Brian and Aron, I've been following you guys since the summer. Just wanted to say thank you for all the entertaining moments, the things I've learned from you and I'm happy for you guys, your ups and downs. Keep it real. You are doing the things you love it seems everyday. I have become motivated again, in part by you both and all your friends, to get back into shape, to hunt harder and to include my family in the outdoors life I was drawn away from due to work and commitments. Thank you, Stay Gritty!
I Beam there is nothing wrong with that. I hunted rifle since I was a young boy, and I guess my natural progression took me to compound archery. It was less about killing and more about the challenge and experience for me. But truth be told, I still like a fun rifle hunt, bc it's what I grew up doing. Good luck on your hunts
Great podcast. I have been following you guys for awhile now and really like the topics and aspects of hunt you guys cover. I work for CPW and I just wanted to clear a few things up. As you already probably know; if you apply for licenses through the draw you are assessed a $3 application fee per species and one $10 habitat stamp for the year (April 1st-March 31st). The application fees and habitat stamps are nonrefundable. I think where the disconnect was with how much money people get back was the preference point fees. If you do not hold an active annual or big-game license from the previous year, or do not receive a license through the draw, you will be charged $40 PER SPECIES (for elk, deer, pronghorn and bear) for which you get a preference point. This fee applies to residents and nonresidents. However, residents getting deer or pronghorn preference points will be charged only $30 for each of those. For example: If a nonresident (who isn’t exempt from the fee) receives a point for all four species, they will be charged $160. A resident would be charged $140. Residents and Nonresidents are able to avoid the preference point fee by purchasing an annual fishing, annual small game, annual resident combo fishing and small game, or a resident senior fishing license for the previous year. The season dates for annual fishing, small game, or combo licenses is from April 1st - March 31st. Therefore, if a resident applicant decides to apply for elk, deer, pronghorn and bear and did not have a big game or annual license from the previous year then they could for example purchase a 2016 fishing license on March 30th 2017 even though it expires March 31st but, it would be cheaper than being assessed the preference point fees for each species. A resident annual fishing license costs $26.00 plus the 2016 $10 habitat stamp is a total of $36.00 versus paying the $140.00 in preference point fees. I am sure that Aron holds a big game license or an annual license for Colorado each year and that is why he is not assessed preference point fees for when he applies for the big game draws. However, if Aron decides not to draw or purchase a big game license or an annual license one year then the next year when he decides to apply again he would be assessed the preference point fees because he did not hold an active big game license or any of the annual licenses from the pervious year. I hope that makes some sense! Keep up the great podcast content!
Aaron, I appreciate you responding to my Feedback. Also I want you guys to know that I'm in love with your podcast. I generally go out west alone. It's very difficult to find people you can trust that have the same passion I do for the hunt let alone travel 1900 miles and leave their families and their job for 10 days. You are right about the expense, if I had my own equipment and hiked into the mountains alone it would cost less. Unfortunately, doing that presents it's own set of problems. I would need to know somebody to pick me up and drop me off. I would have to pack everything out by myself. It could be done but it would be difficult. Anyway enough of that. You guys keep up the good work and I'll keep training for the next hunt. Good luck to all of you.
Hey Brian ,Aron I'm a Oregon resident and well i was just wondering what other essential gear i should keep in my pack because idk what else i should pack for my 10-12 day backpack style hunt
Dude, y'all pleeease come to Arkansas for a hunt. I would be more than happy to take you guys on a turkey or whitetail hunt in the ozark or ouachita mountains, trophy brown trout, or obviously a duck hunt in the flooded timber...just say the word and I will arrange everything. I might be a little biased because AR is where I was born and raised, but the ONLY thing I like more about AL than AR is fishing in the gulf. AR has some beautiful country and I think y'all would like it.
New Mexico- Application fees have been reduced to $7 for residents and $13 for nonresidents (nonrefundable fees). $548 or $773 for nonresident elk and $283 or $368 for nonresident deer. When you put in for the draw here you will get charged the draw license fee, plus the application fee and hunting license ($65). If you don't draw, you will be refunded ALL but the application fee.
