Tag soup with a dash of close calls....

[montanadogs]

Just curious to see who else is having tag soup this year, and also who could not seal the deal. I had about 6 close ones. Two I passed on. One was a big 5x6, the other was a small 3x3. I started in Sep. and ended with today. Saw plenty of cows and small bulls through out the season but I guess was too picky.

So lets here some of the stories......

MTDOGS

 

[csutton7]

I've got tag stew --saw nothing in Montana that I'd shoot, although I could've shot a doe, but decided to wait and then I just said screw it as I had meat coming from my Swedish cousin and I saw nothing in CA to shoot either, I'm picky also these days ---so that's 2 montana deer tags, 2 CA deer tags and 1 CA bear tag--my choice though so I can't complain, just the way it turns out these days for me----chris

 

[----]

I luckily filled my main tags.
Ate a whitetail doe tag, antelope doe tag, and the wolf tag. I was in the wolves all season though, so it could've came together on one of them too.

Only one other guy I hunt with tagged out that I can think of, and that was just a cow elk and a whitetail buck, he doesn't bear or antelope hunt at all.

 

[Gerald Martin]

I ate my deer tag. I passed a bunch of smaller bucks in archery, messed up a chance for a shot at a decent 4 point whitetail. Rifle season I passed up around 8-10 small to medium muleys. I had a decent 5point whitetail get away from me Friday. No worries for me though, I had a great season and we have plenty of meat. NEXT YEAR!!!!!!.....

 

[Gerald Martin]

Oh I forgot about my wolf tag and my antelope tag. I didn't get to hunt antelope at all and I wasn't into wolf sign at all. And my bear tag.

 

[mdhunter]

I ate an New Mexico archery elk tag this year. The bulls were just not bugling during our week. I passed on a small 5x5 halfway thru the hunt with dreams of something bigger. Pass the salt please.

 

[noharleyyet]

I have ample ingredients for whitetail paper stew. Hopefully this little cold snap will diminish some of it.

 

[WV Hunter]

Thursday is my last day to try and fill my whitetail buck rifle tag. Going to try a new area and see what happens. Supposed to be a bunch of bucks that have not been hunted this year.

 

[yellowdog]

I still have Montana antelope, Elk and Deer Tags.
I confess that I did fill my mountain goat tag but to be honest, although I enjoyed hunting the mountain goat I am having difficulty getting over the smell of it. Will be making jerky or sausage shortly but not holding my breath, I think that the 3 paper tags that I still have might taste better in soup then this mountain goat.

 

[choc dogs]

ate my bear, lion, and elk tags. at least I had a damn good time not filling them, and there's some deer in the freezer from a little forkie, I'm gonna be tired of ducks by the end of January.

 

[TheTone]

Ate my pronghorn archery tag and more than likely will eat my whitetail doe tag and my general deer tag. I may try to sneak in another deer hunt depending on weather situations.

 

[shoots-straight]

Turkey tag, Black Bear tag, Deer tag (so far, archery still open) 1 antelope doe tag, wolf tag. That should make a good brew.

 

[arffdog875]

Well this years soup will contain...1 Turkey tag, 1 buck Antalope tag and 1 either sex elk tag, yummy!

 

[pa mt man]

1 deer tag from WV.

 

[Devil Diver Down]

I didn't even get drawn for anything this year & I've eaten so much paper over the years (0 for lifetime on elk) that the neighbors are starting to spray for termites.