest I could find, or as back up, then definitely. Plus, he might have a little left in him.

I put him near 190. He would look huge at 40 yards. My heart would have to be set on a different buck to even consider passing.

Good work. What a memory!

What you saw there is the actual mating of turkeys. With birds, there is no insertion. The tom positions his organ over that of the hen, and his seed is dropped onto the hen's genitalia. Or something like that.

LAST EDITED ON May-14-16 AT 02:29PM (MST) by Founder (admin)[p]I took my daughter on a coyote hunt on Superbowl Sunday. She operated the call and brought in a pair of dogs for dad to arrow. An archery coyote double for her first predator hunt ever! Hope she doesn't expect it every time. We ran...

Lost my GPS a few years ago. I purchased Onyx Hunt Maps for 2 states at $30 each, and don't even consider replacing the GPS. I used the GPS religiously, but it is just not needed any more. My phone and Hunt Maps have brought me off the mountain in the dark with no problems and no service on...

It depends on the quality of buck you are looking for and the weapon you're using. If bow hunting, you will likely need more than 7 days to get two bucks down; one buck is tough enough, and according to most hunt's success rates, not likely to happen at all. 3 days to get two great bucks down...

That was a horrible shot. "The wind is blowing hard," he said; all the more reason to take a running shot I guess. I can't figure out why they would make it part of the video. Why not just leave it out of the video as if it never happened and never speak of it or attempt it again. I certainly...

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-11-16 AT 12:49PM (MST)[p]Looks a lot like the archery "Trophy Spike" I got in 2014, WA! Here's the Film It Yourself hunt and kill shot video: The base even looks the same. Likely a similar injury I'd say.

>Here's video I took of one >from a few years ago. > >It's at about the 1:45 minute >mark. > > > > >There's always next year Dude is extremely tall!

I think making the general units a better hunting experience is the thing to key in on. What about making deer hunters choose their weapon? That would make it far less crowded for the general seasons for both rifle and archery. Hard core archery hunters wouldn't be getting in the way of rifle...

All this talk about preference points is hard to swallow when something as easy as making hunters choose their weapon for each deer tag would make hunting better for everybody in all seasons. Hard to draw tags will only affect people once in a while. If we focused a little more on making the...

Hunted it a few years ago. We just drove down there and picked a spot and started finding deer. Plenty of 3 year old bucks and a ton of people after them. You'll think its Utah if you look at license plates. Cool area.

It has been warm up here and just now stating to get some cooler, wetter weather. There has been some blue tongue around. If you arrive after the 15th, there is sure to be some rutting action, just like every year.

LAST EDITED ON Aug-29-15 AT 05:29PM (MST)[p]Awesome buck. I got one a few years ago with a similar configuration, but not quite as cool as yours. Mine was normal the year before, so I wonder if both yours and mine had an injury.

I have a few Heads Up Decoys. Antelope, Elk and Turkey. As you should suspect, you can definitely feel it on there so you have to adjust for it, but it doesn't destroy your aim. I have had great success with the Turkey. I haven't used the other two enough to discredit them, but they have yet to...

LAST EDITED ON Jan-22-15 AT 06:25PM (MST)[p]#2 most impressive #7 best field photo - no doubt, awesome photo All great animals! A tough decision for sure

LAST EDITED ON Dec-25-14 AT 01:52AM (MST)[p]There is no doubt there are hunters that can make ethical long range shots. It is the morality of the issue that I question. Doesn't seem fair to me, so I will not be participating. A buddy let me shoot his rifle at a 1000 yard target. He did the...

Here's a pic from SE Washington. Obviously very opportunistic.

LAST EDITED ON Dec-21-14 AT 09:07PM (MST)[p] 10 yards. Took the frontal shot with great results. Here is the video:

Killed one, cleaned it, and then cooked it on tinfoil once. One of the most tender and unique (not bad)tasting birds I have eaten. Hard to believe the negativity on edibility. I would do it again in a heart beat.

Looks like more than just antler damage. I think with both sides being equal, he would top out just shy of 150".

The best, easiest and cheapest way we have found.

I think certain long range shooters can take ethical shots out to 1000 yards. I believe it to be the weapon setup more than the shooter. I know of guides that will pull out their long range weapon on the last day, dial it in for their client, and bam, a dead animal at 800 yards. So ethical...

I just heard it was now 75% contained. We had very strong wids today (60 mph) but some moisture came with it, and more is expected on the way. So it does not sound like it shoul get bigger than the 60k acres it is now, but anything could happen. I would not hold breath for a rain check, ans I...

Hopefully not. You could be hunting two nice bucks. Either way, both are shooters for sure. Have fun!

I would say it is more the hunters that push the elk down than the weather. It is a tough hunt; that's why the success numbers are so low. A few years back, I added up all the elk tags for that unit and it was well over 500. Put the 100 mule deer tag holders in there, plus the unlimited...

Does that make him six?

He may not look it, but I'll take his word for it. Thank God for a little shot placement luck!

Awesome high quality hunting video. I'd say the best I've seen of yours yet. Bummer to go through all that work and not get the kill shot footage though. I think its time you put a camera on your head.

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Mountain house is great. The best and least expensive way I have found to do it is to buy the canisters and put them in freezer ziplocks in serving sized portions. That way you don't have to pack around those awful pouches. Thanks for the heads up

We spot and stalk muleys and whitetail during the same archery season in the same area. While the Mule Deer do put themselves in stalk-able areas more often due to their habitat preferences, we have found that both are about the same difficulty given the same conditions and location. If either...

Hard to believe a buck can survive that long in habitat like that with the optics available these days. Great buck! Takes a good management program, or a very lucky buck.