flatwater bill
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Billc...............you are quite right...............calling any mature bull elk into bow range is a thrill and a challenge. And there are over the counter hunting opportunities every year. But the best hunts are controlled..........they require some lucky drawing. And the clock is running on us all. I now have 16 straight years of applying for a Book Cliffs deer tag in Utah. The point is..............Africa is now, and the opportunities close to home are dwindling. I advise every hunter not to wait too long. The pressure on public land in the West is overwhelming, and it has become a young man's game (to hike and pack further) or a rich man's game ($265000 auctioned mule deer tag, Utah). It's not that Africa spoils us so much, but that great alternatives are getting hard to find. A lot of PA hunters still dream of coming out west to hunt............most would do better to spend the same money in RSA...........anyway.............Africa, Australia, NZ and South America did ruin me. I would never again be content to only hunt in the USA.................................best of luck on that NM bull...................................................FWB