New Utah Weapon restriction hunts

[Trimbandit]

I talked to a wildlife biologist a few years back when HAMSS started. The basic idea was to let more people hunt but take fewer animals.
For general hunts I can understand that. For limited entry that's a huge commitment.

 

[CorbLand]

You can't hunt until your 12 in Utah. Yes it sucks when your favorite unit changes, I had to shift units a couple times to try and keep my kids hunting.

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You are correct. I was thinking of Arizona when I said ten. He has been applying her for a couple years and she should draw this year.

 

[PathFinder]

What modern guns are even made out there that even have iron sights anymore? Not counting big bores and dangerous game guns, or things like lever guns or reproductions.

Does anyone even make a modern 223 or 6mm with iron sights?

Using an AR with irons would have been fine, but it looks like they banned semi-autos for that hunt.

There's nothing to make aside from a way to mount a front sight on the end of the barrel. Mounting a dialing sight to the rear is easy. It's the same system people have been putting on fancy muzzleloaders for a decade now.
Sounds like a perfect application for a hot rod 6mm or 224.

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

I've been wishing states would do this for years! Rather than cut the number of tags, limit effectiveness. Hopefully this takes off in more states.

 

[realunlucky]

There's nothing to make aside from a way to mount a front sight on the end of the barrel. Mounting a dialing sight to the rear is easy. It's the same system people have been putting on fancy muzzleloaders for a decade now.
Sounds like a perfect application for a hot rod 6mm or 224.

Thing is that the real limitation is still seeing the target and holding the post on its chest. At 300 yards even a micro fiber optic is covering half the deer.

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[PathFinder]

Thing is that the real limitation is still seeing the target and holding the post on its chest. At 300 yards even a micro fiber optic is covering half the deer.

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That's true. The limit to effective range is visibility of the target. With really good visibility, that can be 500 yards with a fine wire crosshair. More often in hunting conditions the limit will be closer to 300 depending on lighting and terrain.

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[ProRoad]

I am interested in this for next year, so today I drove the entire boundary of one of the units. I said to myself; "how the hell do you hunt this unit with short range weapons?!" Most is very steep with limited access points. But, I know that's part of the challenge and why most hunters will fail and the dedicated (no pun intended) will succeed. I hunted only Muzzleloader with a 1x scope this year and was very accurate at 200 yards but at 300, the crosshair covers the target. With my age and eye restrictions, I can tell you that going to archery and iron sights will be the biggest challenge for me, being able to clearly see the target at longer range. If you focus on the sights, the target is out of focus and vice versa. I do like that it would allow me to hunt more often and spot and stalk is the phrase of the season.