Recent content by bballard

Never hunted brown bear, but if I ever do, no doubt I'm taking my 375 h&h. I was born at night, but not last night.

Hands down for me was a caribou drop hunt in the Brooks Range of Alaska. I did the hunt with two of my brothers and another friend. We had bachelor groups of bulls coming by for 3 days! Hardly saw a cow. We all filled easily and it was truly a great adventure. We had grizz on the gut piles and...

50 years? Wow!

How sweet! Looks like you made it count!

You are correct about alot things, but it is certainly not that way everywhere. The bighorn sheep tag I just drew in my home state after 14 years cost $280. Each year I applied, cost me $10 for application fee. They do not hang on to my money and refund after the drawing, but I know some...

What a beautiful trophy!

Wow that is amazing!

I really appreciate the replies to my thread. I love to hear the "lucky" stories and also the perseverance that many of you have for that "lifetime " dream. Hopefully these stories will help those still waiting and also serve as an example of the possibilities if you get lucky or do your time...

Wow, the highest preference points I have or ever had is 30 for a special draw elk hunt. Hang in there!😬

That sounds about like the stuff dreams are made of! Wow!

Congrats and good luck! I know exactly how you are feeling.

I have 30 years on an elk tag....start to wonder if I'll be able to do it if the time comes....

Very nice!

I recently drew a big horn sheep tag in my home state of South Dakota. As you can imagine, I feel like the luckiest guy on the planet. I was just wondering what other difficult tags members on the forum have drawn? It took me 14 years to pull this tag. What say you?

I pretty much use all reloader 22 powder for my 300 win mags. That powder has been hard to find. Some say it's not very temp stable, but I hunt mostly when it is cool in the fall and have not ever had any issues....from the dakota plains to the brooks range. Pretty much what I like in my 7 mags...