I've posted the field photos of both of these bucks here already, but since I'm dug out from the blizzard and dreaming of muleys here are my 2020 Nevada and Colorado archery bucks on the hoof. The Nevada buck was the day before I killed him and the Colorado one was about 6 hours before I was...
I agree. If you are having trouble finding good public land big game hunting opportunity every year or two out west you are doing something wrong. It's not easy and people don't have realistic expectations from what I've seen.
I can and have, but when the season used to open the last Saturday in August my lucky day was 9/6. I think I shot bucks on the 6th 3 years in a row. These were all mature bucks but not monsters like you chase every year.