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Re: Where would you go? Puddle #18100528 02/05/23
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,046 B Bob_mt Campfire Regular
Bob_mt Campfire Regular B Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,046	Originally Posted by Puddle Brother will be hunting out of Paradise Valley, MT with some outfitter. He says it's either 330+ or bust for him. who is he hunting with and what time of the season.....what area.....bob

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Re: Where would you go? Bob_mt #18101589 02/05/23
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,228 Wet Side, WA P Puddle Campfire Regular
Puddle Campfire Regular P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,228 Wet Side, WA	Originally Posted by Bob_mt Originally Posted by Puddle Brother will be hunting out of Paradise Valley, MT with some outfitter. He says it's either 330+ or bust for him. who is he hunting with and what time of the season.....what area.....bob Don't know the exact area, but he said Rising Sun (or Son - dunno) Outfitters? My brother is a serious head hunter, will go anywhere, to improve on what he already has. Me? I'm all about dinner... It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.

Re: Where would you go? Puddle #18101667 02/05/23
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,046 B Bob_mt Campfire Regular
Bob_mt Campfire Regular B Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,046	they are good.. ranch and fs should be mill crk area. big elk can be anywhere in the valley....his best shot at a big one would be late season tag and hunt the park line.....bob

Re: Where would you go? Bob_mt #18101946 02/05/23
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,228 Wet Side, WA P Puddle Campfire Regular
Puddle Campfire Regular P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,228 Wet Side, WA	Originally Posted by Bob_mt they are good.. ranch and fs should be mill crk area. big elk can be anywhere in the valley....his best shot at a big one would be late season tag and hunt the park line.....bob That make sense. He pulled his best 300 elk out of Alpine, Wy with some outfitter. Dunno exactly where, but he said they were right close to the park line. It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18103051 02/05/23
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AZmark Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 2,399 EasternAZ	Originally Posted by scottf270 Your a lucky man. Great view! Need a hunting partner??? Lol...kinda. I've guided a few folks on hunts but usually stick to helping my sons, daughter-in-laws, and soon Gkids will be old enough. This year I've already committed to a relative if he is lucky enough to draw a non-resident tag. But if you ever put in for AZ unit 27 and get drawn I will definitely show you where to go and help out as much as I can. Life (and forums) is like a box of animal crackers----There's a Jackass in every box

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Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18104689 02/06/23
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Aviator Campfire Regular A Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,544	Got my best with Swift Creek Outfitters in Wyoming hunting close to the Yellowstone border.

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18105020 02/06/23
Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 3,501 MartinStrummer Campfire Tracker
MartinStrummer Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 3,501	Every year, I see some magnificent bulls in the same general area! 😉👍 Unfortunately, the military has a tendency to get testy when you get caught hunting on the Ft. Sill, OK polo grounds! 😖 Not unusual to see anywhere from a couple to six or eight big bulls grazing on the polo grounds in the fall.

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18215649 03/08/23
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 60 USA S SCAMMER - junglemafia - BEWARE! Campfire Greenhorn
SCAMMER - junglemafia - BEWARE! Campfire Greenhorn S Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 60 USA	Thanks for the Information guys

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18234300 03/12/23
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 171 Lindrith, NM R R_Walter Campfire Member
R_Walter Campfire Member R Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 171 Lindrith, NM	The Apaches in Dulce NM offer guided hunts on their land. Expensive but huge bulls come off the Jicarilla. My g8-g8 uncle was Barney Riggs. Google and read about him. He roamed around the southwest, mainly west Tx and Az and NM territory. History credits him with from 9 - 12 men he killed, not counting Mexicans and Indians. Family lore has it at 18.

Re: Where would you go? lotech #18248057 03/16/23
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Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,420 SW Georgia	Originally Posted by lotech Originally Posted by Godogs57 Originally Posted by lotech Northeastern New Mexico and you can do it for less than $20,000. Where? Plenty of places for 280-300 bulls. Vermejo is 19….. Several places along the top of the state just below the Colorado border from Raton west to Cimarron. Then jog south at Cimarron just a short distance to the UU Bar. May be waiting lists. Raton west to Cimarron along the Colorado border……that’s Vermejo. You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

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Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18309758 04/04/23
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muleshoe Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,298 Idaho	The weather we are getting now is probably gonna change a lot of elk hunting plans for this fall and a few more. At least in Utah and parts of neighboring states. Black Cows Matter!

