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Thx Robb, I’ve been entering data 24/7 trying to get ahead at work so I can maximize my time out there. This was actually supposed to be my scouting year, until I got the heart problem. So instead I will be driving out August 1st, take wife to visit the ditch, then scout a full week before my...

Know any good areas on top between bedding & burns? I’ll be tree stand hunting. Have bow hunted the Kaibab 3 times and am comfortable hunting this way. I use Lone Wolf climbers.

I’d email them back the WY outfitter list. I’m sure they would be thrilled to give something back towards their decades long outfitter welfare program. It’s a win/win.

Do you have the Roam plan? I clicked on the hardware details and it lists a battery in the inventory list.

I don’t have much choice as far as the electronics go. I need to protect my job best I can. I expect I will check in and leave updates after my wife departs if I have enough energy. The heart failure & two torn Achilles wore me down last couple hunts. I just hope to have an enjoyable hunt with...

Anybody know if this unit is conducive to me bringing my ebike? The plan is to tree stand hunt trails between bedding & burns, plus maybe some water tanks.

I see it’s a little pricy, but given my work situation/PTO savings, I think it would be a wise investment. I would mainly only need to use it to email a few times daily for maybe a hour total. The heavy comment surprised me, because I added up the hardware weights (antenna, router, battery) for...

Thanks people, I went to the Starlink website and have been reading up. Then checked my time zones, schedule & hardware spec sizes & weights. I think I could make this work on the Roam plan. Anyone know if the subscription can be done just 4 months/year? It seems so, by what I have read so for.

I'll be in the Paunsagunt for as long as 5 weeks, and will need to do some work via my laptop to extend my stay. I'm curious if anyone knows how the Verizon cell signal is there. And if there are any libraries or restaurants where I can hookup my electronics. I have two cell phones & an iPad...

I started applying in 1997, and liked the fact some states were bonus, and some preference. Often I got criticized on forums for hogging the preference points and waiting too long to spend them. Well, today I'm very glad I rationed them to use little at a time. Because otherwise, I could not...

All red here

Looking to see some loyal MMers score some tags tomorrow! Good luck to everyone.

Excuse me! I was just stating the facts. 😂 Didn’t even criticize the system. Just evaluating the numbers. Don’t get your panties in a bundle. 😂 Glad I’m set for tags this year, and through 2028 thanks to advanced planning in preference point based states. I don’t have to uncork my...

So in 2007 the odds for my tag with 7 points was 6%, and today a guy with 29 squared points has even lower odds of 2.3%. And a guy with 7 points today only has 1/10th of 1% lol. Nice to know the more points we buy, our odds decrease anyway.

The reality is most of us will run out of health and will never draw sheep, regardless of points. I’m around 26 pts but don’t keep track and don’t expect anything. My wheels are falling off badly. It just escalates yearly. Seems you beat the odds on the deer though.

My numbers are extremely similar to yours, except I hit on a unit 111 archery elk tag in 2007 (my odds were 6%). Do you know what your odds are now for one of the premium archery elk tags? Just curious how the squared points policy has affected those chances. Good luck tomorrow. 🤞 You are due.

Iowan, Earlier this year I added up all my applications since 1996. I stopped counting at 1,200. An interesting stat - with that number you’d think I’d hit on one longshot <1%. Nope. The closest I came was NH moose at 1.2%. After that best was like 5%. Think about that when you look at hunt...

My plate is already full with a Utah OIL & 2 slammer Midwest deer lotto hits. Prefer not to do a combo hunt, so now hoping for red in Nevada. But if I do draw, dates will work, as I applied for hunts after my Utah hunt concludes. I'll be up to 26 on some of these in NV.

Would love to leave the pathogen carrier out to rot.

I could not speak or even squeak. First time I tasted Codeine again in over 50 years. Oh joy. Never again.

You don’t need the details. Just imagine waiting 26 years, going a full week early to scout, then contracting the worst virus in your life, coughing every 30 seconds for 5 full weeks. Energy drained for 5 weeks. Worst than Covid, which only layed me out ten days. Can you spell RUINED?

It’s official. Waited a long time for this. Door knobs & public places are strictly taboo starting 7/15. Not getting screwed again by some jackass dragging their sick kids around town spreading their love. One OIL tag pissed away is enuf.

Looks like Utah will finally get to see my asian wife, lol. She will accompany me to visit Bryce Canyon & the Big Ditch. Likely for some pre-hunt scouting as well.

I don’t know for this year. Toprut lists 3 in 2023. Given the number of auction & LO tags, I don’t try to understand the numbers. At one point I thought there was only one NR preference tag allocated.

Thx back door worked for me. As expected, I drew my Paunsagunt archery tag. Only took me 28 years. Last Utah tag was elk in 1997.

That’s why I’m trying hard to cash my highest point totals now. But can’t do them all one year. Rationing one per year. Maybe that’s why those two were stuck. Dumping 27 Utah this year before those get watered down.

I liken my dropping out of the WY sheep lottery to when I moved out of Illinois back in 2019. I can watch both train wrecks from a safe distance. 🤓

I downgraded all my elk choices to absolute rock bottom & still drew snake eyes. Nothing for other species as well. Will depend on Utah heavily this year.

Rie bread, Congratulations. That unit also goes by the name USUC. I’ve hunted it frequently since 2011. The best part about it is if you draw an overlapping hunt elsewhere, it’s very convenient to do a combo hunt with minimal additional travel & expenses required. I met my wife at Bayview...

Don’t have much say in the matter. Lol

This is always one of my biggest concerns. My second elk hunt was in Book Cliffs back in 96. After chasing my bull across a couple canyons, I was able to make a close final approach & harvest. When I returned to my vehicle there was an entourage of six guys, the hunter wearing some kind of...

I did not vote, but been checking in on the results just for curiosity. I applied for the NR Paunsagunt archery tag with 27 points. If I draw, will likely be hunting solo. I'm hoping this is a good choice for the points.

I’m considering returning there for late season elk since I burned my points in 2022. Had a 4th season deer hunt there around 2006 and walked up on 3 different decent bulls while deer hunting. I saw the late elk only takes a couple points.

Well, not sure about a figure for Randy, but he did help me give back approx. $350 million worth of big game tags to AZ since 2012. That alone is some significant coin. Also I know he’s also been involved in getting public access grants through RMEF. That’s in fact better than money as money...

I don’t disagree. The difference being I don’t think any of his activities can be described as being nefarious, unethical nor illegal. Unfortunately there’s also thousands of other honest YouTubers educating greenhorns on a public resource. I don’t hate any of them. In fact, I planned ahead...

Plenty of details in the MM archives.

What is this supposed to mean? Everyone knows what happened. It’s no secret. Even a dumbfounded KUTV ran several segments. How do you stop the whole bidding process AFTER the deadline. Go silent for 5 days. Then make an announcement that all the bid regulations will be changed to favor SFW...

SFW wants you to forget. They’ve always operated with that strategy. RMEF & Randy Newburg got screwed. To hell with our own regulations, we’ll just change all the rules even AFTER the deadline. You can’t make this stuff up. BTW - Even the governor gave his blessing to this fiasco. I live in...

https://kutv.com/news/local/allegations-of-corruption-surround-utah-hungtin-and-conservation-expo

https://kutv.com/news/local/allegations-of-corruption-surround-utah-hungtin-and-conservation-expo