Come on guys, A nonresident mule deer tag is $376. And a nonresident elk tag is $676. In the state of Colorado. If you live on the East Coast let's say the Philadelphia area like me a cheap flight to Durango is $375. Now of course that does not include the $25 for the first bag the airllines gonna rip you off for and $35 for the Second bag they're gonna rip you off for, and don't forget neither one of those bags better be over 50 pounds or they rip you off even more. So that means you're going with a lot of weight on your back and some kind a man bag like a yeti soft cooler. Of course when you get there, you have two options. Do a drop camp for about $1800 where they pack you and your game in and out. Or do it yourself and buy all the equipment you would need to do the backpack hunt which would probably cost you every bit of $1800. And yes, how you gonna to get all that equipment there. Of course you could drive the 1934 miles to let's say Durango which I have done and it cost even more than the flight and add four more days away from home and work just for the drive! If you figure 8 days, one day to pack in six days to hunt one day to pack out and one night hotel stay in and one night hotel stay out regardless of whether you drive or fly. Put together a few incidentals and the true cost of the hunt is $3500. And that is dirt cheap. I know because I have done it every year since 2008.
John, It will definitely be more expensive to hunt out west when you're coming from great distances, but I hunted in Colorado for a couple years (while living in Minnesota). It cost me about $1,800, but I split the fuel with a couple friends and I already had the gear needed. I would also say that you don't need to go crazy on gear and you can build up what you need as time goes on. You may suffer more with less than desirable gear, but at least you'll be hunting. Again, this is something I've only done (hunting in Colorado from Minnesota), but my total cost was much less than $3,500. We do appreciate the feedback, as you are doing this more often than I have and we definitely want people to get multiple opinions. Good luck this season!
+Aron Snyder What's it going to take to get you guys to Arkansas for an epic flooded timber duck hunt??? All you need is a license, state and federal duck stamps, and a smile...I've got everything else covered! Or, ozark wilderness spring turkey, I'm good either way. I promise y'all would have a good time and good photo/video content.
Lampers is a great addition would like to see Aron back out with y’all also. I feel like that would be an awesome trio.
Brian and Aron, I've been following you guys since the summer. Just wanted to say thank you for all the entertaining moments, the things I've learned from you and I'm happy for you guys, your ups and downs. Keep it real. You are doing the things you love it seems everyday. I have become motivated again, in part by you both and all your friends, to get back into shape, to hunt harder and to include my family in the outdoors life I was drawn away from due to work and commitments. Thank you, Stay Gritty!
Josh M I think I learned hunting with a rifle is probably more my speed. lol
I Beam there is nothing wrong with that. I hunted rifle since I was a young boy, and I guess my natural progression took me to compound archery. It was less about killing and more about the challenge and experience for me. But truth be told, I still like a fun rifle hunt, bc it's what I grew up doing. Good luck on your hunts
hunting with traditional archery equipment is harder than wood pecker lips.
Great podcast. I have been following you guys for awhile now and really like the topics and aspects of hunt you guys cover. I work for CPW and I just wanted to clear a few things up. As you already probably know; if you apply for licenses through the draw you are assessed a $3 application fee per species and one $10 habitat stamp for the year (April 1st-March 31st). The application fees and habitat stamps are nonrefundable. I think where the disconnect was with how much money people get back was the preference point fees. If you do not hold an active annual or big-game license from the previous year, or
do not receive a license through the draw, you will be charged $40 PER SPECIES (for elk, deer, pronghorn and bear) for which you get a preference point. This fee applies to residents and nonresidents. However, residents getting deer or pronghorn preference points will be charged only $30 for each of those.
For example: If a nonresident (who isn’t exempt from the fee) receives a point for
all four species, they will be charged $160. A resident would be charged $140. Residents and Nonresidents are able to avoid the preference point fee by purchasing an annual fishing, annual small game, annual resident combo fishing and small game, or a resident senior fishing license for the previous year. The season dates for annual fishing, small game, or combo licenses is from April 1st - March 31st. Therefore, if a resident applicant decides to apply for elk, deer, pronghorn and bear and did not have a big game or annual license from the previous year then they could for example purchase a 2016 fishing license on March 30th 2017 even though it expires March 31st but, it would be cheaper than being assessed the preference point fees for each species. A resident annual fishing license costs $26.00 plus the 2016 $10 habitat stamp is a total of $36.00 versus paying the $140.00 in preference point fees. I am sure that Aron holds a big game license or an annual license for Colorado each year and that is why he is not assessed preference point fees for when he applies for the big game draws. However, if Aron decides not to draw or purchase a big game license or an annual license one year then the next year when he decides to apply again he would be assessed the preference point fees because he did not hold an active big game license or any of the annual licenses from the pervious year. I hope that makes some sense! Keep up the great podcast content!
