Wait, I thought trail cameras gave you such an unreasonable advantage that you couldn’t NOT kill a monster…
Oh wait, this guy hiked in and hunted near deer sign? That still works?
I hunted the TCUA this year for under 20. It wasn’t a cancellation hunt either. The flip side is that it was a very (as in extremely) physical hunt. No aircraft, machines, or pack animals. Boot leather only.
It can be done, but there are some tradeoffs
Way too much self righteousness going on in here - if you don’t want to use cameras, don’t. If you do, do it. I do t like the gov telling me what to do on my land (I have used all types of cameras before, but currently don’t use any outside of on a couple gates, for security reasons).
We as...
Sure - hiked in, hiked a lot, didn’t see very many sheep (11 in 9 days), got lucky and found this guy the evening of day 5 - shot him that night after a long stalk. Hiked out through some of the worst weather I’ve experienced in the field. He’s got 14.5” bases, which is the largest of the Dall...
I’ll run a dry patch down the barrel after doing a visual inspection. If it shoots, I leave it alone until accuracy degrades (I shoot groups with the rifle annually). Once it degrades I’ll clean the barrel. There is a lot of old school ‘knowledge’ regarding barrel cleaning - most of it has...
I’ve spent about 40 days in unit 500. I’ve seen a few, closest was about 100 yards. Tons of bear sign, but they aren’t behind every tree. Keep camp clean, be alert and you’ll be fine.
Sean, the former sheep biologist for MT FWP (not sure what his official title was, really good guy by the...