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Anybody draw any special tags this year? Found out yesterday I beat 1% nonresident odds and drew a New Hampshire bull moose tag for October 20-28. Nice dates won't interfere with my Iowa zone 5 hunt ~ Nov. 3-17. Then just Illinois deer before, between & after these two. Now hoping I...

You must have 4 points to gain access to the secret early draw result portal. All others must wait for the regular posted draw date. BTW - All my points are old school, pre-$50 era. :) Last hunt there was 2002.

The draw results are already posted for me. I had 4 points! Drew zone 5. :)

I wouldn't worry about it now. A lot could change in 3 years.

What are the the hunt dates there for Coues? Do the OTC units have decent enough numbers? I'd like to meet my step-son down there some time for that. The later the better for a break fom Chi weather. Given the increasing pool size for NR, I get the feeling we're going to do the Kaibab. We'd...

Very nice! Looks a little palmated on the driver's side. Bet there's not too many guys with Iowa whitetails hangin on the wall in AZ. I actually can't wait to burn my AZ max deer points so I can try for one of those Coues. Probably not many of those on the wall in Illinois!

The pheasants are all extirpated these days, but yes coon hunters are still a problem. I would not hunt public unless you can pre-scout on Google and put boots on the ground there for 5 solid days. Please don't rely on that power scouting one evening before you hunt. I hate those guys.

It doesn't matter if you own land or not. Quality should be maintained on public land. It should not be thrown under the bus. Some folks are robbed of their hard work and land by entitlement spouses and liberal redistributons of wealth by the state who loves to pass entitlement bills but...

NR's Actually I wish some sportsmen's orgs would push to reduce the Iowa NR quota and eliminate the celebrity tags just to counterbalance the proponents of expansion. Ultimately it seems the legislators always "compromise" on issues. I'd rather have the "compromise" be to leave the current NR...

"Ok that changes this year then next year it will be this one other little thing and so on and so forth. If not that it will be someone else says hay you change this for them what about me." Yup, absolutely. They will never have enough. Never. That is what is ruining hunting out west too...

Yes I chimed in the thread midstream. I would not be opposed to some add'l NR doe permits at some point. But any additional NR antlered tags issued in any capacity will automatically trickle down to more pressure on the public land. No question about that.

NRs I can tell you exactly how long it would take NR's to ruin the public land there if the floodgates were opened...................one archery season. That is it! I've seen it at a few of newly opened public properties here. They were wastelands by the 2nd year opened. Not exaggerating...

AZHunter, Do you recognize me from the MonsterMuley or CouesWhitetail sites? I see you are a wildlife biologist there in AZ, but I didn't see your name posted. I got to learn some of you guys out there due to my involvement fighting HB2072.

Bingo Bingo. I live in Illinois and our deerhunting has become a money market. I have hunted public land here for 20 years and it really really sucks. Wall to wall nonresidents putting pressure on the bucks beginning October 1st. Any shooters are completely nocturnal well before the rut. My...

Posting photos on this site requires a PHD. It is easier to kill a 330" bull on public land. I give up. Just click on the 3 next to the "images" under my avatar. I tried to post a larger image of my bull but gave up after 20 minutes. Brutal. Why don't they just use autoformat???

Just research and pick a unit with good elk numbers and wilderness with no ATV's allowed. Then look on topos to locate steep north facing slopes you can access 2-5 miles from the closest parking area. This is not difficult. If your buddies weren't in elk they simply did poor research. It's...

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That was the same thing I was thinking for my first trip out there. It took me all of about 4 hours of the guide and the chubby dude I got stuck with before I figured out they were only slowing me down. They ended up costing me a bull in a once-in-a-lifetime unit. That was my last guided hunt...