What are your thoughts about continuing to buy elk points in NV given the low odds of ever drawing for most people? Assume I’m 45, have 5 elk points, and don’t care to hunt mule deer or anything else in NV. Obviously I’ve invested some money into this fantasy, but that’s a sunk cost from my...
Archers advantage software will generate pin gaps based on the bow and arrow specs you enter. After I’ve set my slider sight the traditional way I print the pin gaps and compare them to my actual pin gaps using my digital caliper. They’ve always been spot on or very close in my experience, and...
Vermejo ranch (owned by Ted Turner) in NM. I’m not speaking from experience though. Look it up and you’ll see what I mean. I saw it featured on an hunting show one time by Realtree.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I can’t speak from experience with private land self-guided hunts, but you get what you pay for in general. $2500 for exclusive private land with “good” opportunities for elk seems too good to be true IMO.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Took the words right out of my mouth.
In September 2018 (at 41 yo), I hunted first archery in NM for the first 9 days, drove 12 hours home to work for 3 days, drove all night back to NM (arrived 7:30am) to hunt the last 2 days of my license. I filled my tag that afternoon in a spot that I...
Like others said, you cannot predict who will get altitude sickness and it can strike someone who never had it before. I’ve never had, but I did start using Diamox before higher elevation hunts a few years ago. It’s cheap, been around a long time, and has very low side effect risk, so I figured...
You got a lot of great advice in these responses. I’m a bird hunter, mostly ducks, and I’ve had a few labs over the years for the dual purposes of hunting and family companionship. Here is some of my advice.
Give the pup plenty of opportunities to develop confidence in various environments with...