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1.7x is sold $3550 for the btx 85 plus marsupial case

Will split up btx 85 for $3600, 1.7x ME $300

Prefer not to split it up, might entertain offer to split it up later if someone doesn’t want the whole thing

For sale is my BTX setup with 85mm lense and 1.7x ME. Will include a marsupial case and phone skope attachment. It is used, the lenses are perfect and I do not see any real sign of wear on the body. Will come with all original boxes/paperwork and accessories. $3900 net to me for the package...

They’re already putting some inches on! Pretty fat and happy with two years of good feed in a row.

Who is consuming enough shed hunting videos that these guys can make money off it? I can’t imagine a more boring YouTube video.

Gavin knows what’s best for us..

Thanks for the heads up, wrote a comment asking for a spring bear season with our very stable and under hunted population

Kinda creepy looking.

For managing hunters: I would add some late season archery in A and D zones, only available to AO tag holders. Or it could be a limited hunt. There’s bucks dying of old age, would be a fun opportunity and not hurt the deer herd. For managing deer: No clue honestly. CA hardly publishes anything...

5-10mph variable wind..I’m stalking closer. That’s 10in of drift at 5mph and 20in at 10mph for a good bullet…too variable for me. And that’s assuming no funny wind currents across the canyon that you don’t know about. I’m stalking closer. Was practicing basically this shot last night..gusting...

Being effective in the field at 600 yards is going to take some practice and some different gear particularly scope. It’s not as easy as it looks on YouTube; it’s not just twisting a dial. More recoil=harder to shoot accurately, this is a fact..muzzle break masks the recoil but does not change...

I am very glad it’s not my job to manage hunters. We will never, all be happy…a guy could be the only person in the whole unit filled with nice bucks, and he will complain about the weather..

Might see you in 67nd, I put in for an elk tag and buddy is in for deer. I’m glad to be a mule deer nut instead of a sheep nut, sounds expensive!

You split up into multiple season I doubt it will feel any less crowded. It will also be more pressure on the deer. Guys and their posse will be hitting it hard every single day of their 5 day season. Few if any are doing that for the entire general season as it stands. You want less crowds...

Pretty sure A zone is bigger than most of the US states i am not too worried about it. But now you have me wondering if there is some super secret magical zone in CA with huge bucks that I don’t know about?!

Absolutely. There are places where you just cannot go because if you killed a deer in there, you might die packing it out. One such place we hunted as dumb college students. About 9 miles in and the trialhead was about 2000ft higher than where you hunt... uphill pack out. Backpack hunt with...

All it takes is a few days on any of these units and a guy will wonder why he took up deer hunting in the first place. I am not too worried about it they sell something like 10,000 tags in my home unit. The more the merrier I guess.

I choose to kill what I want. Sometimes I pass nice bucks looking for a giant, sometimes I am happy with a small or young buck. I am under no illusion that passing a deer will do anything for populations that are down. If anything I might pass a buck that I personally will look for the next...

It may be a conditional plea? If he goes hunting during that timeframe the judge can then throw the book at him. Kind of like probation.

There are some crusty, old bucks in the d zones. Pretty darn good age class on the winter range most years. Super long season with a nice early opener some bucks still in velvet.. I keep saying if I put as much effort into my local D zone as I do into my out of state hunts…or maybe held off on...

Eh, if you are practiced and really know your equipment it does not take very long to get off an accurate shot. A lot of guys are messing with rangefinder settings, wind meters, dope charts, bipod settings, scopes they don’t use often enough, wiggling around, etc. when you actually practice how...

I think I’d do a 3rd season hunt and learn the country with plans to come back in a couple years with a second season tag..but the OP is not a mule deer nut so maybe that’s not in the cards

I had a very similar, 58 yard shot on a solid buck in Wyoming. The shot felt perfect and I thought he was unaware. By the time the arrow reached him, he was on his feet and it stuck into the dirt in his bed. My wife had been watching from across the canyon and says the rest of the bachelor herd...

Looks like a pretty similar trend as Utah. I wonder what could cause that kind of correlation across two states with very different management?? Weather perhaps?

Yep we are due west of independence. On our side of the mountains it’s fairly wet and green, although after our years of drought I think my perspective is skewed..

Hard to draw conclusions..in Fresno county we’re somewhere between 80-90% of normal rainfall. This is on the heels of obviously a great water year last year, so theoretically soil moisture should be good. Up on the Sierra crest we had so much snow last year…in September the forage looked more...

Coyotes hunting is probably the best way to get proficient at making the shot opportunity count on big game. Small target moving a lot doesn’t give much time for screwing around behind the gun. And learning to deal with buck fever… coyote running in on your setup will get the heart pounding quick!

Go hunt and enjoy it. Mule deer populations are down, but they are cyclical. Shooting a buck will not affect population growth.

248k hunters in 1988! And we complain now about hunter crowding.

If it’s in 242 and you can get a deer tag…sell it and go buy just about any elk hunt you want with some cash left over 😂

I’d like to think what they call “climate change” is just prolonged drought that will correct itself..but no denying the lack of feed is wrecking havoc on your herds and mine to the south of you. Sounds like Oregon is ready to admit they have a problem..wish I could say the same about my state.

I cleaned up my language too..but I can take it and don’t mind a heated debate one bit!

Yes, it could be totally destroyed. The antis would love to take it away from you and your granddaughter. That’s the most realistic way it’ll be destroyed. The elk are not going anywhere. And while we’re arguing about crap that doesn’t matter (tag cuts, buck:doe, age class structure), we should...

how about honesty, and a realistic outlook! Realistically we are in a valley. I believe there are some peaks yet to come. During the peaks we can have plenty of opportunity AND some great animals out there to hunt. Heck, I am having great hunts every year on crappy tags where herds are not doing...

If guys could just be HONEST about what they want.. I get it. Average bucks and bulls don’t get you excited anymore. You want to be wowed. You’ve seen and killed some giants in the past and want another one. That’s totally fine, but be honest about it. You want quality over opportunity. And...

Serious question—do your grandkids care about the size of the antlers? Are they going to turn there nose up at a 300” bull?

I’ll agree that the DWR is trying to do the right thing, Utah at least has that going for them. I don’t know of another state doing as much research and trying to understand mule deer like Utah is. I don’t think the biologists give a crap about the money but obviously more players are involved...

You can choose to identify as one of the washed out if you want but it wasn’t explicitly directed towards you Elkass! If the herds disappear despite good, biology based management then at least we did our best to prevent it. If the herds disappear because we have too many bar stool biologists...

We ALL want our kids to hunt and the herds to be healthy. I’d prefer my kid to actually have a tag, even if it’s a glorified forky hunt, rather than sit on the sidelines so the washed out old farts who have selective memory about the glory days can ride around trying to recreate something that...