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  1. ImBillT

    Antler Point Restrictions

    Bingo! The easiest deer to replace is the youngest one, and somehow a big goal in management is not to kill young deer.
  2. ImBillT

    Antler Point Restrictions

    I think this is hands down the best post I’ve read so far. I don’t think it’s the state’s business to tell a hunter which male deer the hunter should be happy with. My replies have been aimed more toward the question of how he antler restrictions might effect trophy quality, but your post...
  3. ImBillT

    Antler Point Restrictions

    I’ll shoot a big bodied 3pt over a 1.5yr old 4pt if it’s legal. But if the rules are 4pt or better, and it’s the last day, I’m shooting a 1.5yo 4pt and he’s gonna taste great. So yes. I think if CO had a 4pt restriction on mule deer they would have lower quality mule deer than they currently do.
  4. ImBillT

    Antler Point Restrictions

    I think a 4pt restriction on a bull elk does a much better job of protecting 1.5-2.5yr old bulls, while still allowing mediocre bulls to get harvested later in their life that a 4pt restriction on mule deer. So I agree with your post completely, yet I’m against it on mule deer. I would say...
  5. ImBillT

    Antler Point Restrictions

    Millions or billions of genes in a deer. Maybe a few hundred result in big antlers. I don’t believe that large antlers are meaningfully indicative of genetic health. Yes, they can indicate nutritional health, but that has nothing at all to with which one’s we shoot. I’m not saying that none of...
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    Antler Point Restrictions

    Texas spent a lot of time and money studying them in other states, on high fence research facilities, and massive low fence properties. They examined real outcomes, statistics, and made computer models. In the end they determined that while management could improve antler quality, a simple...
  7. ImBillT

    NM applications

    I’m not convinced that putting applicants who currently apply for 16% of the tags into a pool with 10% is gonna help me very much. Besides, New Mexico BHA needs something to whine about and they’re running out of topics. The math with the current outfitter pool applicants added to the current...
  8. ImBillT

    NM applications

    They were pretty good before you and your buddies started applying. Now they suck.
  9. ImBillT

    NM applications

    You’re a resident and you only drew three tags? All of us NR’s are ruining the draw odds. Not directed at you personally. Congrats and enjoy!!!
  10. ImBillT

    NM applications

    No email early has meant all red for me every time.
  11. ImBillT

    UTAH PRICE INCREASE

    While I completely agree that you should be applying for hunts instead of points just from a draw odds and intelligence perspective, some people already have tags that conflict, some people have family vacations etc. and some people are just dumb. I applied for hunts, not points, almost...
  12. ImBillT

    UTAH PRICE INCREASE

    That would help because a lot of people just don’t have $10k to float. Something else that would likely help more than anything is to stop selling points only, and you can’t return the tag without losing points. If you want a point, you risk drawing, and if you draw, you lose your points. If...
  13. ImBillT

    NM applications

    I just figured I’d check my email next Wednesday at 9:30 mountain time.
  14. ImBillT

    NM applications

    They will email you early the day of the draw if you’re successful. No need to log in 100 times.
  15. ImBillT

    NM applications

    But I get those emails all year long.
  16. ImBillT

    NM applications

    Well the published date is the 23rd. Most years they end up releasing exactly one week early. Some years they have gone up to the published date. When you say you heard it might be the 23rd, do you have some inside info, or was it just someone quoting the published date? I have no inside...
  17. ImBillT

    Ladder Test for finding powder charge

    I don’t think you need to do a ladder test for what you’re doing. The effects of being on a velocity node are linear, and that’s about barrel angle when the bullet exits. Your drop as range increases is not linear. As range increases, velocity spread is dramatically more important than being on...
  18. ImBillT

    Ladder Test for finding powder charge

    I’m not trying to school him on practical shooting. Load tuning, isn’t practical shooting. He has proven that he has all the important pieces of killing trophy animals figured out and figured out well. The purpose of a ladder test is to identify the velocity windows that give less vertical...
  19. ImBillT

    Ladder Test for finding powder charge

    Statistics definitely need to be considered, and the less accurate a rifle is, the larger the sample size has to be to show the difference between tuning and random shot distribution, and that gets ridiculous fast. If a rifle isn’t shooting really really well, I’m not likely to bother trying to...
  20. ImBillT

    Ladder Test for finding powder charge

    I would consider th 6.5CM to be a more accurate rifle than 1 MOA, but not the other three, only because I don’t see data that suggests otherwise, and none of those groups look like what you would see in a ladder test from a .25-.5MOA rifle. Obviously you weren’t shooting a ladder test. I would...

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