Duck hunting, ha, thats easy (done it a few times), I am out every weekend with my hounds chasing lions, have yet to see one in a tree, and am probably out an easy 5k if not more.

Thats mainly for me its just being outside is what is important I guess.

Maybe it is just the wintertime blues. Kinda hits me about this time every year I guess.

Hunting here is OK, if you can get a tag. Habitat is shot for deer, so looking about 2-3 years on average to get a deer tag and 2-5 for a cow elk, and about 8-10 for an antelope (5 to wait if you get the tag, plus the application years about 3-5 or so) That may be changing next year to 3 year wait due to the antelope populations doing real well.Don't want to get into how long it takes to get a bull elk, sheep or mt goat tag. Elk are doing good to, a lot of areas are expanding and reaching population objectives and more tags are becoming available every year, but not so much it is not a quality experience. Last year I think about 65% of bulls were 6 pt or better, and I think about 20 or so out of about 350 killed every year go 325" +. I can say though, that the experience here is pretty good. Not to many people in the field due to the limited tags, plenty of animals to choose from, especially in the early muzzle loader and even earlier archery seasons.

A lot of people are disgruntled about it. Lions killing all the deer, NDOW not doing their job, this, that and the other, but people aren't willing to actually get out and do habitat work, do herd counts, work on guzzlers, and the like, and are usually the ones complaining. So if you can stand the whiners and the wait for the hunt its not to bad I guess.

Thats the main reason I got into lion hunting. I can hunt year round, and can hunt at my leisure, and don't have to worry about anything. If I kill a cat, ok, if not, thats fine too, the hunt is the fun part.

Enough of my rambles.

Later,

Marcial