Southern Utah Desert Bucks

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Groganite

Discussion Starter · Dec 3, 2015

So I moved to southern utah this year from salt lake. I was sort of depressed from a hunting point of view to leave the Wasatch front behind...i had a lot of crazy exciting times up in those mountains and i had a few sweet honey holes that i kind of had some pride in finding. so depressed I haven't shot an arrow out of anger in months, i almost feel guilty just touching my bow knowing the neglect I've given her.

that having been said....

I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY EFFING HUGE BUCKS AS I HAVE DOWN HERE!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN HAVE THE FRONT!!!!! ALL OF IT!!!!!! EVERY DEER ON THOSE MOUNTAINS!!!!!!

In the six months I've lived here (sadly i worked too much and didn't have time to scout to make me want to get a otc elk tag. I Moved right after deer draw and surrendered my tag before the hunt for Manti unit because of work.) I have seen more giant toads in that amount of time just fartin around for an hour or two after work then I saw in five years hiking my ARSE off twice during the week after work and every weekend on the wasatch. Seriously i cant wait for this season!!! and if I don't draw I'm going to shoot every giant toad of a buck i see with my camera and post it on here just for drool factor. (locations of bucks will be highly confidential unless you have deep pockets and a REALLY cute sister)

So que sera sera. seriously i see 4 points next to the road on the way to work, all the time....you shouldve seen the 6x6 with a drop tine i saw the other day crossing right in front of my truck, i almost died from forgetting to breathe and then again from heart attack. when i couldnt get my phone to go to camera in time i felt like id just caught a twenty pound rainbow ice fishing only to have it spit the hook when i pulled it out of the ice and then fall back into the hole... and then i felt like smashing my phone in a sobbing stupor. these sunsabatches arent even going to know what hit em next season!!!! ol Groganite is back in the game boys, and hes hungry....Real hungry!! _O\\

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Critter

· #2 · Dec 3, 2015

When I lived in Cedar I found that it was quite easy to find those big buggers after the hunts but not so during them.

One friend always got a huge buck every year and was in the running for a lot of the contest that they had at the time. That was until he got nabbed for hunting in Zions National Park.

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kailey29us

· #3 · Dec 3, 2015

I have been seeing a bunch of big bucks the last couple of weeks down here, saw a huge 5X4 a couple weeks ago. It was blowing and raining real hard so the pic I got was horrible. I am headed out to the Paunsaugunt tomorrow hope to see some monsters.

bowgy

· #4 · Dec 3, 2015

Critter said:
When I lived in Cedar I found that it was quite easy to find those big buggers after the hunts but not so during them.
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Yep, with Zion National Park, Pine Valley wilderness and the Indian Reservations they have lot's of places to hide during the hunt, and they are not so doe crazy and stupid.

This time of year they are so intent on one thing that if the does didn't run away you could walk right up to them.

A couple from a few years back, first one is in my garden and the second one is across the highway from my house.

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willfish4food

· #5 · Dec 3, 2015

Kind of messed up how that little buck is watching in that second picture.

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Iron Bear

· #6 · Dec 3, 2015

^^^ kinda

He's saying. Geez if we had a 7/100 bd ratio I'd be getting to do that.

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Iron Bear

· #7 · Dec 3, 2015

I wonder how many cougar they shoot in Zion and pine valley? Just kidding I know they harvest way more cats out of those units then any other in the state. Panguitch too.

wyoming2utah

· #8 · Dec 3, 2015

Iron Bear said:
I wonder how many cougar they shoot in Zion and pine valley? Just kidding I know they harvest way more cats out of those units then any other in the state. Panguitch too.

You are so full of crap, your eyes must be brown...go look at the harvest/mortality stats of those units and you will see that they are much lower than many other units. The truth is you don't know....

Bax*

· #9 · Dec 3, 2015

Critter said:
When I lived in Cedar I found that it was quite easy to find those big buggers after the hunts but not so during them.

Aint it the truth? I swear that I almost step on monster bucks while hiking during the pre-season. But then the hunt comes along and they all turn into does....

stupid transvestite deer

2full

· #10 · Dec 4, 2015 (Edited)

That doe in the second picture does not look very happy..........:shock:

Some of you guys have to remember Bumblebee and Commanche units during the muzzle hunts in November in the old days ?
That was amazing. Too bad I was just learning muzzle guns. Missed a few toads. NO in-lines then.

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hazmat

· #11 · Dec 4, 2015

Groganite said:
So I moved to southern utah this year from salt lake. I was sort of depressed from a hunting point of view to leave the Wasatch front behind...i had a lot of crazy exciting times up in those mountains and i had a few sweet honey holes that i kind of had some pride in finding. so depressed I haven't shot an arrow out of anger in months, i almost feel guilty just touching my bow knowing the neglect I've given her.

that having been said....

I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY EFFING HUGE BUCKS AS I HAVE DOWN HERE!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN HAVE THE FRONT!!!!! ALL OF IT!!!!!! EVERY DEER ON THOSE MOUNTAINS!!!!!!

