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  1. brad nsw

    Good Luck to all AO tag holders

    Head out tonight for 3 nights East of San Diego. Have some good pics on game cameras but unfortunately, many pics a week ago of a Mt Lion and her cub in the area I'm hunting. Cub actually knocked over one of my cameras! Hoping they moved on...I'm hiking in, in the dark. CA no-sidearms while...
  2. brad nsw

    Lessons Learned 2nd archery elk hunt

    2nd Elk hunt, another learning experience. Went solo for 15 days up around 9,000ft in Idaho, south of Driggs for archery, 1-15 Sep. Any elk tag. Day 2 got pics of this monster at a wallow I was targeting. Sat close over wallow for 4 days and only saw moose. Day 3, tent was attacked by...
  3. brad nsw

    Leave 29 Aug for Idaho

    Unit 67 by Driggs.
  4. brad nsw

    2017 13lb SOCAL Rainbow

    Yah, probably Jess Ranch stocker. Caught it back in Feb in Lake Morena. Don't think any of them survive the summer temps there...It's pretty deep but very little flow, so it's pretty low on O2 and gets pretty warm.
  5. brad nsw

    2017 13lb SOCAL Rainbow

    Early 2017 SOCAL trout. Trolling with a Thomas Buoyant. Fed 8 for dinner and brought the other half to work the next day! .
  6. brad nsw

    Leave 29 Aug for Idaho

    15 day solo archery elk/deer hunt at 8,000ft. Gonna be sucking wind, coming from San Diego, especially if I down one! Almost sealed the deal last year with an 6x6 at 30 yds. Maybe this year is it...new Bowtech Reign 7 need a red arrow!
  7. brad nsw

    Leftover tags

    Wife got the D16 while I was in the air on the way to Norfolk, VA. Will go well with my A22. Maybe a double like year before last! Glad she was on the ball...sounds like the D16 went fast!
  8. brad nsw

    Hunting Idaho this year

    Yeah, I hunted I'D elk/deer archery for 2 weeks last Sep. Elk bulls every other day...no shots taken though. Passed on a deer at 10 yds broadside, hoping for an elk. All DYI solo at 9000 feet with OTC tags!! What a state! Good luck to you and yours!
  9. brad nsw

    Passing on my Genes D16

    Congrats to your son on his first! He looks stoked! Way to keep your head on a swivel, even in the vehicle.
  10. brad nsw

    Dad's Birthday Buck

    Super D16 buck!
  11. brad nsw

    Target practice with bow in the wind.

    I shot at two bucks that windy week about 3 weeks ago, using Montec Broadheads. I watched the wind grab them about 1/2 way (15-20) yds. Disappointing watching them arc away and miss! I went out and bought some expandables in same 125gn weight! !! Unfortunately, never got to let one fly. I...
  12. brad nsw

    Put a solid one on the ground

    Steve, Awesome D16 buck! I fish Cuyamaca often and drool over the bucks I see. Yours is the heaviest D16 I've seen. 6 years in the area I hunt and its only been in the last two years I've started seeing anything but forked bucks. Last two years I've taken 3x3s and have seen several other...
  13. brad nsw

    Less predators this year?

    I've only seen one lion in person. 75yds away and I was on my hands and knees in heavy brush. Out near Hauser Wilderness area. Here's a pair in my honey hole.
  14. brad nsw

    Hunting bow

    I just started with a bow. Went to Bow n Arrow shop. They set me up with a Bowtech Carbon Icon, arrows, target bag, trigger and string wax for around a grand. Great setup and they are really helpful sizing the bow for you and giving the basics of bow marksmanship.
  15. brad nsw

    Rifle - 1. Archery - 2 strikes/1 foul ball

    Public land in Cleveland NF. 3 miles from nearest road. Never seen another hunter. Game cameras have only picked up one other 2 legged critter...not sure he was legal:) .
  16. brad nsw

    210 yd D16 shot

    Scope: Leupold VX-2, 3x9x40mm
  17. brad nsw

    Less predators this year?

    I have pics of 2 moutain lions in early Oct. While spending 20 days in a tent in D16 during the season, had a bobcat come sit 10yds in front of my ground blind. Spotted foxes twice, and spookiest of all was an encounter with a moutain lion in the dark. It screamed at me 50yds from my tent...
  18. brad nsw

    Rifle - 1. Archery - 2 strikes/1 foul ball

    After getting deer the last 4 years in D16, decided to give archery a try for 2nd tag. 6th day out filled the rifle tag with a nice 3x3. Next 7 nights bow hunting from a tent, during that really windy week, I took two swings. 1st was at a nice 3x3 from my treestand. Shooting G5 Montec fixed...
  19. brad nsw

    Buck patterns during Rut

    Agree, they stay in an area unless pressured. I see the same ones over and over on cameras and with binos. Trick is getting them in a decent shooting lane with the limited visibility in the thick stuff I hunt.
  20. brad nsw

    Put a solid one on the ground

    Outstanding! Better than anything I've seen on public land in D16 and I spend a lot of days scouting and in the field during the season. Glad you didn't have to regret passing on the forkies. In D16, I see two horns, I shoot! Your hard work certainly paid off!

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