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New Nonprofit Organization to buy and sell bear gall bladders?
On my hunting trip on the Kaibab Plateau I had a LOT of time to sit and think about all kinds of things. Using a guide and hearing things like "that's a $X,XXX animal" had me thinking about the monetization of wildlife, auction tags going away in Arizona, raising money for wildlife and fun...- npaden
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- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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New Swaro AT and ST Balance
So who is going to be the first one on the forum to pick up one of the new Swarovski AT or ST Balance spotting scopes? I'm actually tempted. I've been looking at picking up an ATC for a while and just can't seem to pull the trigger. About the only negatives I see are price (really only about... -
Which western states have been disproportionately good to you in drawing tags?
Was reading the Nevada elk odds thread and thought about how several of the western states have been good to me in the draws. I'm not talking about just putting in for X years and eventually drawing X tag, but times where you drew some tags that you really had no business drawing. Let's limit...- npaden
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- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Do I spend 4 hours to try to save this bird?
So evidently this bird got itself into a little bit of trouble. Would be a 4 hour round trip to go try to save it. Will it get out on its own or will it be dead before I can get there in 2 hours?- npaden
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Kaibab Plateau Early Rifle Hunt
Well, this is the last of the big tags that I drew this year. With all of the other tags I had this year, I knew I wouldn't be able to do any scouting and so I felt that hiring an outfitter was the way to go on what is most likely a once in a lifetime tag. This is the easiest to draw tag of... -
Bighorn Sheep Taxidermy Mount Options
Okay, I'm working on finalizing my plans for my Bighorn Sheep Taxidermy mount. I'm leaning toward a wall pedestal mount with some rocks around one side of it. I'm getting replica horns done for the shoulder mount and then keeping the original euro mount so that it can be handled. I've been...- npaden
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- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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2025 Wyoming Pronghorn Hunt
Hopefully going to be a short hunt. Some of you guys jinxed me with your vehicle issues. I’m sitting in the discount tire shop in Casper getting 4 new tires put on my truck. Hit something in the road 15 miles from my unit and ruined the tire. Of course I’m at like 40% tread on them and... -
How many 80" bucks do you think hunters just pass on by?
I've been going through the pronghorn guide service field judging quizzes, and am learning that I'm just not that good at field judging pronghorn. I think those might be skewed because most of them end up being bigger bucks, but some of them at first glance just look like your typical 75" buck... -
Anyone want to help me look for a hunting/recreational/investment property?
Okay. So I got too good of an offer on my 160 acre place that I bought 18 years ago for a hunting/recreational/investment property and have a contract to sell it. I had a replacement lined up that was nearly perfect, but that fell through so now I am scrambling. I'm mainly looking for a...- npaden
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Nevada Antelope hunt 2025 - Semi-live
Starting the thread sitting in the airport waiting on our plane. Packed up with soft sided coolers in our larger suitcases and my son’s rifle in the hard sided case. Checking in the rifle went smoothly, so far the flights are showing to be on time (should knock on wood there since it is a... -
2025 Colorado Bighorn Sheep Hunt
So out of all the tags I drew this fall, by far the one that I am most excited about is the bighorn sheep tag that I got when the very nice lady at Colorado Parks and Wildlife called on June 26th and told me that someone had returned the tag and that I was the next up on the list! Here’s the...- npaden
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Landowner Voucher for Unit 85 Colorado Mule Deer - Archery Season
I think I decided to hold off on trying to sell it for now. Thanks, Nathan- npaden
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- Forum: Free Classifieds - Buy/Sell/Trade
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New Zealand touristy stuff and Red Stag hunt
Okay. First leg of our summer/fall of a lifetime is underway. Very eventful flights on Sunday with delays and rebooked connections but we ended up making it on our overnight flight to Sydney with 2 minutes to spare before they locked the doors. Other than some anxiety with some figuring...- npaden
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- Forum: Other Hunting Locations
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Season of a lifetime - Summer/Fall 2025
I've been all over the place this year posting asking for advice and then drawing some amazing tags and then asking for more advice and then getting the tag of a lifetime on a reissue. I've been debating on the best way to document this, and have come up with posting one giant thread with...- npaden
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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Best way to document long hunting season with several hunts?
Okay. I've already started typing up an extremely long winded post for all my hunts that I have coming up. The introduction just hit 4 pages in a word document. Originally my plan was just to do one thread for everything and kind of run it almost like a diary for the next 3 or 4 months...- npaden
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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How can this be possible? Colorado Unit 17 Bighorn Sheep tag!!
Was just in a meeting and a phone call from Colorado Parks and Wildlife pops up on my phone. Said I needed to take the call and answered it. Very nice lady in charge of the Reissue Program tells me that someone has turned back in their Unit 17 Bighorn Sheep tag and I have 24 hours to decide if...- npaden
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Hire an outfitter or not?
Okay, I still don’t know if we drew a 13B Arizona Strip tag, a 12AW late Kaibab tag or a 12AE early Kaibab tag. It’s about 5 times more likely that it is the 12AE early tag. If we drew the 13B or 12AW late tag I’m almost certain that I’m going to hire an outfitter. Those are just too good of... -
Wyoming NR Deer, Pronghorn and Resident Draw Results 2025
For the first time possibly ever I'm actually a bit worried that I might draw a Wyoming deer or pronghorn tag. I'm around 4% draw odds for my deer choice in the random side and 14% for my pronghorn choice again in the random side. My son already has a really good antelope tag in Nevada and...- npaden
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- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Medical rant
Why is it so hard to find out a price on a medical procedure? And why can't you just get a medical procedure done? I'm paying cash so no insurance to blame or anything like that. I'm over 50 so I need a colonoscopy. So they won't do one unless you are referred by a general practitioner. So...- npaden
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Which of the big 3 in Colorado to keep going after?
Well, my son has just turned 18 so we are having to have some serious discussions about which states and species he wants to keep applying for. Points for the big 3 in Colorado is going up to $100 each from the $0 we have been paying. I've been applying for him in pretty much every Western...- npaden
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
