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That quote with the DEI goals certainly seemed believable. Had me there for a second. Haha.

We hunted this unit for two of my kids during late rifle in 2020 and 2022. And my nephew hunted it in 2021. The 2021 burn in the wilderness area really buggered where we hunted in 2020, so had to change tactics in 2022. As folks have said, it can be highly competitive.

Alligator. 6 foot. Lived in southeast FL for 5 years for my first job out of college. Would take my kids to the Everglades occasionally to get away from the city. One time trying to bass fish with my son’s sea pole, a 6’ alligator swam over the line. So, I thought it would be cute for my kids...

Ah. Ok. Wasn’t sure if the age requirement you were referring to was losing his youth status or turning 12. Unfortunately, I don’t think I have any useful info on units he would be able to hunt this year. Three of my kids have deer hunted CO as youth, but with a few points.

How many points does he have?

Archery mostly…but more and more I’m enjoying the easier-to-care for meat in later rifle seasons.

Interestingly, the whole pack goats being a disease vector for bighorn sheep was litigated in the courts about a decade ago. Proven that they are decidedly not and ruled accordingly. Access can no longer be prohibited to packers with pack goats. Notably, the pack goats have made our hunts much...

Wasn’t the plan this year, but now my oldest son is finally ready to cash out his NR points. We’ve hunted CO for elk and deer hunts for his younger siblings at lesser point levels, so we know a few lower tier units. He has 12 deer points and 9 elk points. I’m kinda leaning towards just doing...

Yeah, I’ve had 5 kids that all struggled as 12-13 year olds finding game in the scope in the heat of the moment. I often took for granted the skills that now come so naturally after decades of practice, but are surprisingly difficult for newbies.

I’m genuinely curious…are these folks “idiots” for not following the UT law regarding orange or is it that they are unsafe? Are hunters in ID and AZ idiots, too, if not wearing orange? (And I’ll stipulate that during general season hunts in Utah, it’s definitely both)

See Vanilla’s post #102 above and let it sink in. Who the hell are you to criticize another hunter, apparently a young hunter no less, for by all accounts a perfectly legal harvest. Do you condemn every hunter that harvests a uniquely configured antlered buck or bull? If so, why are you on this...

1) Start by keeping them away from Disney shows/movies and such that humanize animals. 2) Feed them quality tasting, well-prepared game meat regularly, even if you have to get it from someone, and as they are enjoying it, point out what it is and where it came from. 3) Have hunting movie...

Just saw this thread. Must’ve missed it in January. I swear that half the folks on this forum are sounding just like the antis on all the other hippie sites throughout the WWW. WTH is going on here??

Getting my kids into hunting (both the sons and the daughters) was one of the best things I ever done. I always taught them hunting was a metaphor for life. Challenging mentally, emotionally, and physically…just like life. Occasionally fun, but often painful. Have to learn to never give up, and...

Hard to predict some things with certainty, but I’ll predict this one thing…the day WY starts a res point system is the day I accelerate my plan to move there and start building res points immediately. 🤪

Lightning struck for us last year. Seems to happen when least expected.

I’m gonna show my oldest and youngest sons’ biggest bulls since I was there and helped them, and then show my biggest bull… First, my oldest sons’ biggest bull: Now my youngest sons’ biggest bull: Now mine: That’s right. My biggest is just a spike. About the time I started figuring...

Still a little space left…but running out quickly: https://rumble.com/v450jeu-the-wall.html

Oh…and, yeah, freezers are bursting. But with two upright freezers and a couple side freezers, we got it all in. We do eat a lot of meat, though.

Thanks, Joe. Definitely a season for the books with the kiddos. Those twins now have the biggest buck (sister) and biggest bull (brother) in the family and they got them both this same season. My wall is covered by mostly the kids’ antlers. Here’s what it looks like now...

Ugh! I hate that. Had a couple tards do that to me just a few years ago that still don’t have binos like everyone else. Just glass everything with their rifle scopes, including other hunters.

Yeah, I’ve had a few rattlesnake close calls, also. But my least favorite are the two instances of barrage of bullets whizzing over my head during two UT Gen season rifle openers, I can now tell the difference between close bullets and farther bullets. Preferred the farther ones when my son...

Believe me…I did everything I could short of outright forcing him. Even had his uncles put the pressure on him. Sometimes kids only learn real life the hard way. 🤷🏼‍♂️

This passed season, my daughter joined us on a hunt, but she was in a hurry to get back to work and wanted to shoot the first buck she could find. Found what she thought was a good 2x2, but walking up on it was awesome to see it was actually a great 3x3. Maybe not a lot of mass, but you can...

For my fellow Utahns on the east side, just the tip boys. 😮 Here’s the tip…back to paper maps and compass, leave your cells at home. Just sayin’.

That’s me, haha. Still not sure I understand shed hunting. To each their own, I suppose.

Yeah, like this classic…

How many deer points do you have?

I wasn’t aware there was an official plan for this inevitability. https://www.ksl.com/article/50828384/recently-reintroduced-colorado-wolves-could-find-their-way-into-utah

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Compiled the video footage of my son’s Arizona late rifle elk hunt into a movie. Tells the story in more detail than my previous post about it. Here it is: https://rumble.com/v41ywak-arizona-late-elk-hunt-dec-2023.html

Bet you liked that last photo. My daughter couldn’t stop laughing at how far back I had her and her brother set back to make her baby buck look HUGE. 😆 That’s what she gets for shooting it. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Put together this quick little video below of my son and daughter hunting in CO this year. Emma had a buck tag and Jarom had both buck and bull tags, all for the same unit and same season. Jarom was seeking his 1st ever elk and hoping good bucks would show up for the rut. Emma had very little...

That video was on Day 1, when my son hadn’t yet arrived. Somebody up top was shooting at the bigger bull to the east of him. In this instance, I didn’t see where he went after the second shot. He just melted into the cover. The next day we found him bedded in the sun as shown in the pic. Seemed...

My son got this buck during 3rd season, just a few days after getting his first elk (5 pt bull).