Get the rigid baseball-bat tube style. The flexible ones seem like a good idea, until you use them. No bass tones, they're noisy in brush, and they are harder to cram in and out of a pack than something rigid. Counterintuitive, but...
Arrived today. It's way too warm for November! I have no idea if the the bulls will be bachelored up yet. I'm going to concentrate on water sources near fresh chainrings or burns, and hope for the best. Scouting tomorrow...then on Saturday things get real.
Thanks for the offer MuleyFever, I'd gladly take you up on that! All early reports are that this is a down year for big bulls, but maybe that just means that the good ones are still alive!
I'd feel better if the forecast didn't look so sunny and warm. Oh well, at least I can be out hunting all...
Hello all. I'm new to this forum (well, new to posting) so I thought I'd make my first thread a journal about my upcoming trip. I drew the late bull tag in Utah's SW Desert, and I'm pumped that I have the whole season to find a good bull.
I have been able to scout it a bit, and a couple new...
I have to take a contrarian view to the ones being written above - I don't believe the 12x are a winner, and most of the people I've spoken to about them agree. I spend a ton of time with birders, who know more about binos than we hunters ever will (and spend more time behind their glass than us...