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Got my bull down Thursday morning. Was in really good rut activity the whole hunt.

Saw some pictures of a monster the Koury team got yesterday.

Update: Please welcome CWTs newest huntress and outdoorswoman. Baby Brooke was born August 29th at 7lbs 14oz. Momma and baby are perfect and I'm finally set to get a taste of what I have been watching so many of you enjoy over the years. The envy is waning. I again, can't wait to share our journey along the way.

I'm I'm 5B South and it's been a tough hunt. Going to stick it out till the end. If I fail it will be a self imposed failure. I have had some good shots at smaller 6x6's and passed. We will see what opportunities the last few days present.

Well I was fortunate enough to draw another early bull tag this year. This year I would be chasing rutting bulls with a bow in hand in a unit I personally had never elk hunted before. My hunting partner and I spent a lot of time this summer running cameras and scouting with very little to show. About 2 weeks before season everything changed and the bulls started to move in. The hunt started off great with good rutting activity and several solid bulls to chase. Opening day found me in a pocket of 5 or 6 bulls tearing up. The bulls were very responsive to calling and several smaller bulls were passed. The second morning of the hunt had me intercepting my target bull and his cows. The cows passed by me at 10 yards broadside but the bull opted to walk right to me. At full draw the bull was staring me down at no more than 4 yards when one of his cows circled behind and winded me. The cow barked and the bull started to take off. I managed to stop the bull and guessed him at 35 yards with no tome to range and let it fly but he ended up being at 51. That night while heading back to camp I had a black heffer jump in the road in front of me. As I hit the breaks and tried to avoid hitting her my side by side decided to flip over. Miraculously I walked away with a bruised arm and a sprained ankle. I ended up coming home to recover and hopefully able to hunt again later in the hunt. Wednesday I was able to head back up and give it another go. With my ankle in a brace and immobilized as much as possible I was able to stalk a great bull but was unable to seal the deal. Thursday morning I decided to head to an area we scouted and saw several good bulls. We got in the area and had bulls sounding off all around us. We played cat and mouse with a group of 6 bulls that had 2 groups of cows. After calling to the bulls for 30 minutes while working in on them one of the bulls finally committed. The bull worked from across the canyon right to me. The bull was at 30 yards when I let the arrow fly. He started to walk when I released and I hit him a little back but still in the liver. I immediately started to cow call and the bull stopped at 20 yards. I was able to get another arrow in him and this time took out his lungs. The bull ran about 20 yards and piled up. This hunt definitely won’t be one that I will forget anytime soon. Can’t thank all the guys in camp enough for all the help and encouragement.

Just picked-up my son Erik's pronghorn from last year. Jim, Cody, and team did an AMAZING job!!!!! It really looks SO beautiful!! Thanks for the outstanding work, guys!! 👍😉

Saw a photo of a big one arrowed in 3B.......big as in north of 370".

Weak backs is better than setting at home in September.

I’ll post mine up when I kill him when my ML season opens late next week. 😎

Wondering how you define "GOOD"?? Someone who kills big things? Someone who kills a lot of things? Someone who bow hunts? With a recurve? Someone who can kill something from 800 yards? Someone who can 'Rambo' to within 20 yards? 5 yards? (All of these questions are of course, rhetorical...) I'm a hunting fool, I suppose. Just want to get out with friends and especially my kids as much as possible. Makes me feel "good". S.

I got the opportunity to go on a friends archery bull hunt. First time for me to do this, tag along and help out. I learned alot but this was one of the most epic hunts I have ever been on. It was a ton of fun chasing bugles through the forest and watching them rake their racks. This one was the 3rd attempt to get on a bull. This time I dropped him off and drove around a mile on the other side where the meadow was because I knew he would chase them out of there if he spooks them, so I can get eyes on them if they ran out and radio in. Not long I got the radio and he said he stuck one. Drove back to the old logging road and hike into him. My buddy was worried about his 55 yard shot and showed right where he shot him. I looked down the narrow corridor of trees about a 100 yards down and the sun beaming on the body and antlers and said "dude your bulls right there" Hugs and congrats happen! Man that was fun!!! Sad its over. Gutted it out and drug it out into the open for some nice pics.

