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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:03:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Aimless]
Tomorrow is the deadline to put in for big game draw. I could only pick deer because of the time I have off. I didn't do my research ahead of time and picked one unit with .03
chance of getting a tag and then as a back up I picked the most deer free crap unit, Beaver. I did somehow get a late season elk tag last year but couldn't go |
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USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:05:42 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Aimless: Tomorrow is the deadline to put in for big game draw. I could only pick deer because of the time I have off. I didn't do my research ahead of time and picked one unit with .03 chance of getting a tag and then as a back up I picked the most deer free crap unit, Beaver. I did somehow get a late season elk tag last year but couldn't go Plenty of deer tags in NYS!  
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CT, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:07:33 PM EDT
[#2]
This is a lotto for blacktail or whitetail ?
Lotto though ? you just can't buy a tag to deer hunt in Utah |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:09:19 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: Plenty of deer tags in NYS! |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:09:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Aimless: Tomorrow is the deadline to put in for big game draw. I could only pick deer because of the time I have off. I didn't do my research ahead of time and picked one unit with .03 chance of getting a tag and then as a back up I picked the most deer free crap unit, Beaver. I did somehow get a late season elk tag last year but couldn't go Time off? I thought you were a retired lawyer? |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:10:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ranging-by-zipcode: This is a lotto for blacktail or whitetail ? Lotto though ? you just can't buy a tag to deer hunt in Utah I bought a late season elk tag last year no lotto. I got goose egged on my lotto buys last year |
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CT, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:11:52 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Mule deer. I bought a late season elk tag last year no lotto. I got goose egged on my lotto buys last year cool never hunted them |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:12:30 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Time off? I thought you were a retired lawyer? |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:13:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ranging-by-zipcode: cool never hunted them |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:14:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Time off from soccer mom duties but I do still do some lawyering. My wife has to take off work if I disappear so she can watch the kids Well, that certainly let a few PSI of air out of the Aimless legend. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:16:08 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Me neither. I did see some near beaver in 22 but they were on private land You’ve never seen a Mule Deer on public land? Goddamn. The legend of Aimless takes another hit. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:19:33 PM EDT
[#11]
I've been putting in for deer on Antelope Island for 15 years. Haven't drawn yet.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:20:24 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: You've never seen a Mule Deer on public land? Goddamn. The legend of Aimless takes another hit. 
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:20:43 PM EDT
[#13]
Utah DWR has done it's very best to decimate the deer herd especially here in Southern Utah.
Decent bucks are very scarce. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:23:09 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I saw these, but I don't have an Arizona hunting license https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14563/IMG_0399-3197241.jpg Well everything is better with some cows around Livin' in town sometimes brings me down Let me bestow this western blessing share what I have found May you always have cows around |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:26:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By deadelk: Utah DWR has done it's very best to decimate the deer herd especially here in Southern Utah. Decent bucks are very scarce. Mule deer are in decline everywhere. I think they look down from the hills and see all those new subdivisions and they just feel too sick to breed. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:31:19 PM EDT
[#16]
I guess I take that back. I saw a bunch of deer near beaver in the mountains but that's all small copses of trees and open plains. That might be pretty exciting during deer season since all that area is accessible by dirt roads you could drive a Corolla on
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:34:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Mule deer are in decline everywhere. I think they look down from the hills and see all those new subdivisions and they just feel too sick to breed. I talked to some local guys I ran into on Utah's free rifle range/garbage can (ie Arizona) an old guy said he had a hunting cabin and deer hunting had been bad for years. I saw a moose up north. That was cool |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:36:09 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I guess I take that back. I saw a bunch of deer near beaver in the mountains but that's all small copses of trees and open plains. That might be pretty exciting during deer season since all that area is accessible by dirt roads you could drive a Corolla on Yeah. You’re gonna need boots, a backpack, decent binos, a tripod (or monopod) and motivation. If you’re hunting an area that a new guy from New York can find, you’re in the wrong area. This produces some challenges, for you, being a new guy from New York, but you’ll just need to try harder. You aren’t far from the best mule deer areas in the world. A tag might be challenging however. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:42:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Aimless]
