Post by: boneaddict on November 18, 2023, 07:43:15 AM
Post by: 92xj on November 18, 2023, 07:51:09 AM
41.5 wide
262”
Post by: boneaddict on November 18, 2023, 08:31:41 AM
Post by: jackelope on November 18, 2023, 08:44:10 AM
Post by: furbearer365 on November 18, 2023, 08:48:27 AM
Oh snap! I’m glad he got a good one. Half a million is quite a price tag. I hope they use it to fix things out there. Thanks for the update
What's the issue needing fixed??
Post by: boneaddict on November 18, 2023, 09:08:01 AM
Post by: boneaddict on November 18, 2023, 09:26:33 AM
Oh snap! I’m glad he got a good one. Half a million is quite a price tag. I hope they use it to fix things out there. Thanks for the update
What's the issue needing fixed??
Not sure! Population “seems” way down. I’d wack a bunch of coyotes to help with recruitment. I think they did that.
Rumor was they captured a bunch of deer off the island and moved them to neighboring herds to enhance genetics (. I think that was crazy)
They have done a lot for people, like better facilities, added campground, added cabins, promoted electric bikes. There is a huge surge of bikers out there and I think that pushes the animals back.
I have no real facts. I just camped there with the wife for a couple days, it was real nice. I listened to a lot of disgruntled deer enthusiasts. Honestly there is a huge portion of the island that there is no access, until you have that tag. If I was a giant deer, that’s where I would be. Historically there are usually a bunch of deer down low near where the people are and those deer if not a big buck like Double D, then they attract the big bucks during the rut. Since the big influx of electric bikes which really trigger the deer, that hasn’t been the case.
I was watching a batch of unattended doe assuming a buck would show sooner or later. They were located just below where this buck is pictured. If I was there a day or two later I might/I wish I’d have seen him. Lol.
The lake water was up this year, but was real low the last couple. They added a bunch of fence, I assume it was to keep domestics from getting in, or from wilds mixing and then returning (sheep loss). I’m not sure where they are at at re establishing the sheep out there.
Post by: Alchase on November 18, 2023, 12:34:32 PM
Post by: bearhunter99 on November 18, 2023, 01:00:16 PM
Post by: boneaddict on November 18, 2023, 01:09:09 PM
That thing bangs right up there with the one at Arsenal. Unreal
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 18, 2023, 01:15:06 PM
Indeed, if I sold sandwiches I’d do the exact same thing.
That thing bangs right up there with the one at Arsenal. Unreal
That’s a lot of sandwiches.🤣
Post by: baldopepper on November 18, 2023, 01:22:51 PM
Post by: boneaddict on November 18, 2023, 01:27:56 PM
Post by: baldopepper on November 18, 2023, 01:35:06 PM
I was happy to see the lake with a little water in it this time. Yeah, that probably doesn’t help with population either. They probably get sick of the bugs and want to get the heck out of their. That might be one place that rivals Alaska with biting flies and skeeters.
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Yea, airboat hunted ducks all around there in my youth and those darnn bugs seemed to hang around until it snowed. For years they literally dumped raw sewage in the lake and when there was a good south wind the smell was worse than the bugs.
Post by: bigmacc on November 18, 2023, 02:42:15 PM
HOLY CRAPOLA! That’s a beaut :tup: :tup:
Post by: dilleytech on November 22, 2023, 11:35:37 AM
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Post by: baldopepper on November 22, 2023, 01:50:57 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on November 22, 2023, 04:06:43 PM
Post by: boneaddict on November 22, 2023, 04:26:17 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on November 22, 2023, 04:40:05 PM
Post by: mburrows on November 22, 2023, 06:04:28 PM
It’s more of a hunt than flying in and shooting one in someone’s yard for 25k. I for one am glad he puts money towards wildlife, versus say anti hunting like most billionaires.
Post by: baldopepper on November 22, 2023, 06:48:45 PM
Post by: hunter399 on November 22, 2023, 07:53:08 PM
I would still donate to conservation, don't get me wrong, but I would just have my own deer and elk farm if I had the money to throw at it.I agree.
That's why God won't let me win mega millions.
Cause I'd own a ton of good hunting ground, probably only allow youth hunting.
Post by: dilleytech on November 22, 2023, 10:51:41 PM
I would spend the money on a big buck from a ranch that breeds them and just let him live out his life and collect his sheds each year for mounts or decor. :dunno:
Idk how hard those sheds would be to find but a day of shed hunting that place would be more fun then getting the call that my buck has been located, flying in and shooting it from 800 yards. But if all the sheds are just laying at the corn pile idk maybe not. Spending millions on killer property that you and all your friends could hunt seems ideal.
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2023, 07:20:19 AM
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2023, 07:21:51 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on November 23, 2023, 08:11:10 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on November 23, 2023, 09:21:34 AM
Post by: jackelope on November 23, 2023, 09:27:58 AM
Anyone see a pic of the other tag holders animal yet?
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Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2023, 10:33:23 AM
Post by: jackelope on November 23, 2023, 10:39:39 AM
THis one would be a conspiracy theory in the making on Huntwa. According to the gossip, the hunt was open for like two days prior to the kid even knowing he drew the tag. Lots of rumors of course but apparently the UDWR made a mistake and the kid didnt get his hunt packet until the hunt had been going a couple days. It will be interesting when all the deets come out
That’s what the post I saw on FB indicated as well. Some outfitters pulled through and helped the kid last minute.
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2023, 10:43:56 AM
Post by: JakeLand on November 23, 2023, 11:24:08 AM
They were probably wondering where the kid was when Jimmie was out there. LOL I'm not sure how the outfitters "get the island" for the year, if its hunters choice or what. Lots of changes to Utah law this year as well which toned that way down out there. I'd think theyd be after whoever drew something fierce.do you have to have a outfitter or can you do it solo ?
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2023, 11:26:11 AM
Post by: baldopepper on November 23, 2023, 11:44:30 AM
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2023, 11:54:44 AM
Post by: baldopepper on November 23, 2023, 12:25:01 PM
I wonder if that had anything to do with the gimmick of relocating deer off the island to enhance genetics in other Utah units.
Certainly.wouldnt surprise me. They brag about cwmu units opening over 2 million acres to public hunting, yet only 384 total public tags were available on these units. Much of this acreage used to be open to hunting or required a fairly reasonable trespass fee. We saw an example of sfws enhancement work. Used to hunt a large tracts of school trust land wedged between 3 large cwmu units. Perfect deer and elk habitat. Under the guise of habitat improvement they completely cleared most of it, leaving the areas only good habitat on the cwmu"s.
Post by: LDennis24 on November 23, 2023, 01:16:51 PM
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