One thing to consider, too, about applying for some of these special tags- due diligence in researching opportunities can uncover hunts that are much easier than what people tend to thing when considering the species. There are a bunch of moose areas that don't really require exceptional...
Roosevelt said, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty”. You checked all three boxes with this hunt! Excellent write-up, and beautiful ram. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing.
Outstanding to see young people enjoying and learning in the outdoors! Congratulations, and I hope you have many great hunts together in the years ahead
Really cool that you got the family there for photos! Thanks for sharing the adventure on here and doing such a great job of documenting all of it. Can't wait to see your ram!
I was fortunate to take a long vacation this summer, so I haven't posted anything for a while. That, and my better trail camera results have been video, and I can't figure out how to post those. Anyway, this is a really sharp looking 5 point that has been coming in from time to time
Relative to the species, this cat is the highest scoring of the critters I've been fortunate to stumble across:
Although the favorite hunt may just be the next one; last year's mountain goat is right up there, especially given my son was with me for that trip