I haven't seen much LEH discussion this year. I applied for my doe last week and caddisgirl applied for hers today.
We only applied for a doe last year... we both got it and put a weekend into it. We only keyed in on the does on last morning but no responsible shots (one was skylined and the other would have been a texas heart shot) so we went home empty handed.
This year we also applied for a shared moose hunt and made the mistake of doing a group elk hunt for a slim chance draw before realizing it would have been way better just to apply as individuals (group is only considered one applicant but might get more tags if there are leftover authorizations) but that's fine... not going to cancel/change it.
I called up my brother who just got his hunting license. I have been pestering him to apply for LEH before the system starts crashing (which started happening tonight with the site throwing SQL errors and acting laggy) as they are a few decades behind in infrastructure (autoscaling is the norm now) but fair warning to get in there soon as it will probably be unusable the last few days before the deadline ... he joined our shared moose hunt, applied as an individual for the cow elk and put in for the same doe draw. I suspect we'll get something and make a weekend or two of out it.
I never really bothered with moose or elk before since I have been so obsessed with chasing blacktails. I figure pushing my comfort zone and forcing myself to explore new places might do me some good too. I'll certainly reserve the first half of September and late October and the first few weeks of November to BT's.
It will be fun to hunt moose or elk a little bit or get a doe in the freezer. Nothing more I would rather do that let the blacktails be the exclusive cause of my insanity, but I think a little LEH will help me expand my horizons and learn a thing or two about other species and other areas... plus forces me into muley territory and I would like to think I am a formidable opponent of the muley
What is everyone elses LEH hopes and dreams? No need to be specific about which draws. What species are you hunting? How long are you camping out? Going with friends and family?