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Yeah. You're gonna need boots, a backpack, decent binos, a tripod (or monopod) and motivation. If you're hunting an area that a new guy from New York can find, you're in the wrong area. This produces some challenges, for you, being a new guy from New York, but you'll just need to try harder. You aren't far from the best mule deer areas in the world. A tag might be challenging however. The tags Utah seems to be willing to hand out are in irradiated deserts or surrounded by angry Indians and private land patrolled by murderous cowboys |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:44:13 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Mule deer are in decline everywhere. I think they look down from the hills and see all those new subdivisions and they just feel too sick to breed. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Originally Posted By deadelk: Utah DWR has done it's very best to decimate the deer herd especially here in Southern Utah. Decent bucks are very scarce. Mule deer are in decline everywhere. I think they look down from the hills and see all those new subdivisions and they just feel too sick to breed. I fully expect mule deer to become a "threatened species" in my lifetime. Hence my motivation to kill a fine example before they are not huntable. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:45:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Beaver only has something like a 44% success rate, so the local boys from the closed pig rendering plant aren't exactly bowling them over either. Too bad to as they probably need the meat unless they got a job in tourism. There's a formerly closed ski mountain that's reopened and a bunch of fancy ski chateaus being built The tags Utah seems to be willing to hand out are in irradiated deserts or surrounded by angry Indians and private land patrolled by murderous cowboys 44% success rate in the west is absolutely crushing it. No matter what species. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:45:27 PM EDT
[#22]
Colorado released a bunch of wolves that are already killing cattle. I'm sure they'll get moose, elk and deer
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:46:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Beaver only has something like a 44% success rate, so the local boys from the closed pig rendering plant aren't exactly bowling them over either. Too bad too as they probably need the meat unless they got a job in tourism. There's a formerly closed ski mountain that's reopened and a bunch of fancy ski chateaus being built 44% is a reasonable success rate. It’s not back east where you sit in a tree on ten acres and wait for the whitetails to show up to the corn feeder. I’m sure “ski chateaus” are just what the area needs. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:48:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Beaver only has something like a 44% success rate, so the local boys from the closed pig rendering plant aren't exactly bowling them over either. Too bad to as they probably need the meat unless they got a job in tourism. There's a formerly closed ski mountain that's reopened and a bunch of fancy ski chateaus being built The tags Utah seems to be willing to hand out are in irradiated deserts or surrounded by angry Indians and private land patrolled by murderous cowboys Nothing wrong with angry Indians and murderous cowboys. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:54:08 PM EDT
[#25]
I put in for Panguitch otherwise I will take the point and wait. Buy a over the counter elk tag and hunt the Wasatch.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 4:52:24 AM EDT
[#26]
You're just having a run of bad luck, aren't you
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 5:04:01 AM EDT
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IN, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 5:07:12 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I saw these, but I don't have an Arizona hunting license https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14563/IMG_0399-3197241.jpg Them are Slowww Elk |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 6:59:08 AM EDT
[#29]
Our draw results don’t come out till June.
I’d like to say Colorado just got stoned and “spaced it out”, but it’s been that way forever here. They claim they want to be able to get herd estimates, factor in winter kill, all that, before deciding how many tags to issue. Meanwhile half the state can be hunted by an unlimited number of rifle tags, no draw needed. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:00:29 AM EDT
[#30]
Did you get your elk and moose point?
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:05:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DVCER]
[#31]
Yeah you really should be in the point game. Pretty cheap for a resident.
Over here the non resi have to buy a small game tag just for the privilege of applying for big game lol. It’s about 100 bucks just to apply, win or lose. But then they get a point, or some just apply for the point and try to gain enough points to get a decent tag. The best units take 20+ years to draw. What a $ maker. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:14:12 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DVCER: Yeah you really should be in the point game. Pretty cheap for a resident. Over here the non resi have to buy a small game tag just for the privilege of applying for big game lol. It’s about 100 bucks just to apply, win or lose. But then they get a point, or some just apply for the point and try to gain enough points to get a decent tag. The best units take 20+ years to draw. What a $ maker. I wish we could sell our points. Talk about a money maker |
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WV, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:13:34 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DVCER: Yeah you really should be in the point game. Pretty cheap for a resident. Over here the non resi have to buy a small game tag just for the privilege of applying for big game lol. It’s about 100 bucks just to apply, win or lose. But then they get a point, or some just apply for the point and try to gain enough points to get a decent tag. The best units take 20+ years to draw. What a $ maker. I was just bitching about this to my wife a couple days ago, as I was slipping the UDWR another $140 bribe for this year's point. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:14:05 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tveddy: Did you get your elk and moose point? |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:28:45 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I saw these, but I don't have an Arizona hunting license https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14563/IMG_0399-3197241.jpg Weird lookin deer you got out there man. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:48:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Kharn]
[#36]
Come to Maryland.
