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    2024 Hunt Update Thread

    Details!!! I need details!!! Our season is two weeks in and I haven’t set foot into the woods yet. I’m headed out Wednesday.
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    I got the age back on my 2023 whitetail

    It was actually great. I think he was old enough that he just napped all day and got real tender. It wasn't gamey and he didn't really smell like a rutted up whitetail even though his neck was huge and he was following a doe when I shot him.
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    Who is Hunting the Early Season?

    I'm sitting at my computer opening day. BOOOO. I had two days I could hunt this weekend and I was up with food poisoning till after 1 am. I am going tomorrow Aug. 31. Then I have to work Sunday and Monday. I'm too behind on work projects to take off time for Labor Day. If I work now hopefully...
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    Opposite game?

    Most of the things you mentioned are true. North slopes and getting away from people and all that. I would do what works whether others are doing that or something entirely different. I hear people say that elk are call shy where I hunt but I call in elk every year and get responses easily. They...
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    I got the age back on my 2023 whitetail

    I shot this deer last year. I posted it on this website somewhere. I knew he was old but I didn't think he would be 11. We get pretty hard winters and we have mountain lions and wolves as well as grizzlies and black bears. Not to mention an ever increasing number of hunters. I wouldn't have...
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    Is there such a thing as TOO GOOD of elk habitat?

    Yes to everything cohunter14 said. If there is sign there then they are using it but it could be a place they use in the summer or later in the fall. I cover ground until I find fresh tracks. Seeing and hearing them is good too but if they aren't in the open or talking then those options might...
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    Mystery Ranch Giveaway!!

    Just my home state of Idaho for OTC elk and deer. Probably turkeys and ducks at some point too. Days? As many as possible. I don't normally schedule any work during September but I'm behind on a few things so I will have to work during part of it. Our elk season is a month long then I have...
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    What's Left in Your Prep?

    Check and change batteries in a few things. I should probably see how old my bear spray is. I don't know if it loses propellant or the spice loses its potency. Maybe nothing goes wrong with it but I always like to have one that is within it's use by date. Especially with as many grizzlies as we...
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    Pre-season to In-season Scouting Questions

    Agreed. Definitely lots of glassing. Especially preseason and early season. Once the hunting pressure increases I rely on glassing less to find elk. If I'm not finding elk I start covering ground looking for sign. If they are pressured they might not come out in the daytime but they still leave...
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    Saskatchewan spring bear

    Looks like a big head on that guy.
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    2024 Whitetails

    Your definition of decent seems to be different than mine. Those look like some giants to me.
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    A September to remember and how I am planning it.

    I don't go through my gear anymore. Instead I rely on last minute panic and throw all of my gear in a bag and then I spend the first several days wondering why I am missing so many important items. It's not a system that I recommend. Several years ago I shot a deer and then realized I didn't...
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    Scenario: What Do You Do?

    I assume if I can see his eyes then he can see me so I am staying in that spot until he stands and I am shooting from there. If he looks away and I can move without being seen I will move to get the wind better but I wouldn't try to get closer in the open unless the wind is good and his head is...
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    Giveaway!!! Choice of Gerber Knife

    This website used to do more giveaways and had more traffic back then. I don't know if the two are related but hopefully this drums up more interest from folks.
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    Missouri bucks

    Several nice bucks there. I used to run cameras mostly just to see what kind of photos I could get but I haven't since my last one went belly up on me. Your photos make me want to get back into it.
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    Broadheads

    I haven't used either but I prefer fixed blades for everything for the same reason I use a whisker bisquit rest. Fewer moving parts means fewer things to go wrong.
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    2024 Elk plans?

    OTC in my home state of Idaho for me. I got an elk last year but elk encounters were extremely low and that's the same thing I heard from everyone I know who hunts there. Our fish and game department doesn't do any population surveys in this part of the state so there aren't really any...
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    Backcountry Mileage

    I hike as much as 14 miles a day while hunting without many problems other than soreness. I am 44 and I won't say I'm out of shape but I have been in better shape than I am now. Everywhere I hunt I am within a mile or two of a trail or gated road I can get a meat cart on so my pack outs aren't...
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    Does anyone want to see fish on here?

    I like deadbaiting for pike in the spring almost as much as elk hunting. I caught this one this spring. My biggest fish. It was 32.5 lbs and 45" long. I tried to release her but she floated back to the surface. I held her on the side of the boat for about 10 minutes and she swam away but I...
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    New Mexico Unit 45

    It should be good for feed. Unless it burned so hot that is scorched the ground. That will take a long time to come back but if it's been two years since the fire those areas should be full of stuff growing.

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