No elk or antelope tag here, just a ton of awesome I wanted to share with my friends here at CWT, starting with my best hunting partner Frank tagging out on a nice mule buck opening weekend with his kids and wife in tow. Most of my trips were by myself and the critters around me, but his early success provided a great glassing partner and voice of support through some frustrating times. I gave up on my tree stands this year after getting tired of waiting for the action to come to me, and set my sights on any spot and stalk coues willing to take an arrow. As usual, lots of great things happened along the way. My javelina tag was filled at the end of a long day of deer hunting. Without the need of a call, and with plenty of suspense as the herd came and went from 10 feet - 10 yards under and around the junipers, I waited for a good sized boar that needed my draw to change his course of interest, and I put an arrow front and center as he looped around back to the herd. With one success out of the way, we kept on and made sure we capitalized on Drake's favorite part of January. After many more cruising bucks and lonely does spotted, I had a day by myself that I'll never forget. I finally found a buck that wouldn't leave his doe's side, a great deep and unique fork with a manzanita-colored forehead. I stalked to 45 yards without an opportunity to get closer and the wait began for him to get up. 1 hour and 45 minutes later, a side by side with loud voices pulled up in the distance and he had enough. He rose, I drew, I released, and he jumped, far. I was left with a hand full of tail, and nothing else to show for the most ideal coues stalk I've ever had an opportunity on. The heartbreak was immediately overcome with a feeling of great success. I thought about it over and over again in my head, and I wouldn't have done a single thing different. That's just the way it goes. January 31st and 5 days later, I found myself back out on the mountain with Frank and a fresh motivation to tag out. We started the day with "deer," "I got bucks," "more bucks," and "there is the buck from last Saturday!" None wanted to settle down with the does in the stalkable country just a few hundred yards in front of us. We moved a mile further along the hunting route, only to find more does and bucks segregated. We ended up getting a really good idea of where the bucks had bedded themselves so I moved in for the heck of it, only for them to get busted by a rummaging Coati I elected not shoot at 10 yards, based on how close I thought I was to the bucks. More defeat that was out of my hands. Then, on my walk back to the area where it all began, I spotted another good fork that had just snuck into a tree line. As I moved to get the wind in my favor, a second deer rustled around at the base of a big dead oak. Although not much, I saw bone on his head and I moved in for a closer look. I weaseled my way under a big shady juniper and next to a prickly pear that put both of my last sightings into shooting range. 5 minutes later, the small buck walked along the tree line right towards me. His raised and lowered his head multiple times in confusion to the new object in his domain. He kept coming closer and ultimately, we were face to face with only a prickly pear between us. Seeing the wet of his nose, I drew from 5 feet away as his head went behind a pad, he quickly stared again. I waited for another pad to clear his vitals and his next step was one of his last. This is the smallest buck I've taken but my motivation to do so was the biggest there is. I knew that going into this hunt, I would not have an August season this year, and who knew when after that. My wife and I have been blessed with greatest gift of all due in late August, and I couldn't be happier to miss the rest of this year's big game seasons. I've been waiting for this for a very long time, and I look forward to sharing our journey in the field together for years to come. As I've done with hunting and shooting, I may be asking for a lot of pointers along the way!

Have a buddy got a 5x5 , it was weird no 2nds on either side, in 5bs friday

If you want a response you should probably post this in Spanish.

http://www.rmsgear.com/service/knife-sharpening/ theses guys sharpend my broadheads so well I get a nick if I look at them wrong

Sneak peak. Not complete, but I went down to grab a scope from Eric.....and saw my baby sitting there during the bedding.

I love these threads. In my 50 years of being alive in this great state, I’ve been all over Arizona, but these threads always remind me that I really HAVEN’T been everywhere! Thanks for sharing. I think we should have a “Where Am I“ subforum here!

😀 Ding, ding; winner!

Camp Bird, near Paxton Place?

Here he is done. Thanks Kyle and Brian. This one posed a couple of unique challeges, but he is super cool and we love the dark light contrast. Congratulations guys!

Very nice. Love the color and character of the antlers. Congrats to your friend.

: Unit 10 is a great elk unit. There are usually a few 400-point bulls here in years of good precipitation and range conditions. All you have to do is draw a permit, work hard, and be lucky. Don’t shoot the first bull you see, unless it is a real monster. Scouting is important. Respect other hunter’s opportunities. Scouting for the early bull hunt during the archery hunt should be as unobtrusive as possible. Someone else’s hunt of a lifetime hangs in the balance. Scouting and hunting from hilltop observation points with powerful optics is highly recommended. Unit 10 elk still respond to “calling” and this method of hunting can be as exciting as it gets. Pick out several different elk calls – cow calls and bugles – and practice until you sound like an elk. Instructional videos or cassettes can be helpful, but hearing real elk will also help. Vary your use of different calls and calling sounds to keep the elk on edge. Remember, elk don’t usually sound as good as champion elk callers. When a bull is worked up, almost any call will get his attention. Waterhole hunting from blinds or good hiding places can be a good method of hunting elk in the warmer times of the year. Please respect other hunter’s hunting blinds and just don’t plan on using one you didn’t put up. “Blind jumping”, similar to “claim jumping” with miners has become a problem in recent years. Hunting antlerless elk can be easy or challenging depending on your luck and existing conditions during your hunt. Again, glassing from good vantage points and watching water can be good ways of locating elk. When elk are located at a distance, aggressive hunting tactics are likely in order. A herd of elk can feed along at a relatively fast rate and can easily out-distance a stalking bow hunter. Rifle hunters have more of an advantage, but one still needs to get close enough for a good shot before the elk feed into cover. Early-season hunting is usually done during warm weather. Make sure proper care is taken with meat. Youth-Only general antlerless hunts area a great opportunity to get youngsters interested in hunting. Parents and adult helpers, please note: due to lack of experience youth hunters are more apt to make mistakes. Please make sure your youth hunter is sure of their target, knows the appropriate place to take a clear shot at the vitals, waits the appropriate amount of time to determine if the animal is wounded, and takes follow-up shots, if needed. If the hunter makes a mistake, please report it to the Department. The goal of these hunts is to teach good hunter ethics and accountability. Areas: The Kaibab National Forest portion of Unit 10 is a good location to hunt elk. The central part of Unit 10 from Mount Floyd north to Long Point, the Bishop Lake Plateau, the Aubrey Cliffs, Robber’s Roost, and Cataract Canyon all hold huntable populations. The Coconino Plateau holds a good population of elk right out in the open ‘antelope’ country far from the trees. Find an area to your liking and put in your time.

This is how I feel too...And this is what Amanda needs to adress. I have heard this statement from several people. If its not easy and fun to scroll around and read, then people will go elsewhere.