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  1. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    Wyoming residents don't pay for their wildlife management. Everyone else does. Here is the fact sheet straight from WGFD website to prove it. To your earlier comment of they pay all the taxes so they deserve the tags, Wyoming has no individual state income tax or corporate income taxes. They...
  2. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    I agree with you on the increasing human population issue as a whole. Which is why I mentioned the development and constant recreational use of wintering, calving/fawning and migratory areas being a major problem So, we are in agreement there. The graph you posted for antelope isn't really...
  3. LuvsFixedBlades

    What bow for a 73 year old Elk hunter?

    What species are are you intending to hunt with said bow? You mentioned you are not the steadiest of shots. I'd be more concerned with shooting an ultra-light bow than with brace height. If you already have a shaky hold, the lighter the bow, the worse your wobbles will be. If you go with a...
  4. LuvsFixedBlades

    Iron will broadhead through my leg

    Yep, a good time for a public service announcement. Everybody out there claiming 35lbs packs for 7-day elk hunts, pay attention :LOL: I keep a RATS tourniquet and a couple of packs of QuikClot in the very top pocket of my pack. Consider the RATS if you are in the market for one, they are good.
  5. LuvsFixedBlades

    Archery NM elk

    I believe the opening season is better for killing big bulls in the good units of NM. Personally, I prefer to hunt the second season because being in bugling bulls as much as possible is the experience I'm after, but that's the only reason. If you have the chance to hunt NM regularly and a...
  6. LuvsFixedBlades

    15 WY Elk Pts. - Let's Make a Deal

    Me too. I just drew a tag in unit.....oh wait, can't say that anymore.
  7. LuvsFixedBlades

    Colorado 5-year structure public input meeting schedule

    I went to the meetings. It was only about season structure topics - not pref points, app deadlines, or fees. Just FYI. We discussed and voted on issues such as: Whether to replace unlimited elk (OTC archery, OTC 2nd rifle and OTC 3rd rifle) with a 1) OTC with CAPS model or, 2) every unit goes...
  8. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    Yes, wildlife management agencies are reducing the supply of NON-RESIDENT tags electively, which is the topic I've been discussing. Yes, wildlife is scarce. But, the discussion I've been having is about scarcity of NR tags vs. total tags available, not the scarcity of critters. And, just so you...
  9. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    I don't think you and I are as far off on this issue as it seems. I couldn't agree more with your point on the affects advancements in technology have had. Access to easy information, GPS, mapping software and added safety measures like cell phones and satellite comms (InReach) units have...
  10. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    I remember those days in WY, too. MT, CO and ID as well. How many NR big game tags did WY sell in 2004? How many do they sell now? You could get a cow moose tag with zero points 20 years ago, but the non-res allocation wasn't 10% then, either. Did social media make WY screw over non-residents...
  11. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    I guarantee you your older relatives and 99% of people hunting rabbits around family farms in the 60's-80's weren't buying hunting licenses to do so. The numbers I referenced above are from documented license sales, not estimates.
  12. LuvsFixedBlades

    Posting unit #'s

    I think clarification with facts is needed on a couple of points here. First, the total number of hunters in the US has not risen markedly in over 40 years. The total number of hunters has been sitting at around an average of 15M for the last two decades, and actually peaked at around 17M...
  13. LuvsFixedBlades

    Ongoing Research on Transmission of CWD to Humans

    That's a lovely thought. Now I'm never going turkey hunting again, lol
  14. LuvsFixedBlades

    Ongoing Research on Transmission of CWD to Humans

    I'm careful in how I process the animal to not cut into the spine/glands/brain until I'm finished removing and isolating meat. I will test my kills because I feed the meat to my family. If it comes back negative, that's good enough for me. I've eaten so much wild game without testing over the...
  15. LuvsFixedBlades

    Backcountry hunt pack weight

    What he said ^^^ My personal experience includes backpacking, mountaineering and hunting the Rockies for the last 30 years. I'm native to Colorado and live in the mountains. The longest I've backpacked straight without coming out is 61 days (with food resupply drops). I have used darn near...
  16. LuvsFixedBlades

    Colorado unit 61

    They are big units, but divide the size by the deer inventory and its still a top 20% DAU. It's just a hard unit to hunt. You really can't glass it well and much of it is dense. That doesn't mean the cats ate 'em all. The days of pulling off the road in a carbureted short-bed and grabbing the...
  17. LuvsFixedBlades

    Colorado unit 61

    You said "except there are very few deer in 61 anymore", and that's just not true. Look at the inventory numbers. C'mon man, you're comparing it to the way it was 40 years ago. Of course it's changed in 40 years. Most everything, everywhere has changed in the last 40 years.
  18. LuvsFixedBlades

    Colorado unit 61

    The population estimate of the Uncompahgre herd was 10,300 with 33% buck to doe in 2022. There are only 9 DAU's out of 55 in Colorado with higher deer populations. And, there are only two units that comprise this DAU. Units 61 and 62. Most DAU's have more units with less total deer. In terms...
  19. LuvsFixedBlades

    Colorado unit 61

    That's the first thing I thought, lol.
  20. LuvsFixedBlades

    Lip Bawl?

    I really like a lip bawl in the middle of a "bull calling cows" bugle. A call that is short in duration - growling to shrill to start, lip bawl in the middle, and a short high pitch burst at the end. Shorter than a typical location bugle. Joel Turner did a video on it several years ago. Here...

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