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Locohead
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posted October 13, 2003 08:44 PM
How did you do this year?
Me?
ewe tag - no kill
archery elk - no kill
rifle elk - no cigar
rifle mule deer - not yet, but I am gonna get me a giant mulie buck, man I like those things!!!
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Tim Behle
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posted October 13, 2003 09:23 PM
For Lion, I have so far made my yearly donation to the State.
Mule Deer- My hunt doesn't start until 10-31.
Bear tag - One nice big beautiful Black Bear!
For coyotes, I've piddled around a few times lately. But I've yet to get serious about it. Maybe next weekend?
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bucksnort
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posted October 14, 2003 05:32 AM
Well, lets see now, I have yet to fire a shot in 2003. Now days, I do all of my Big Game Hunting at the meat counters of Safeway, Fry's, Bashas, and Albertons. I don't need a tag or license. I don't have to gut it, quarter it, or drag it or pack it out or have it processed. I buy the cuts of meat we prefer, and most of the time, it is on sale. So, I am able to maintain weight and keep fat and sassy. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) Life is good.
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Norm
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posted October 14, 2003 12:56 PM
Well,
NM Archery Elk, close encounters, no shots;
AZ deer, nothing yet;
Lion, a couple months left to call;
Coyote, fox, other predators - hoping to find one not wearing a bathing suit in the next couple weeks...
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Carpe Diem
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Leonard
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posted October 14, 2003 03:23 PM
Welcome to the New Huntmasters, Norm Johnson. Glad to have you on board. Coyotes wearing beach attire aren't legal? Damn!
Good hunting. LB
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Norm
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posted October 14, 2003 04:04 PM
Well, coyotes in beach attire is the concept that they have no fur yet... nor will they have fur here in phx for quite some time... It is like they have fur for a couple weeks and then start shedding....
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Carpe Diem
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DAA
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posted October 15, 2003 07:18 PM
One archery mule deer (freezer buck). That's it, I'm done with big game for the year.
- DAA
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Rich Higgins
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posted October 15, 2003 08:25 PM
I haven't applied for any tags in several years.
Anytime I would be hunting other game I would be thinking about coyotes abd wishing I was calling.
My wife worries about my "obsession".
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Leonard
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posted October 15, 2003 08:45 PM
What Rich said.....gulp!
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varmint101
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posted October 17, 2003 06:00 PM
Lets see, which should I list first? Whitetail, whitetail, or whitetails? I'll think I'll start with whitetail. Got a fat little 4 point 3rd day of archery. I plan on getting 3 more doe. As porky pig would say, blee blee blee blee that's all folks. One of these days I'll shoot big game other than whitetails! *yawn*
Matt
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Jack Roberts
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posted October 17, 2003 09:13 PM
Until I can afford a brown bear hunt, I have no interest in big game hunting. I think I got spoiled back on the East coast where you can legally, and easily, take 30 deer a season. No challenge at all and dealing with the meat becomes a PITA real quick.
Jack
I may have to try the mountain lion thing. They are not too easy, or expensive, for residents.
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brad h
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posted October 17, 2003 11:37 PM
I don't do big game, in fact, I don't do anything concitered edible by general standards.
My totals are something like 5 coyotes, tons of jacks, a few coons, skunks, and a badger.
Lion sightings are more than ever around here.
Last month a train took out one of a pair. Even had one jump out of a drainage and get in a guy's face that I work with. The guy was just going for a walk. Lots of rocks and a 8 ft. steel drainage marker to the head just made it hiss and spit at him. Then the thing stayed 30 yds back and followed him all the way up the road. Tends to make a guy a little jumpy when calling.
Brad
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Tim Behle
Administrator MacNeal Sector
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posted October 18, 2003 12:13 AM
Jack,
I know the feeling. I finally put in for a mule deer hunt this year. For one, I've never shot a mule deer, and second, Coming from Indiana, I've never had a season that allowed me to shoot deer with a rifle.
But then, I did have several farmers who paid me to "find" dead white tail deer in their cornfields. Like you said, there is no challenge involved.
