Your thoughts,
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Loveland CO.
Posts: 129
Your thoughts,
I used a guide this year to introduce me to Pronghorn hunting. Had a good time and both my son and I filled our tags opening weekend. Had no buddies to show me where and how. . .not hard but always good to go with a vet the first time. The guide hunted us on BLM land and I did see other hunters while out there with this guy. Next fall I would like to hunt that unit and place again but with out this guide. . .would this be considered a crappy thing to do or is this reasonable? I paid for a great hunt and learned what I needed to learn but I don't need his camp.
#3
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Loveland CO.
Posts: 129
RE: Your thoughts,
no. . . . .but I was thinking about checking that unit out for mulies and speed goats and have been talking to a buddy about one right close to 11. . . .you had any luck out that way? Kind of a long drive but beats spending days hiking with out filling tags.
#4
RE: Your thoughts,
matter of fact i have on elk anyways i am 3 for 3 with them so far and where i go in unit 11 (classified) if u want i can pm you but when you go out there with a mulie tag you are guarnteed to get one we have seen close to 500 in a day in and out of every draw it's crazy. As for antelope it take's 7 prefernce points to get a buck and i currently have 4 so hopping to get one soon because we always see alot of antelope as well along with many nice bucks.
#5
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Beautiful western Montana
Posts: 752
RE: Your thoughts,
ORIGINAL: Texasimport
I used a guide this year to introduce me to Pronghorn hunting. Had a good time and both my son and I filled our tags opening weekend. Had no buddies to show me where and how. . .not hard but always good to go with a vet the first time. The guide hunted us on BLM land and I did see other hunters while out there with this guy. Next fall I would like to hunt that unit and place again but with out this guide. . .would this be considered a crappy thing to do or is this reasonable? I paid for a great hunt and learned what I needed to learn but I don't need his camp.
I used a guide this year to introduce me to Pronghorn hunting. Had a good time and both my son and I filled our tags opening weekend. Had no buddies to show me where and how. . .not hard but always good to go with a vet the first time. The guide hunted us on BLM land and I did see other hunters while out there with this guy. Next fall I would like to hunt that unit and place again but with out this guide. . .would this be considered a crappy thing to do or is this reasonable? I paid for a great hunt and learned what I needed to learn but I don't need his camp.
#6
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Loveland CO.
Posts: 129
RE: Your thoughts,
mad max . . thanks for comments. . . .don't post as much as I used to due to all youngsters that play here now. I wonder how many years one must live in this state before he counts as living here?
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: MA
Posts: 290
RE: Your thoughts,
I hope your guide provided you with much more information and help than just showing you a spot and that next year you will feel that you need his expertise to go back hunting, but if you do not feel that way then you are free to do what you want and not feel bad about it.
I am myself a computer consultant and more often than not customers try to extract everything they can from me and later on do the work themselves or worse hire a recent immigrant at a much cheaper rate. This is life. Fortunately I have a set of good customers who realize that I bring good value to their business.
I am myself a computer consultant and more often than not customers try to extract everything they can from me and later on do the work themselves or worse hire a recent immigrant at a much cheaper rate. This is life. Fortunately I have a set of good customers who realize that I bring good value to their business.