I have loaded for two rifles in the SAUM. Light and medium weight bullets and may see a 7 PRC in my future. I’ll be interested to see how the replies go on this
I started out hunting here about 25 years ago and it’s DEFINITELY not the same as it was. One has to look harder and harder to find really big bucks and it doesn’t seem to matter where or how remote you go someone else almost always has had their eyes on the bucks too
G&F figures show non resident hunters WAY down in last few years and they can prove that through tag allocations. I don’t think they have any honest way to count resident hunters in our area.
They are also kicking around mandatory harvest reports. They said that last year they received...
Yes, it’s pretty ridiculous how people have lost their minds hunting “Monster Mule Deer”.
I went to a G&F meeting locally (Area G) 2 weeks ago. Out of the mule deer they had collared in December there were 20% of the fawns still alive, 80% of does and 65% of bucks. Gonna be a tough one for...
There is some talk of doing that for General deer season. Antelope is already area specific for residents. We do have great hunting here. One just needs to learn when to stay away from certain areas…….opening few days, weekends, etc….
Nice living in a place where we have lotsa opportunities.
When I used to travel and do short non res elk hunts I was alway stressed trying to get it done in a relatively short period of time
Most summers we only have few days in the 80’s and none at 90.
Occasionally we will have a summer that doesn’t even reach 80.
Will be interesting to see how this year plays out….
It’s been pretty tough this winter
I have 3-4’ of snow on my property still, with more potential in the next week or so.
I think we r around 225” for the year