Another Kodiak 10x14 fan here. I have used mine with 2-3 hunters on Sept and Oct hunts, or to sleep 4-5 on summer campouts back here in PA. Just a buddy heater to take the edge off in the mornings has worked great, down to the upper teens. The thing is pretty bombproof, stays dry, and we like...
I'm on timeout for elk after drawing a few years back with 18 points. I'm in for the OILs and for LE pronghorn, with various single digit point levels. Unlikely to draw any of them, ever, but I definitely won't if I'm not in.
Most of my hunting's been the East. 36 seasons, but dad wasn't much of a hunter, so I got a slow start on big game. Was a squirrel & groundhog serial killer the first few years.
31 WT bucks (5 states)
62 WT does
1 MD buck
3 black bear boars, 1 sow
19 longbeards (3 states)
3 jakes
3 hens
1...
Somebody hasn't done their homework... None of these "current" numbers are accurate.
"Under the bill, for those first-in-line 40% of nonresidents, fees would jump nearly 118% from $576 to $1,258 for elk tags. Prices would go from $288 to $826 for deer (a 187% jump) and from $288 to $874 for...
Nice recap, wllm. Thanks for the share. It's not just a swamp thing either; laurel/rhododendron thickets in Appalachia are similarly frustrating to hunt.
@TOGIE I think the "limited public land" is true some places, but many eastern states have more public land than you could ever want to try...