I used to waste a lot of time driving around looking for the perfect stand (elevation , wind, line of sight, cover, hiding the truck, etc.). Started calling the thickest sagebrush I could find and my numbers went up.
Pack a small stool to get you up off the ground.
Use an ATV or side by side...
My experience is, people shoot first and count points last. Not enough points, musta missed, and walk away.
If units are in such bad shape to consider point restrictions, they should be closed entirely.
Not my experience . The majority of confirmed lion kills I've come across were good bucks. Big bucks are solitary and easier for a lion to hunt and kill than a herd of does and fawns.
What'd preseason scouting consist of? Driving around Valley Fair Mall, practicing backing in and out of parking spots, looking for poor cell coverage areas, and scouring maps for I-15 construction zones. Most guys hitting up Cabela's and the range, while this guy is in Verizon and Les Schwab.
A sanitized ****-show is still a ****-show, and the so-called "hunter" is 100% responsible because he listened to YOUR recommendation and played right along.
All that hard work put in keeping his phone charged, gassing up the Pavement Pounder, choking down some road snacks, and speeding down...
Anyone who considers that "hunting" is retarded. "Guides" and their cronies scouring the hills and then make a phone call for that clown to come in and wound that bull at distances he has no business shooting at is not hunting.
KSL should be ashamed for being a part of that ****-show, let alone...
A funny story about that damn dog. Wife's aunt and uncle who we hunted with had two fat labs that were a nuisance and kept pestering the bear dog, but they knew where the end of his rope was. They took off to town for fuel and supplies one day and I added about 10 feet to his rope. When they got...
I had an experience with that dipshit years ago when we found one of his bear dogs on the South Manti during the elk hunt. Dog was skin and bones and half feral when we came across him with a broken receiver on his collar. Coaxed him into the back of the truck with pieces of a sandwich. Called...
Doug at Cameraland was just selling Sig Kilo6k and GPO Rangeguide 8x32's for $800.00. If that's "deep pockets", I don't know what to tell you. Not everyone needs (or wants) Leica or Swarovski.
Some strange arguments here.
Heavy: My LRF binocular weighs 24.7oz. Maybe you need more 12oz curls.
States possibly banning them: Leica Geovids have been around 31 years. Yeah, I don't think they're going anywhere.
That's pretty much a once in a lifetime hunt anymore. If I were from out of state and had never stepped foot in the unit, I'd sell a kidney and hire a guide.
Take the entire hunt off, show up a couple of days early to scout, get off the roads, use your binos and spotting scope, get out of bed early, stay til dark, don't shoot the first decent buck you see. Plan for hot, dusty, dry conditions.