These aren't even all the days.  Attached File Attached File$160 non resident permit, straight walled cartridges legal for firearms statewide (bottleneck cartridges allowed in some counties) . No bids for zones, just pay your money and pick your tree (with a big bait pile 50 yards away if on private property). Kharn |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:06:11 AM EDT
[#37]
I was successful drawing an Elk tag for bow season. 1st week in Northern New Mexico. Unit 2. Been a few years since
I was last out with the bow. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:15:53 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I have a lifetime license. I could go back and kill a deer with a baseball bat. I could claim it's a sleep service animal to get it on the plane to Utah LOL. A penguin carrying a deer on a plane. What'll they think of next!? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:45:05 AM EDT
[#39]
Just go to CO for weekend and do some night work
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileIn Minecraft of course |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:47:59 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kharn: Come to Maryland. These aren't even all the days. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084504_jpg-3197358.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084429_jpg-3197359.JPG $160 non resident permit, straight walled cartridges legal for firearms statewide (bottleneck cartridges allowed in some counties) . No bids for zones, just pay your money and pick your tree (with a big bait pile 50 yards away if on private property). Kharn The spirit of a properly done western deer hunt is not the same as doing what sounds basically like suburban pest control for the state. Those hunts would make me feel like I should be able to submit a time card for my hours at the end of the hunt. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:27:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: The spirit of a properly done western deer hunt is not the same as doing what sounds basically like suburban pest control for the state. Those hunts would make me feel like I should be able to submit a time card for my hours at the end of the hunt.  I had a bunch of deer in NY. I had to pay to had someone spray for ticks |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:27:57 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: The spirit of a properly done western deer hunt is not the same as doing what sounds basically like suburban pest control for the state. Those hunts would make me feel like I should be able to submit a time card for my hours at the end of the hunt. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Originally Posted By Kharn: Come to Maryland. These aren't even all the days. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084504_jpg-3197358.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084429_jpg-3197359.JPG $160 non resident permit, straight walled cartridges legal for firearms statewide (bottleneck cartridges allowed in some counties) . No bids for zones, just pay your money and pick your tree (with a big bait pile 50 yards away if on private property). Kharn The spirit of a properly done western deer hunt is not the same as doing what sounds basically like suburban pest control for the state. Those hunts would make me feel like I should be able to submit a time card for my hours at the end of the hunt. You can walk five miles around your car before going the 100 yards from the parking lot to your tree if you want. But the other hunters will think you're weird and take your picture.  Kharn |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:43:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Uh Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Originally Posted By tveddy: Did you get your elk and moose point? Oh |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:09:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/16/2024 1:34:01 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Aimless]
[#45]
No surprise, got nothing in deer lotto. Now I'm stuck with possible left over over the counter permits. Unfortunately those are all weeks where maybe I could go on a weekend but not during the week
-sigh. https://wildlife.utah.gov/remaining-permits.html |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 2:25:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kharn: You can walk five miles around your car before going the 100 yards from the parking lot to your tree if you want. But the other hunters will think you're weird and take your picture. Kharn Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kharn: Originally Posted By FightingHellfish: Originally Posted By Kharn: Come to Maryland. These aren't even all the days. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084504_jpg-3197358.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084429_jpg-3197359.JPG $160 non resident permit, straight walled cartridges legal for firearms statewide (bottleneck cartridges allowed in some counties) . No bids for zones, just pay your money and pick your tree (with a big bait pile 50 yards away if on private property). Kharn The spirit of a properly done western deer hunt is not the same as doing what sounds basically like suburban pest control for the state. Those hunts would make me feel like I should be able to submit a time card for my hours at the end of the hunt. You can walk five miles around your car before going the 100 yards from the parking lot to your tree if you want. But the other hunters will think you're weird and take your picture. Kharn Do you field-dress those cute little Bambis after walking laps around your car? |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 2:31:26 AM EDT
[#47]
Loads of wild turkeys in the hills east of Beaver.
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Posted: 5/16/2024 2:43:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: I saw these, but I don't have an Arizona hunting license https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14563/IMG_0399-3197241.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aimless: Originally Posted By FightingHellfish: You've never seen a Mule Deer on public land? Goddamn. The legend of Aimless takes another hit. Those are cow deer. They’re an invasive species, no tag required. Should have taken one. |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 9:42:38 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By centrarchidae: Do you field-dress those cute little Bambis after walking laps around your car? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By centrarchidae: Originally Posted By Kharn: Originally Posted By FightingHellfish: Originally Posted By Kharn: Come to Maryland. These aren't even all the days. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084504_jpg-3197358.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/195/Screenshot_20240425_084429_jpg-3197359.JPG $160 non resident permit, straight walled cartridges legal for firearms statewide (bottleneck cartridges allowed in some counties) . No bids for zones, just pay your money and pick your tree (with a big bait pile 50 yards away if on private property). Kharn The spirit of a properly done western deer hunt is not the same as doing what sounds basically like suburban pest control for the state. Those hunts would make me feel like I should be able to submit a time card for my hours at the end of the hunt. You can walk five miles around your car before going the 100 yards from the parking lot to your tree if you want. But the other hunters will think you're weird and take your picture. Kharn Do you field-dress those cute little Bambis after walking laps around your car? .450 Bushmaster usually deposits the backstraps 25m away. Just pick them up and go before the Karens get there. Kharn |
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Posted: 5/16/2024 9:45:48 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By medicmandan: I've been putting in for deer on Antelope Island for 15 years. Haven't drawn yet. Rode my bicycle around Antelope Island a couple of times when I was working in SLC a couple of years ago. When you get your tag, you should have plenty of targets. |
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