Welcome back guys. Great seasons this year.
Aaron,
I appreciate you responding to my Feedback. Also I want you guys to know that I'm in love with your podcast. I generally go out west alone. It's very difficult to find people you can trust that have the same passion I do for the hunt let alone travel 1900 miles and leave their families and their job for 10 days. You are right about the expense, if I had my own equipment and hiked into the mountains alone it would cost less. Unfortunately, doing that presents it's own set of problems. I would need to know somebody to pick me up and drop me off. I would have to pack everything out by myself. It could be done but it would be difficult. Anyway enough of that. You guys keep up the good work and I'll keep training for the next hunt. Good luck to all of you.
Just listened to your latest. New Mexico is a lottery only system; there are no preference points.
What tent is in the picture to the video
Igor Kosterin ~ Kifaru TUT 👍🏼
Hey Brian ,Aron I'm a Oregon resident and well i was just wondering what other essential gear i should keep in my pack because idk what else i should pack for my 10-12 day backpack style hunt
Dude, y'all pleeease come to Arkansas for a hunt. I would be more than happy to take you guys on a turkey or whitetail hunt in the ozark or ouachita mountains, trophy brown trout, or obviously a duck hunt in the flooded timber...just say the word and I will arrange everything. I might be a little biased because AR is where I was born and raised, but the ONLY thing I like more about AL than AR is fishing in the gulf. AR has some beautiful country and I think y'all would like it.
New Mexico- Application fees have been reduced to $7 for residents and $13 for nonresidents (nonrefundable fees). $548 or $773 for nonresident elk and $283 or $368 for nonresident deer. When you put in for the draw here you will get charged the draw license fee, plus the application fee and hunting license ($65). If you don't draw, you will be refunded ALL but the application fee.
Your pod casts are awesome guys. Aron what unit did you draw your CO elk hunt for?
my dream hunt is a NH or Maine Moose hunt
What did brian do for a living before the podcast?
You guys are funny! Hope I run into you sometime @ Bear Creek!
Beavis...Ferry....he said ferry....(chuckle)
Come on guys, A nonresident mule deer tag is $376. And a nonresident elk tag is $676. In the state of Colorado. If you live on the East Coast let's say the Philadelphia area like me a cheap flight to Durango is $375. Now of course that does not include the $25 for the first bag the airllines gonna rip you off for and $35 for the Second bag they're gonna rip you off for, and don't forget neither one of those bags better be over 50 pounds or they rip you off even more. So that means you're going with a lot of weight on your back and some kind a man bag like a yeti soft cooler. Of course when you get there, you have two options. Do a drop camp for about $1800 where they pack you and your game in and out. Or do it yourself and buy all the equipment you would need to do the backpack hunt which would probably cost you every bit of $1800. And yes, how you gonna to get all that equipment there. Of course you could drive the 1934 miles to let's say Durango which I have done and it cost even more than the flight and add four more days away from home and work just for the drive! If you figure 8 days, one day to pack in six days to hunt one day to pack out and one night hotel stay in and one night hotel stay out regardless of whether you drive or fly. Put together a few incidentals and the true cost of the hunt is $3500. And that is dirt cheap. I know because I have done it every year since 2008.
John,
It will definitely be more expensive to hunt out west when you're coming from great distances, but I hunted in Colorado for a couple years (while living in Minnesota). It cost me about $1,800, but I split the fuel with a couple friends and I already had the gear needed. I would also say that you don't need to go crazy on gear and you can build up what you need as time goes on. You may suffer more with less than desirable gear, but at least you'll be hunting.
Again, this is something I've only done (hunting in Colorado from Minnesota), but my total cost was much less than $3,500.
We do appreciate the feedback, as you are doing this more often than I have and we definitely want people to get multiple opinions.
Good luck this season!
+Aron Snyder What's it going to take to get you guys to Arkansas for an epic flooded timber duck hunt??? All you need is a license, state and federal duck stamps, and a smile...I've got everything else covered! Or, ozark wilderness spring turkey, I'm good either way. I promise y'all would have a good time and good photo/video content.
Snyder farming some hair now huh? nice bro
"Sh#$ Happens when you party in the backcountry" new slogan for BHA. Get Ty Stubblefield on the phone!!!!
Who is Amy?
Not ones for writing things down eh? LOL
Dead fir trees are effecting the elk hunting now
HAHA Aron just admitted to not being a "Masterbaiter" Love it!!!
641$ in 2017
right, you guys aren't master baiters...