In the six months I've lived here (sadly i worked too much and didn't have time to scout to make me want to get a otc elk tag. I Moved right after deer draw and surrendered my tag before the hunt for Manti unit because of work.) I have seen more giant toads in that amount of time just fartin around for an hour or two after work then I saw in five years hiking my ARSE off twice during the week after work and every weekend on the wasatch. Seriously i cant wait for this season!!! and if I don't draw I'm going to shoot every giant toad of a buck i see with my camera and post it on here just for drool factor. (locations of bucks will be highly confidential unless you have deep pockets and a REALLY cute sister)

So que sera sera. seriously i see 4 points next to the road on the way to work, all the time....you shouldve seen the 6x6 with a drop tine i saw the other day crossing right in front of my truck, i almost died from forgetting to breathe and then again from heart attack. when i couldnt get my phone to go to camera in time i felt like id just caught a twenty pound rainbow ice fishing only to have it spit the hook when i pulled it out of the ice and then fall back into the hole... and then i felt like smashing my phone in a sobbing stupor. these sunsabatches arent even going to know what hit em next season!!!! ol Groganite is back in the game boys, and hes hungry....Real hungry!! _O\\

Ha did you just refer to yourself in the 3rd person. Good luck down there I will gladly take your vacancy on the wasatch front and the extended hunts. Hazmat out

bowgy

· #12 · Dec 4, 2015

Don't pay any attention to Groganite!!!!! Remember....he said Southern Utah Desert Bucks....the desert sun has touched his brain.....it is just a mirage ... there aren't any bucks down here.....those picks I posted were from Northern Utah..... uuhhh... yeah that's the ticket....no bucks down in Southern utah

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Critter

· #13 · Dec 4, 2015

bowgy said:
Don't pay any attention to Groganite!!!!! Remember....he said Southern Utah Desert Bucks....the desert sun has touched his brain.....it is just a mirage ... there aren't any bucks down here.....those picks I posted were from Northern Utah..... uuhhh... yeah that's the ticket....no bucks down in Southern utah

................................Jack-A-Lopes...............................

Spotnstalk

· #14 · Dec 4, 2015

Go check out the winter range around kanab. I was there a week ago looking around and the Giants have really come out of hiding. Hunted there last year some and seen nothing bigger than a fork during season though

Driftwood

· #15 · Dec 4, 2015

I camped up pine valley when the flash floods hit. Never saw one deer. They was all probably way high

hazmat

· #16 · Dec 4, 2015

Yup southern utah is definitely where it is at for very large bucks.

Iron Bear

· #17 · Dec 4, 2015 (Edited)

wyoming2utah said:
You are so full of crap, your eyes must be brown...go look at the harvest/mortality stats of those units and you will see that they are much lower than many other units. The truth is you don't know....

Hmmm. Let's just look at the numbers. In the last 4 years they have harvested 60 cats in out of Zion and 59 in Pine Valley 50 in Panguitch. in contrast 36 off of Monroe or worse 18 off Stansbury. How is the Stansbury deer herd these days? booming? How many deer tags are issued today? Idk

You only make me smarter about something Ive got handled. I was happy to see they had a big harvest on female cougar on Monroe in 2011 with 7 and 2012 with 6. Holly cow, couple that with the nearly 100 yotes taken out by chopper on Monroe the good weather and option 2 we actually can effect wildlife to our benefit. Its not all out of our hands.

Have a nice day.

Groganite

Discussion Starter · #18 · Dec 4, 2015

3rd person..yeah all the time (nuttier than squirrel turds) /**|**\\ ...Some of the bucks i saw before archery, some during, some after...i'm sure they go into hiding just like all the big ones do when they start seeing hunters in the field, after all they didn't get big hanging out next to the road. If you want the big bucks spike camps are the way to go..

lane:
Ive just never seen so many without having to work for it.

Still trying to locate the elk herd in the any bull unit down here, so far all I've seen is some sign here and there but no wapiti. From what I've heard they are pretty far and few between in that unit, up near cedar i hear is a different story but ive already got a sweet spot if i wanted a cow or spike...

Groganite

Discussion Starter · #19 · Dec 4, 2015

As far as Cougars go, TONS they may not be getting harvested but they are ever so present... In some places i couldnt throw a rock a 100 yards without hitting some fresh tracks...They even come into town once a year and make the papers. The yotes are pretty bad too, they often come into town, they know that they can hang out in the state parks and the Hippy village near snow canyon and avoid getting shot.

wyoming2utah

· #20 · Dec 4, 2015

Iron Bear said:
I wonder how many cougar they shoot in Zion and pine valley? Just kidding I know they harvest way more cats out of those units then any other in the state. Panguitch too.

Hmmm..than any other in the state? Hardly....in the past five years, more cats were harvested from the Pahvant unit, the Chalk Creek unit, the book Cliffs, the central mountains nebo unit, the beaver unit, among others compared to the zion unit (which had the highest of those you listed). The boulder unit had more cats shot than the pine valley unit as did fish lake and others.

Again, you are full of bs!

Then, to take things even further, how many cats were killed from the Henry's unit? The Pauns. unit? Both of these units are among the state's lowest...yet, their deer numbers are actually growing quite well!

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