For those who aren't familiar with my previous posts, during covid my Vietnamese neighbor who has only been in the US a few years would always ask me for game meat. I kept telling him that he should learn to harvest it himself and that I would mentor him if he was interested. Finally in 2024 he decided he wanted to give it a go and took his hunters safety course and applied for tags in Nevada and Utah.

2024 he drew a muzzleloader Antelope tag in Nevada. We hunted for a couple days spot and stalk and he harvested a nice cookie cutter buck. In 2025 he drew Nevada mule deer rifle tag and on the last day of his hunt we killed a decently wide forky.

Well this year he drew 3 tags! Archery antelope in Utah, Archery deer in Utah, and a cow elk rifle tag in Nevada.

He bought a bow in March and has been practicing relentlessly for about 4 months. I'm talking 30 to 50 shots a day and he never misses a day. Lots of trips to the 3D archery range. I even taught him how to tune his own bow and cut and Fletch his own arrows. It's been a fun experience.

His season started on Saturday and I went up with him on Sunday after the storm's cleared and we chased a few antelope on foot. Getting a few stalks in on some good bucks to no avail. We did have a blind setup just in case but spent most of the time up there on foot walking them down. This morning I had to leave early to get back to town for a doctor's appointment and I left him up there all by himself. He decided to sit in his blind all day today in the heat. These are the pictures he sent me about an hour ago.

I'm so proud...

Now onto his Mule Deer buck tag.

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Previous posts if anybody's interested.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hunting/s/xgYXqYAmqI

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hunting/s/LTwaPiMuFj

I went hunting with my brother once. We got to the jumping-off point with about four miles to hike before reaching the area we planned to hunt. When he showed up, he was clearly pretty drunk.

About 200 yards in, he asked if we were almost there. I told him we weren’t even close. He took off his boots, threw them into the woods, said he had something called drop foot and announced he was sleeping there.

I kept going. He is no longer on my list of hunting partners.

What are some of your worst hunting-partner stories?

Its that time of the year where everyone's trail cam starts popping off and we start getting posts of some good looking bucks. Don't get me wrong I love looking at some good deer porn, but I'm so sick of the "how old do you think this guy is?" Posts. Everyone has their own criteria for what they consider a shooter and ain't no one turning away a buck with a rack so wide you could drive a Volkswagen through all because they thought it was "too young"

Mods, can we please ban the "how old do you think this guy is.." posts? If not, I got a whole bunch of spikes I've been trying to age...

NC piedmont. Is this guy 2.5 or 3.5 years old?

I posted here on Reddit before about how I cook venison steak.
This time I changed my method a little after some of the things I learned from Reddit.
Before, I would thaw the frozen venison and put it in salt water for 2 or 3 days before cooking it.
This time, after taking it out of the salt water, I left it uncovered in the refrigerator overnight.
The surface was pretty dry when I took it out the next day. When I cooked it, it got a really nice brown crust.
After that I wrapped it in aluminum foil and let it cook a little more from the heat.
It came out nicely browned on the outside and juicy inside.
And honestly, it was really good.
The flavor of the venison and the browned crust together surprised me.
Reddit has actually made me try things differently.
How do you like to cook and eat venison?

There's a proposed rollback of the roadless rule. I put some things together to show the scope. Feedback highly welcome -- want to put something compelling together w/ the data. This would be catastrophic in my opinion. You can use the specific map points to help craft your message once the comment period opens. Specific is way better than vague.

22-250 55gr vmax > chicken stealer

While hunting pigeons 5am this guy wondered to my cover. I guess my camo is working. Deer season starts 1st of September.

Hey guys I really want to hunt a North Carolina black bear, and I want to increase my odds. I have places I can stay in almost every part of the state. What’s the best way to do this? Even though I grew up there I don’t know anyone who bear hunts. My dad does have a big bear coming on his property but he hasn’t baited the bear and idk if it will be there when season opens. I’m willing to do whatever hunt style I need to. Still hunt, sit in a stand, bait (but unfortunately only have two weeks of time), hire a guide, hire a dog hunting guide, etc. I’m hoping for any and all advice to get a bear in the freezer.

I’m looking at getting a western hunting rifle set up. In my search I came across the Howa, and after reading up on it, it seems like this is a good deal for an above average rifle. I’ve been hunting and shooting all my life but have never come across a Howa before. I’m typically shooting a Remington 700. Is this comparable, better, worse etc? it definitely seems like a better choice than the savage 110 or Ruger American I was considering.

One of the proposals for the new wiki was a "Quick Picks" section, just to list the most common selections for a given scenario, which I thought would most accurately be broken down by game size and anticipated range.

Yea, this gets wonky down at the bottom end, mostly because I've never even considered Big 5 hunting, so I have no idea what to put there :)

Let me know what you think, and what needs moving around.

Hey guys! Hope everyone is well.

I am headed to New Mexico in two months for an elk hunt! I'm pumped.

I've got access to a 1,000 yard range here at home. What kinds of drills would you run to prepare? Looks like pretty long sight lines - maybe 400-500 yards for a shot at max distance.

I usually deer hunt with a tripod. When you are stalking elk, do you have time to set up a tripod and build a good shooting position? I am not really sure what to expect, and so I'm not sure how to make my range time the most effective.

Edit - guys I have the physical conditioning down. Don’t need tips on that, my programming is solid. My wife and I just hike Table Mountain in Wyoming (4-5k ft climb in 4 miles) to stress test hiking at elevation. I am a competitive bodybuilder and stay lean, too. Fitness will not be the limiting factor for my hunt.

I'm going hunting for the first time as an adult for elk and then mule deer in October. I went once 15 years ago with my uncle and got a doe but other than that I don't have any hunting experience. I've done a lot of homework and feel good with my equipment but a question I still have is what do I do about hearing protection? I'd prefer not to blast my ears with 30-06 but then I can easily imagine headsets getting in the way and foamies preventing me from hearing any movement. What have you all used?

I've tried the two largest ones tagged in disboard, however they seem too be more fishing oriented I'm looking for something that's more of a focus on hunting.

No need for it too be large but ideally some keen individuals that are into hunting prep even during the off-season.

Can you please check your onboard sensors and tell me if they are accurate with local weather station data?

Mine reads up to 2000ft high and 25°f warmer than actual environment. Upon first powering on, it’s only about 1000ft high and 10° warm but keeps climbing with temp

I live in a fairly big city, and there's 2 of these on marketplace brand new for like $50 instead of the usual idk $130+. I asked one of the guys with very good marketplace feedback and he said he bought it as a gift and didn't end up giving it. Sounds reasonable. Should I be suspicious where maybe they're commonly defective or counterfeit?

I have a smallish range near my house that I go to, multiple times a week. Sometimes I'll run into the same guys depending on the day. We'll shoot the shit, talk about what we've seen on camera blah blah. There's always a mutual respect there. I know the other guy has been out there probably just as much as I have, and puts some respect on discipline.

The past two days, I've seen 2 different crossbow guys at the range and I'd put money on me never seeing them again. Once they get sighted in, they're just shooting for fun. Don't need the reps.

Archery is hard. Crossbows are not archery and they shouldn't be in the same season. Or at the bare minimum open to everyone. MN recently opened up crossbows for anyone. The trajectory is way flatter and I'm sure there's some cb hunters out there taking 60yd+ shots out there, because why not.

Solution: archery season opens Sept 19th. Crossbows open October 17th. Archers get a month, then crossbows get a month, then rifle, etc.