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Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 06, 2017 •  [Post 1]

What are your remaining elk or other big game hunts for this year?
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Swede » 11 06, 2017 •  [Post 2]

I don't plan to do much, but will try a little for a Blacktail buck and probably a cow elk.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Grousewit » 11 06, 2017 •  [Post 3]

Right now here in PA fall turkey and small game. 18th- start of deer in NY and bear in NY & PA. 27th-2 week deer season in PA with some bear mixed in last 4 days of first week. Then we start laying steel for coyotes and cats till end of Feb. Weather permitting.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Elkduds » 11 06, 2017 •  [Post 4]

Next week, cow hunt and later, Dec. cow hunt, both here in CO.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Roosiebull » 11 06, 2017 •  [Post 5]

lion hunting for me :D

I will be going with friends during rifle elk season as time permits, my brother in law, and father in law have late archery tags as well I will tag along with. hoping I get to pack some more elk before it's over....oh yeah, my sis in law has a late archery cow tag too. I will be busy in the woods during time off until early Dec, then mountain lions for me in an attempt to fill that second tag.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Tigger » 11 07, 2017 •  [Post 6]

right in the middle of deer hunting here. My daughter had a 150"+ buck coming and needed a couple more steps when an unseen doe came running along and the buck followed her. Man, is she MADDDDDDDD!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby wawhitey » 11 07, 2017 •  [Post 7]

I have my general deer tag, which late rifle whitetail opens on the 11th. Also have my whitetail raffle tag, which i can use any time anywhere. So i need to get 2 good whitetail bucks, plus cougar hunting will be happening when im done with that. Just talked to my work and got the green light to be off through mid december, so life is good.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Washington Wapiti » 11 07, 2017 •  [Post 8]

General archery deer and second antlerless deer special permit. Top off that freezer with some blacktail. I'm having back surgery this Friday and supposed to be hunting the second weekend of Dec. We'll see how that goes
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Rangerz » 11 07, 2017 •  [Post 9]

My hunting partner has a Desert Bighorn tag. Heading out next week for some scouting. Season opens on the 20th.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 07, 2017 •  [Post 10]

Nice! Still some hunting to be done. Go get em guys.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Roosiebull » 11 07, 2017 •  [Post 11]

WapitiTalk1 wrote:Nice! Still some hunting to be done. Go get em guys.

ALWAYS hunting to be done :D birds, lions, then spring bear, after I kill a bear archery sage rat season opens, maybe some jack rabbits mixed in over east, more lion hunting, then archery elk...deer, and if you wake up with nothing to do, there is always one too many coyotes somewhere ;)
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby ElkNut1 » 11 08, 2017 •  [Post 12]

Elk hunts only this year! No time for deer! Good luck to you who are still at it!

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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Lefty » 11 08, 2017 •  [Post 13]

I spend a couple days looking for a lion to hunt down, A few days on coyotes.
Geese until the 3rd week of January. Bear in April(2018)
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Trumkin the Dwarf » 11 08, 2017 •  [Post 14]

I have Montana coming up in a week. General deer, general elk. I also have whitetail and hogs here in TX. The deer season runs into January here!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Roosiebull » 11 08, 2017 •  [Post 15]

Trumkin the Dwarf wrote:I have Montana coming up in a week. General deer, general elk. I also have whitetail and hogs here in TX. The deer season runs into January here!

that must be nice!

I always wished we had pigs here...honestly glad we don't, but I would certainly take advantage if we did....not sure I would ever fish again ;)
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Swede » 11 08, 2017 •  [Post 16]

Roosiebull wrote:....not sure I would ever fish again


Ya, right. And Santa Claus lost his lease on the factory at the North Pole complex, and is now living with the Easter Bunny underground in New Jersey. Sure. :lol:
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Roosiebull » 11 09, 2017 •  [Post 17]

Swede wrote:
Roosiebull wrote:....not sure I would ever fish again


Ya, right. And Santa Claus lost his lease on the factory at the North Pole complex, and is now living with the Easter Bunny underground in New Jersey. Sure. :lol:

it was foreclosed, and he is actually renting a room at the tooth ferry's cabin. rough year for old santa, forced to shave his beard and get dreads, now this.... :|
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Swede » 11 09, 2017 •  [Post 18]

I have given up on that stupid tooth fairy. As I have gotten older I am loosing teeth much faster than I can afford to replace them. Do you think she has left me even a dime to sooth my pain and sadness? Heck no. I certainly did not get any help with implants either.
I had about $8,000 invested it two root canals, a crown, and a bridge. I got fed up with the continuous problem and went to another dentist. She said your tooth is abscessed and needs to be pulled. There went the crown, the root canal work, and the bridge. Oh well; what is another couple of hundred dollars after wasting about $8,000? It makes a guy just want to go hunting and stay there.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Trumkin the Dwarf » 11 09, 2017 •  [Post 19]

Roosiebull wrote:that must be nice!

I always wished we had pigs here...honestly glad we don't, but I would certainly take advantage if we did....not sure I would ever fish again ;)


I would agree with you if there were miles and miles of public land I could hunt on... I lucked into a private property this year, but it is will most likely be JUST this year. It's a blessing, but it won't last long.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Dorobuta » 11 10, 2017 •  [Post 20]

I have a Coues hunt coming up in December...
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 10, 2017 •  [Post 21]

Dorobuta wrote:I have a Coues hunt coming up in December...


