Big Game Utah

Who likes the monsters?!? 😳

Let's all take a minute to appreciate this 393 B&C bull elk, brought back to life by our good friend, Rob King, of The KING Company !
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What a way to start off the year...!! 😲😲😎 Check out this absolute MONSTER our friend, Tayt Picklesimer , just slammed on his general season tag! Congrats man!! We are so stoked for you! 🙌🏽

Here's what Tayt had to say about his hunt:

“MOOSE” a buck of many lifetimes! Hitting the 200 inch club on a general season tag has been a dream of mine ever since I picked up a bow and started chasing these giants. Last year I thought was going to be my year and couldn’t get it done. I told Draygen Picklesimer that this year 2026 was going to be the year one of us kills a giant. From running cams, to scouting, chasing rumors I finally found a buck dreams are made of. I watched this deer every weekend for over a month and a half. Everyone always says consistency is key so I patterned this buck and on the opener he just disappeared. The second day of the hunt we still hadn’t seen him, that evening we turned him back up and man did I put the hammer down on the king of the mountain! Thanks to all the friends and family that helped me with this GIANT. I chase deer for the memories and last night is a night I will never forget, thanks to the Lord up above, who helps me smash my goals and my dreams."

was at your mama's house, when he ran into this brute! 😲😲
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A poacher has been fined and his hunting privileges suspended after a tip led to an investigation years after he killed a bull elk.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2a6k2wx7

(The face in this photograph was removed by law enforcement.)

Velvet beams and velvet dreams...bring on the shred! 😍

An odie, but a goodie, from our friends Gary and Mitch !

Utahns are getting the short end of the stick again by federal water mismanagement.

The Feds just ordered up to 1 million acre-feet (~325 billion gallons) released from Flaming Gorge to prop up Lake Powell for downstream users. This hits our recreation, fisheries, and economy hard, all while Utah bears the pain.

California tore down dozens of dams and reservoirs (including major Klamath removals) and now relies on our Upper Basin sacrifices. Meanwhile, Utah hasn’t built a major new reservoir since the late 1980s, Jordanelle and a few others wrapped up the old Central Utah Project era.

Our population has doubled since then, meaning ~50% less storage per person. Colorado keeps adding big ones like Chimney Hollow. We pray for rain and get told to conserve.

This isn’t sustainable. Water rights are property rights. We shouldn’t be paying farmers not to farm so California can keep wasting water after dismantling their own storage. Federal overreach, environmental red tape, and downstream demands are strangling our rural economy and future growth.

Utah needs real solutions: more storage infrastructure we control, active forest management to boost water yield, protecting senior rights, and putting Utah producers first, not bureaucrats in D.C. or special interests.

No more sacrificing our state to bail out bad policies elsewhere.

Utahns know how to steward our resources. Time to demand local control and common sense.