There is not a kitchen at the bunkhouse is what I was told
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Jack who all is the WE part of this?
Fingers crossed.Comment
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Sorry man this is one of the few you weren't in on. Keep fingers crossed for the second draws and draws yet to come.Comment
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That is right, but there was another building before you got to the bunkhouse that had a kitchen, a big living room area, BBQ grill outside, and the ice machine in a back room off the kitchen. Sure made it nice!!Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostComment
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They didn't let us use that, would have been nice!Originally posted by sqiggy View Post
We actually brought a freezer filled with ice and plugged it in at the cabin.Comment
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That's the building they were renovating when we were there in January. Maybe it's back in the rotation by now?Comment
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Up, we are a couple weeks away. Starting to get a little nervous that it will get here and I won't be ready.
Any recommendations on the following?
-what unit to pick if given a choice
-besides the basics of food, water, ice etc anything else that you wish you had brought
-do they allow river access to fish some if we had the time or desire
-any suggestions on where to start a hunt or how to work the terrain besides just working the wind
-anything and I mean anything you didn't know/do that you would have done different if given the opportunity to hunt there again???Comment
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I liked the units on the northeast and east parts of the place. I don't remember the numbers. But there were animals killed in other units by the people that were good hunters.
Be proficient at shooting out to 300 yards. You can get to 100-150 yards or even less if you know how to spot and stalk and are careful, but be ready to shoot farther if you have to. The biggest ram killed on our hunt last year jumped out of a bush at 10 yards from the hunter, and he shot him at 20 or 30. Zach shot one at 60 yards and another at 15. We shot others at 150-250.
Take shooting sticks if you have them. Take a hiking pole if you have one (or two). If you don't have them, or if you forget them like I did, then make some out of the yucca stalks that are everywhere. Hiking sticks help you a lot more than you think, especially while hiking and climbing over all those rocks all day long. Shooting sticks can double as a hiking stick as well. I used a spare boot lace to lash together a couple yucca stalks to make shooting sticks. Worked great.
Make sure your boots are comfortable and provide good support for ALL DAY hiking and climbing over rough terrain. Wear thin liner socks underneath some good medium merino wool socks in order to help prevent blisters. Take some leukotape to tape your feet anywhere that is prone to blister. Take your boots and socks off once or twice during the day while you're resting to let your feet rest. Know how to take care of your feet. Your hunt will only be as good as your feet and ability to cover the miles will allow.
Take the best binoculars you can get. 10X or 12X would probably be ideal. 15X would be good, if you don't mind the weight. A spotting scope would be good if you have a lighter weight one, but you will do just as well with binoculars.
Take a quality backpack that fits you well and is comfortable ALL DAY. Carry plenty of food and water with you, along with everything else you might need for a day-long trek. There aren't many roads, so by the time you hike back into the remote canyons you don't want to have to hike back to the truck multiple times. Go in once per day, and come out once per day.
Have whatever you need in your pack to be able to carry out a head and cape (if you want to keep a cape). If you want to pack the meat out, take game bags for that. They don't require you to carry out that nasty meat, so it's just up to you. I didn't. Aoudad isn't worth eating (to the vast majority of people who have every tried it). The fact that TPWD doesn't require you to carry it out on that hunt shows that. On every other hunt I've ever drawn, they make you bring all the meat out. There are a handful of people that believe it's all in the care and preparation, yada, yada.... But aoudad still tastes bad and is tough as boot leather, no matter what you do to it.
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Shane I read your write up from last yr, good stuff. We've hunted a lot of different areas but all bow hunting. Haven't hunted like this before. Gonna be a new experience for sure. Haven't even shot a deer rifle in about 4-5 yrs.Comment
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up, anyone been this yr?Comment
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Someone did a write up in the last few days about taking his daughter out there.
She got a goat and 2 aoudadComment
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Yep read that, he was kind enough to send me a map and gonna try to visit with him today.Comment
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