I hunt big open field of NW Oklahoma and Texas. I keep a xl box call with me and use a diaphragm once they get in close. Thanks for the input. I won’t be using pop up. I don’t ever do that anyways.
Would the Custer be a viable Bear option? My bro in law was planning on taking his wife on an OTC bear hunt this spring. The terrain looks like something she could handle. She will be 4 months Preggo on the trip
Sounds Like Texas! Here today is 26 and we are stuck at home with ice everywhere. It's gonna be 81 on Saturday! Lol Thanks for the input.. I'm also looking east of broadus on BLM land.
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I'm heading up to Montana this spring. 1st Trip ever to the state in general. My buddy and I are going to hunt birds in eh SE part of the state. We have both hunter turkeys for over 20 years and have been to multiple states. First mountain hunt. We plan to hunt like we elk/deer...
I'm heading up to SE Montana for turkey for the First time this spring! Do you have a lot of experience in that region? I've been escouting and reading as much as I can off the Montana website. Lots of good info there. I was looking at custer national... Ever hunted there? Lots of traffic?
The Grendel has become one of my favorite deer rounds. We have done several necropsies on animals and have had tremendous success. We use it in the AR platform. Howa has the mini-action as well.
Here we hammer a big OK buck with the 6.5
Here is a necropsy of a doe;
We will have the...
I shoot Hornady Black 123 eld match. Very accurate. It's great for deer and hogs. I'd limit my shots on deer with this round to 200 and under though. I would use a bonded or copper bullet for further shots. We actually did a necropsy on the round.
I have looked at the harvest stats and hunter stats. They seem to be in line with most OTC units I've hunted. There will be 3 or 4 of us. We have pulled elk out of the Cliffs of unit 65 northeast our Ouray.. I didn't think anything could be worse than that!
Does this trail become impassable...
Hey everyone! I am planning next year's OTC elk hunt already. I have found myself stuck on unit 53. I'm not looking for any waypoints or anything. I'm curious about hunter numbers. We plan to park off of Virginia creek rd and hiking in on Through Line Trail 8860. We will hike up and hunt along...
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I have hunted CO OTC a few times now for 2nd rifle. I hunted 65 for 7 days one year and 55 for 5 days another year. I focused my energy in the wilderness areas to avoid people.. We had great success in seeing elk... usually about the same time they saw us :LOL:. Both these units...