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Leonard
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posted October 18, 2003 08:04 AM
To add to the comments; another discouraging thing is the deliberate, and unnecessary red tape in acquiring a decent big game tag in many states.
Drawings in January, preference points, second third and fourth choices. Restrictions, boundaries, changes, confusion, unintelligable directions. Rediculous fees, some of which are nonrefundable.
The bait of offering archery or black powder hunts with virtually no chance of success, especially for the first-timer. Did I mention NONRESIDENT LICENSE FEES? Shameful. All specifically designed to discourage hunting, by nonhunting game commision members.
Lots of things wrong with hunting, in this Country.
"Good hunting" LB
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Colorado Coyotes
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posted October 18, 2003 09:40 AM
Loco
archery elk - no shot
rifle deer - took 11 years to draw, starts next month, will hunt every day dawn to dark & pray.
coyotes - went with Barry once & called one in but no shot (had my 5 yr old in my lap). My dogs brought one home (hid it behind bushes in front yard) that I didn't find till it started to stink. Does that one count? Mosquitos are still real bad, hoping for colder weather.
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Colorado Coyotes
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posted October 18, 2003 09:42 AM
Loco, I forgot to say congrats on the Fox Pro.
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John/Alaska
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posted October 18, 2003 10:44 AM
No done yet with the big game seasons. But in the early or general hunts I chased Dall Sheep, Moose & Caribou so far this fall. I prefer the winter hunts for caribou and might do a late moose depending on weather. The Federal hunts will be opening soon for both moose and bou. I usually combine them with my predator hunts deciding while out which has priority depending on sign & weather and if I'm in a Federal area or not. Just a side note but my 6 year old grandson called in a bull moose the other day when we were out. He is going to be quite the caller. He'll be wolfing with me this fall.
Leonard - I agree with you on the license costs for non-residents and the bs one has to go through for drawings. I would probably stop big game hunting too if I lived where a lot of you guys do. Here in Alaska for residents my hunting/fishing/trapping license costs all of $53 bucks (It will be free when I turn 60 next year). All the general season hunts are usually free tags. The only tag that I have to pay for is a griz tag to hunt some units. The other units require no tag. I have to pay $5 to $10 bucks for the drawing areas/seasons (primo areas or longer seasons) which include buffalo. No tags for wolf (considered big game). No tags are required for black bear which can be hunted all year round with a limit of 3. The drawings are lottery except for the state subsistence hunts which have a weird pointing system based on length of residency and where you live. You qualify for the Federal subsistence hunts by what your resident zip code is.
Better stop as I've said more the what the original question was.
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Barry
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posted October 18, 2003 09:01 PM
Called in 5 coyotes and killed 4.Saw 1 bobcat,as usual the season wasnt in yet.I've heard 2 diffrent stories of archery elk hunters calling in mountain lion[by accident]by using cow calls.So I may try that a few times up against a rock cliff.No bear but did get a small bull and a nice buck. 
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Colorado Coyotes
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posted October 18, 2003 09:04 PM
Barry, WOW That's a great buck!
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Norm
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posted October 18, 2003 09:10 PM
Barry, sounds like you have a great season and the coyote season is off to a great start.
Congratulations
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Locohead
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posted October 19, 2003 07:14 AM
![[Smile]](smile.gif) BEAUTIFUL!!!!
A Job Well Done Baaaarrrry!
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Leonard
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posted October 19, 2003 08:57 AM
Yeah, nice buck. Hard to believe you have whitetails around Trinidad? I guess they are moving further west all the time?
Good hunting. LB
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Rich Higgins
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posted October 19, 2003 12:36 PM
Does Barry's buck look like a hybrid to anyone else?
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Leonard
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posted October 19, 2003 12:54 PM
Yeah, I briefly considered that possibility, but decided that the pic didn't show enough to bring it up. With the location, (IF he took it locally) that adds to the suspicion, because there are certainly plenty of mulies around southern Colorado.
Good hunting. LB
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Locohead
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posted October 19, 2003 02:26 PM
Wooooaaa, I mentioned the same thing to Barry in another thread. The animal looks way too huge to be even part whitetail to me. I think maybe because the muley is a non-typical, it just grew the rack with a bit of a whitetail shape!
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