Ran into this one on a hunt in New Mexico. Cushman is right— they’ve got enough of them in his neighborhood that people drive from all around the country to see their migration, which is in reality just their breeding season.
Unbeknownst to me when I drew the tag, it also coincides with...
I usually buy a point with my first choice and hope to pick up a tag with second options for deer, antelope and elk. 0-for-3 this year. I'll try my luck in the secondary draw but otherwise I'll be hunting OTC with the unwashed masses.
Yes, I've put this exact question to CPW. Their answer was that hunting over a carcass is fine provided you don't do anything to reposition it or manipulate it to make it more attractive as a bait.
Having grown up going after bass and panfish in the South (with a few stocked trout thrown in), terrestrials and streamers just make more sense to me. Going to have to really dial up my midge game.
PS: how do you lip hook a live shiner on one of them little size 20 hooks?
The mountain streams and rivers are pretty high right now, so have been thinking about trying my luck at stillwater flyfishing. What are some of your favorite flies for lakes and ponds?
Paging @perma, @perma you are needed in Aisle 3.
What brand is the 6mm Remington? Any chance you have any .257 Bob or .338-06 collecting dust in your storage facility?
I had become accustomed to watching where I stepped while tromping through the swamps, but the time I nearly walked face-first into a moccasin wrapped around a tree limb at chest height was a gamechanger.
Have a pair of Danner Pronghorn snakeproofs that have been very comfortable and held up well for the last several years. I don't bother with snakeproofs in the west but was religious about wearing them when hunting back in Alabama. Why, you ask?