Recent content by TayBou
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Salting on USFS w Game Camera
Bait is legal in Oregon for game animals except for Bears by my reading of the regs. Whether or not it's allowed on NF is another issue, and I've found plenty of game cameras and bait sites in wilderness ares that are not legal, but not due to the game laws. Certainly let me know if you... -
How close to due dates do you hunt?
As someone who just got away with an opening day hunt 2 weeks before a due date of our first, I was planning on being out a second day, but after some nervous messages, returned home a bit early. Glad I went out, also glad I came home when it was the right time. The bonus being that we went...- TayBou
- Post #87
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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No trespassing sign on BLM road?
I do think I'd be a little more open to the gate being there for a legitimate/legal reason when the surrounding private parcels are enrolled in an HMA. I think with the knowledge from that map screenshot, I'd respect it until proven otherwise. If the surrounding private was not enrolled, I'd be...- TayBou
- Post #8
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Ditching GoHunt
GoHunt's mapping tools look to have been developed by an offshore team, and it shows. It was built with a features first mindset, rather than a focus on stability and really nailing the primary uses well. I tried it, but went back to OnX as I just couldn't trust it, and like others have said...- TayBou
- Post #83
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Hit/lost bull
This really depends on the terrain. Can you see a ways, are you in thick timber? Do you have a good direction of travel? What was the orientation of the bull when he was shot? I just went through a tough track, uphill shot, quartered to, shot for 20, he was 25 yds, so a little low. Couldn't... -
2025 Big Game Regulations and Spring Bear Season Threats
A strong push to flood the commission with comments against the spring bear season was made recently and the commission is meeting on 9/13 to vote on the 2025 big game regulations. Hunters need to show up to support the spring bear season. To see the comments so far, it's worth taking a look at... -
UTV for Wyoming Elk
I've done it with a truck (Tundra) for a few years in that area, but a UTV would certainly be a better vehicle and would have shortened a couple packouts. If anything, having another vehicle is handy in case things go wrong, or someone tags out and needs to run to town. We've had success... -
2024 WY pronghorn, deer, and R elk draw
Successful on a special antelope tag, about 8 points early for the tag, should be a fun first antelope hunt. No luck on deer, but that'd have been using up all my luck.- TayBou
- Post #115
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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ODFW Director Selection (by May 10th)
If you're invested in the next ODFW director, Oregon BHA has an action alert to voice support to the commission for Debbie Colbert to the the next director... -
The shootings just won't stop
Our country does not have strict gun laws by any definition. Make the weapons capable of these atrocities illegal for untrained civilians to own. We're never going to be a great country until human lives are valued by law, and "well regulated" is the chant of 2A advocates.- TayBou
- Post #3
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Wyoming Reduced Price Applications (applying for 2 tags)
Yep for sure. In this case I already drew a cow tag, so any other overlapping tags are a bonus.- TayBou
- Post #5
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Wyoming Reduced Price Applications (applying for 2 tags)
Ahhh I see, i missed that nuance in the process. Thanks for the clarification!- TayBou
- Post #3
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Wyoming Reduced Price Applications (applying for 2 tags)
I'm having trouble finding an answer to this question. When applying for reduced price deer or antelope tags in Wyoming, you can apply for two tags. Are these treated as separate applications, where you might draw zero, one, or two tags(two separate chances), or are they one application, and...- TayBou
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- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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ODFW Seeking Hunter Comments on Deer/Elk Season Structure
Have you seen published numbers on the rocky mountain herd declining? Only the last 4 years are easily available, and they look relatively flat. Another report from 2006 looks to have lower population numbers for most units, but generally the same bull/cow ratios. Are you looking at something... -
ODFW Seeking Hunter Comments on Deer/Elk Season Structure
I think there's more to it than just "shooting a dink". I value being able to hunt elk every year, more than I value big/mature elk being on the mountain, assuming the overall elk population is stable, and hunting is sustainable. It's important to me that I have a way to take new folks hunting...
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