2020 was a bit of a downer year, I found out in mid August I had a tumor in my heart. Two months after getting through a risky open heart surgery, my son, Cade, was able to harvest his first big game animal with me by his side.
About a month ago I had open heart surgery, and after a few conversations/arguments with my surgeon, we decided I will do a little hunting this fall. I’ve sacrificed most of my hunts, but I do have a couple antelope tags and an Idaho deer tag.
His concern is shooting a rifle too soon while my...
I was part of an 8/8 day on bulls about ten years ago, four of us went 4/4 in one group first thing in the morning. That afternoon I met some of my relitives and got on another group and they went 4/4. Pretty epic day......zero man hugs.
Great deer, i’d speculate 180”+ out of him. Most of us would be thrilled to have that deer as a baseline/fallback going into the season with a tag in hand. Hopeful you can tip him over.....BTW I wouldn’t even score that buck if I shot it, it’s a quality deer regardless of what the math says.
I’ve been pretty successful up high in August. Personally, I get serious about bears about the 3rd week in August (and into mid September) and I’ve never had a problem with the hides of a Washington fall bear (even earlier in the month)
Food sources are THE key to killing bears, so where your...
For sure use plywood over osb........I suggest 5/8 if you can afford it, especially if you have any good size elk shoulder mounts. Remember to change you door/window jambs accordingly if your using prehung.