>SW,
>Nothing wrong at all with the
>buck that I killed this
>year. I'd love to
>shoot one like that every
>year. To be specific
>I shot him on the
>Fishlake. More than likely
>he was a buck that
>came over off of the
>Thousand Lake LE unit, based
>on where I shot him
>and traditional deer movement in
>that area. Yes I
>did spot him from the
>truck, but no I did
>not shot him from the
>road. So I'll let
>you be the judge of
>that. Anymore info?
>
>And yes I would agree with
>you goal of shooting a
>170 inch deer every year
>as opposed to a 200
>inch yard buck once every
>10.
>
>One question for you. Was
>it the joy of the
>outdoors and loving hunting that
>brought you back after a
>9 yr lay off or
>was it the big bucks
>of the WF that did
>it?
I have already "splaned" this to you once so im not sure I should even do it again. Here it is for the last time.
I only left hunting mule deer because at the time I didn't know how to apply for the hunts, I didn't have the money to mail in for the hunts. I didn't grow up in a family that hunted. The hunting took a dive imho. The hunting was not as good back then as it is now. The hunting now is way better!!! Once again all the friends I did have that hunted at that time in my life wanted to get drunk and chase women. I went along for the women part. I also didn't have time nor the desire to chase mule deer back then. I was mostly into fishing and went to work catching fish large enough to put on my wall.
when I accomplished my fishing goals I decided I wanted a buck on the wall. So I picked up a bow because I could purchase a tag over the counter at the time and the rifle tags were sold out.
the first year back with my bow I was hooked on hunting again. I just want to hunt. If I could hunt every year with a rifle I would. I don't like waiting periods!! Again If I could hunt every year with a rifle I would. If I could hunt every year with my rifle and still hunt as big a bucks as i do with my bow I junk the bow in a heart beat. We both know that is a pipe dream. We both know this is why archery only units are the shiz and they are not a pipe dream.
Im done with this discussion on why I think Utah rocks and why you think it sucks. I think Utah has great hunting on our general units. I think with hard work you can find one to hang on your wall. You might even get lucky and get an easy one like it sounds like you did. It however hasn't happened the easy way for me yet. Every thing I have taken has been because I put the boot work and packed in the miles on the hill. I can honestly say I have not located and then killed one good buck while driving my truck or wheeler. I also think if it was easy they everyone would get one.I dislike LE units. I dislike waiting periods. I dislike SFW and their once in a lifetime hunts as well.
I always heard "10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish." I think it must be the same way with mule deer.
If hunting was easy then everyone would have a big buck..