Nice! Go get um
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Roosiebull » 11 11, 2017 •  [Post 22]

i watched one of the coolest hunts i have ever seen today over my buddies shoulder, fun to get back out, now i have to find someone else to tag along with :D

pretty mellow terrain, but 2.5mile pack, i took a hind and front on the first trip, and a hind on the second, gotta stay in shape ;) fun hunt, turned into a good plan, 3 buddies with tags, all done within about a half hour with 3 groups of elk. didn't think it would go that smooth.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby saddlesore » 11 12, 2017 •  [Post 23]

Kessler on here is taking me on a whitetail muzzle loader hunt on his property in Nebraska come Dec.1.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 12, 2017 •  [Post 24]

saddlesore wrote:Kessler on here is taking me on a whitetail muzzle loader hunt on his property in Nebraska come Dec.1.


Sweet! Good luck.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 12, 2017 •  [Post 25]

I'm gonna try to get out a few days in the late WA elk Archery season. Wanted to take Mrs Wapiti out next weekend for her first deer hunt (late WA modern season) but that may not happen
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby elkstalker » 11 13, 2017 •  [Post 26]

Waterfowl and upland hunting will carry me through to the end of January!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Tigger » 11 13, 2017 •  [Post 27]

my deer hunt is over. check out the meatpole thread!

pheasants here on out!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Trumkin the Dwarf » 11 16, 2017 •  [Post 28]

It's time to rumble! Leave for the airport in 20 minutes. I'm going home, baby!!!! Ya'll better get all worked into a tizzy, awaiting my awesome report when I come back. :mrgreen:
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Roosiebull » 11 17, 2017 •  [Post 29]

Trumkin the Dwarf wrote:It's time to rumble! Leave for the airport in 20 minutes. I'm going home, baby!!!! Ya'll better get all worked into a tizzy, awaiting my awesome report when I come back. :mrgreen:

good luck man!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Washington Wapiti » 11 20, 2017 •  [Post 30]

Well my remaining deer hunts are probably out now. Sucks, I burned up a few points for my special permit too. Had my L4/L5 and L5/S1 surgery a week and 3 days ago, and my left foot feels like Icy Hot is running through the veins in my foot and my whole left leg is a pulsating, crampy mess. Been laid-up ever since and no signs of getting through this nerve pain any time soon. Good times.

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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 20, 2017 •  [Post 31]

Washington Wapiti wrote:Well my remaining deer hunts are probably out now. Sucks, I burned up a few points for my special permit too. Had my L4/L5 and L5/S1 surgery a week and 3 days ago, and my left foot feels like Icy Hot is running through the veins in my foot and my whole left leg is a pulsating, crampy mess. Been laid-up ever since and no signs of getting through this nerve pain any time soon. Good times.

Happy hunting!


You're off the clock for this year buddy. Heal well and enjoy the holidays!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Washington Wapiti » 11 21, 2017 •  [Post 32]

Yes sir! In a way it feels nice, in another I
feel so unsatisfied. Guess I'll just watch and read about it, while I smoke elk jerky! On my third batch. :D
Thanks buddy, you as well!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby stringunner » 11 22, 2017 •  [Post 33]

No big game left for me, I have some coyote hunts planned with my boys over the next couple weekends. I love yote hunting with my boys, 8 and 6. It’s good training for the elk hunts ahead.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 22, 2017 •  [Post 34]

stringunner wrote:No big game left for me, I have some coyote hunts planned with my boys over the next couple weekends. I love yote hunting with my boys, 8 and 6. It’s good training for the elk hunts ahead.


Nice... Are the yote hides worth anything anymore? I remember a time (back in the day I spose) that we got a few coins for those darn dog hides in NW MT. Tell us about how you hunt them critters? There's a ton of them around my part of the country and I think it'd be a hoot to get the Mrs. out with her new anti critter boom stick hunting them.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby stringunner » 11 23, 2017 •  [Post 35]

I don’t mess with the hides. Not enough coin for for the work. It’s just fun getting out and hunting them.

I use a fox pro electronic call, I understand these are good in elk camp too, :lol: We set it out about 50 yards in front of us and use either distress rabbit calls or yote barks and howls. Sit for about 30-45 minutes then move in to the next spot. It’s great for training the boys.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Trumkin the Dwarf » 11 26, 2017 •  [Post 36]

Well, an early migration event kicked my butt in Montana this year. I had to hunt 6 days just to find a mule deer bigger than a 2 pt. I wound up on a couple day old elk sign in one area, but that was it. At least I got meat in the freezer.
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 26, 2017 •  [Post 37]

Trumkin the Dwarf wrote:Well, an early migration event kicked my butt in Montana this year. I had to hunt 6 days just to find a mule deer bigger than a 2 pt. I wound up on a couple day old elk sign in one area, but that was it. At least I got meat in the freezer.


That'll do... better than a kick in the butt! Congrats on your MD bud.
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Postby wawhitey » 11 30, 2017 •  [Post 38]

Going out cougar hunting tuesday and/or wednesday. Better dust off a distress call.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby ishy » 12 03, 2017 •  [Post 39]

I usually go out for late season archery, but have a family trip most of the season this year. I noticed Idaho has a newer muzzleloader cow season next to private ground. I haven't shot one for probably 25 years. A buddy is letting me borrow his muzzleloader so here we go again!
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Swede » 12 03, 2017 •  [Post 40]

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I saw these boys out yesterday. Too bad I could not stalk them. They were not camera shy.
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Re: Remaining Hunts, 2017...

Postby Dorobuta » 12 11, 2017 •  [Post 41]

WapitiTalk1 wrote:
Dorobuta wrote:I have a Coues hunt coming up in December...


Nice! Go get um



got 'em! Nice little 4 x4 coues. 173 yds. Had to pack him out.

so I'm done for this year. will probably pick up an archery Javelina tag for Jan, and an archery deer tag as well....
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