I AM SO EPHING P!@$#$@

[gasman]

Saw the Barbie jeep on the 1600 road being towed up the hill the other day.... too far away to give out a holler.  Saw lots of animals, but most were doing mach 3 with their tongues hanging out.  Even far from any roads I ran into more hunters than I have ever seen this year, even in places where I have never seen anyone else, way up high.  The good thing about that was they were pushing the animals around, I sat a lot in draws/escape routes, just didn't connect.  Passed on a very very nice 4x4 buck at 45 yards... Saw him bedded at 70 and snuck up within range but he never offered a good shot.  He stood there at 45 quartered to me for an eternity... just didn't feel right about the shot and passed.  He was bedded with a doe and about 20 yards behind him a cow stood up... she bolted and game over.  Saw a few nice bucks, just never got the shot.  Did see a couple of really nice bulls, a 6x6 that offered me a nice broadside and a 5x6 at 30... wish I had a bull tag!  LOL  Saw a monster 6x6 at 100 yards also.  Had lots of fun and the 10 year old in our group got a very nice 3x3 Muley, so it was a great trip.

Lot sof people and elk running around, thats for sure......

Were you camped right before the cattle gaurd on the private property?

Sure was a lot of guys hunting and camping in the blue forest this year. I was amased at the amout of people parked and camped at each gate 

[Instinct]

Thought ya couldnt hunt the blue forest?

[gasman]

Thought ya couldnt hunt the blue forest?

You cant.....but they were any ways 

I have heard there is a small group of people that have permission to hunt it and they do, but from my past experiance, they have been more descreate about it. I have not seen them park at the gate but I believ the guys that were there this weekend were newbee's to the Nile. I had two guys camped next to me that were there for there first time. They moved from hunting around I-90 area to the Nile 

And what surpride me, was none of them were kicked out or told to move there camp. They were camped in front of the blue gates 
Heard the Warden was up there on sunday also, but guys still hunted the blue forest.

[Instinct]

Ya seen that camp. Hate them peeps who tresspass

[Matt]

Gasman the Matsons changed the rules this year.  They were giving passes out like crazy to the private property.  We camp right there in the yard at the cattle guard and Larry no longer is in charge of policing the property.  The guy that was camped right there at the 3rd blue gate completely screwed up that area. 

It was like rifle season up there this year.  I have never seen that many bow carrying people out there in late season before.  Hell there were groups of 5 people going up and down the ridge in a pack.  There were a lot of animals in there but they were all running balls to the wall with their tongues hanging to the ground.

[gasman]

Gasman the Matsons changed the rules this year.  They were giving passes out like crazy to the private property.  We camp right there in the yard at the cattle guard and Larry no longer is in charge of policing the property.  The guy that was camped right there at the 3rd blue gate completely screwed up that area. 

It was like rifle season up there this year.  I have never seen that many bow carrying people out there in late season before.  Hell there were groups of 5 people going up and down the ridge in a pack.  There were a lot of animals in there but they were all running balls to the wall with their tongues hanging to the ground.

Yeah, it was nuts around there......

Who gives out the passes for hunting the property now that Larry is not doing it and is there any policing of the property?

[Matt]

The Matson fruit company gives them out.  I have no idea what critiria they use and no there is no policing of the property.  There must have been 40 guys in there on Saturday

[NWWABOWHNTR]

Gasman... it was a ZOO... people all over the property this year, and no one had a clue of who was supposed to be there or not.  Normally just a few of us in there, but not this year.  The YAHOO who was camped at the 3rd gate really messed things up, I will say I saw a lot more animals, but they were all doing mach 3 with their tongues hanging out.  A couple of times tried to put the stalk on animals, only to have someone come crunching up and blow it.  I think if it remains the same that area is a lost cause now.  You can only hike so far over there to get away from people, and you start running into people from the other side... LOL