Re: Where would you go? Godogs57 #18310215 04/04/23
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,976 L lotech Campfire Regular
lotech Campfire Regular L Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,976	Originally Posted by Godogs57 Originally Posted by lotech Originally Posted by Godogs57 Originally Posted by lotech Northeastern New Mexico and you can do it for less than $20,000. Where? Plenty of places for 280-300 bulls. Vermejo is 19….. Several places along the top of the state just below the Colorado border from Raton west to Cimarron. Then jog south at Cimarron just a short distance to the UU Bar. May be waiting lists. Raton west to Cimarron along the Colorado border……that’s Vermejo. I think the CS is in the vicinity along with the NRA Whittington Center. I don't know anything about the CS, but hunted the Whittington twice thirty or so years ago when it was free to NRA members who were drawn. I wasn't successful, but that was my fault. I don't know anyone who has hunted there in recent times. Last edited by lotech; 04/04/23.

Re: Where would you go? lotech #18318871 04/07/23
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,420 SW Georgia G Godogs57 Campfire Tracker
Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,420 SW Georgia	Originally Posted by lotech Originally Posted by Godogs57 Originally Posted by lotech Originally Posted by Godogs57 Originally Posted by lotech Northeastern New Mexico and you can do it for less than $20,000. Where? Plenty of places for 280-300 bulls. Vermejo is 19….. Several places along the top of the state just below the Colorado border from Raton west to Cimarron. Then jog south at Cimarron just a short distance to the UU Bar. May be waiting lists. Raton west to Cimarron along the Colorado border……that’s Vermejo. I think the CS is in the vicinity along with the NRA Whittington Center. I don't know anything about the CS, but hunted the Whittington twice thirty or so years ago when it was free to NRA members who were drawn. I wasn't successful, but that was my fault. I don't know anyone who has hunted there in recent times. CS is around Cimarron, down the road from the Whittington center. Not in the high country from what I can tell. But there are elk in the prairie down that way for sure. You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18329970 04/10/23
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Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx	Hunting animals is a lot of fun. Any price above $2500 is not what I would choose to spend my lunch money on. "I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee

Re: Where would you go? shrapnel #18330145 04/10/23
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Ulvejaeger Campfire Regular U Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,869 SW MT	Originally Posted by shrapnel https://fayranches.com/property/arrow-ranch-montana/ You will be VERY hard pressed to find a 325 bull here or near here..... "The more I am around people the better I like my dog." Mark Twain

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18355704 04/19/23
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx R Reloder28 Campfire Ranger
Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx	The Campfire usually has a big load of bull without ever leaving the house. "I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee

Re: Where would you go? Jackson_Handy #18356375 04/20/23
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AKwolverine Campfire Ranger A Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17,865	Originally Posted by Jackson_Handy Alaska Our state record is under 300.

Re: Where would you go? NMpistolero #18357564 04/20/23
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Caplock Campfire Regular C Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 663 South Central Oklahoma	[uote=NMpistolero] Something else to think about, when you hunt on a Rez you have to deal with Indians. I do not mean that derogatory but it is a reality. I have great friends that are native and they would agree. It can be tough. Acoma being the exception, as I mentioned they hire white eyes. ![/quote] Please elaborate in what way is it tough?

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18358657 04/20/23
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tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	Utah winter kill is gonna be badd Think tag app's are over too T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Where would you go? scottf270 #18376238 04/26/23
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,984 Missouri B bludog Campfire Regular
bludog Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,984 Missouri	Wife took this 7x8 from, I think, Unit 15A in the Gila NF, in southern NM in 2015. One other guy in our camp got a 330 bull. We were hunting on public ground with an outfitter/guide. "Blessed is the man whose wife is his best friend - especially if she likes to HUNT!" "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these."

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