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This year I am applying for New Mexico for Deer, Elk, Antelope, Oryx, Barbary sheep, and Bighorn Sheep. The tags to draw for me that will really make my year is an archery elk, and rifle antelope. I will draw a deer tag for sure so depending on which one I get will make a nice little bonus.
I am also putting in a few apps in Texas to draw an exotic hunt on one of their WMA's. My only real reason for that is it is the most affordable and fair chase way to get an Axis deer.
 
Applied in Utah, but hoping to get an over the counter tag for Idaho and give it a shot. I dont care where I'm hunting, I'm just ready to get back out there chasing bugles!!!
 
I've applied for Wyoming Big Horn sheep and Bison.  Also planning on putting in for Elk, deer, and antelope there.  Most hopeful to draw a covered bull tag in the Absaroka mountains!
 
This upcoming season like all seasons I'm most excited to hunt bulls in the rut with my bow, that time of year is hard to beat!
 
To prepare for this upcoming season I'm working hard on being in the best shape I can.  The hunt is always more enjoyable when I'm physically prepared.  As Cam Hanes sometimes says "work hard, hunt easy".
 
My brother and law and I with a horrible pose while celebrating the success of killing a mature bulls elk with my bow. 
 
This year, I applied for a first rifle tag in CO. I'd say there's an 80% our group gets our tags. If we don't get what we want, we will do an OTC hunt in CO.
 
Its pretty simple, I am most excited about being in the rockies, hunting. Being from WI, I love sitting in my tree stand with a bow during the rut, but the time I spend in the mountains with my friends is life-changing. After two trips, I have yet to harvest an elk, but they are still two of my favorite hunting trips.
 
A piece of advice that I would give to someone new to elk hunting isnto spend a lot of time scouting and preparing.  The more time one spends preparing the more enjoyable the hunt.  I also like to make a checklist that I continuously update with things to pack and bring to make the hunt better.
 
Preparing...


Out of the group of 6 hunters, I did the research for the CO GMU, when, where, etc.


Yesterday, I did a bunch of hang snatches, a bunch of back squats, then the actual workout was hang power cleans, push presses and front rack lunges.


I've got my 7mm Rem Mag with a blank in it. I've been dry firing on a regular basis, at different shooting angles.
 
I?m most excited this season for the time spent in the field. Enjoying the hunts, time with friends, chasing critters. 
 
Here is a picture of the result of our work the last time we went out. It was a second season. The elk rack you see was harvested from an old carcass. We guessed it was from a week and a half prior, at the beginning of first rifle. We actually tagged it, covered the head with salt to get rid of the maggots. One guy out of our group shot a cow. We harvested a bunch of mules and a bear the locals called "Cinnamon." They've been hunting him for a couple years, so they say.


I'm hoping the hunt this year will still have harvest pictures, as we are going to CO during first rifle... The only tags we will have is elk tags.
 
The best way I have to prepare is to keep up with my three little ones! All under 2 years.


Oh and shooting a good bit!
 
Elk pics!!

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Advice for a new hunter / someone interested??


-I do unguided hunts. Be prepared for making mistakes, failure, hard work, setbacks, being cold, being tired, mentally drained and the elk outsmarting you. My first year, we all were so excited, but after three days of trudging through snow and cold, we mental quit. We SHOULD have harvested two or three elk the last two days, but we were checked out and weren't prepared when the elk presented shots. I realized that the process, and not the harvest, is the best part.


-Do your research, in terms of how to hunt the area you are going to. Know how to gauge thermals. Know where the people paths are and are not. Know how snow will affect your hunt.


-Make your living situation as easy as possible. Prepare your food in a manner that will allow you more time to hike, hunt and rest and less time cooking and cleaning.


-Be prepared for a hunt of a lifetime, regardless if you harvest something!
 
Advice. Go. Hunt. Learn.

You won?t always be successful. Remember the things that work but, more so, remember  the things that didn?t.

It?s okay to break the norm. Just because you haven?t seen it done that way, doesn?t mean it won?t work.
 
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