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We set out on my son’s 4th Jr hunt this week. Plenty of scouting during the archery season paid off but also made for a quick hunt. Small hike into our first glassing spot and right at first light my son found 3 bucks. A friend was helping and thought the best buck was a small 2. Later we realized he was on different bucks. We had several bucks in this canyon now. After an hour my son pointed us to the bucks he found again and told us that was a tall 3x3 and he wanted to try and get to him. We closed the distance to about 600 yards and discovered his young eyes to be correct. A very nice 3x3 in full velvet. We managed another 40 yards before the canyon dropped away from us and set up for the shot. 569, one practice shot, 540, one hit. Unfortunately the buck took a nice tumble and luckily got held up on a century plant otherwise it might have found the bottom of the canyon. Most of the velvet was damaged in his fall. We didn’t realize exactly how steep and high these bucks were until we got there. It took over an hour to get down from the ridge and back up to the other side of the canyon. 1 hour+ to get 550 yards. My son loaded all the meat and the caped buck into his pack and we were back to the truck at noon. Quick work of his Jr tag. This is his 4th coues and his best to date. This deer is all his too. He found the spot, found the deer, made the move, handled the shots, and packed him out. He’s asked to have this deer mounted and I am really looking forward to having a memory of this jr hunt forever. Gavin is confident he can give us a velvet mount. Can’t wait to see how he turns out. Thanks for reading. pics coming

Well this weekend was my son Hunters first time out with a tag in his pocket. When it was app season I went through all the choices for him and he said he wanted to put in for deer, bighorn and turkey. I’ve never hunted fall turkey before but figured if he was interested we would give it a try. He was lucky enough to draw a turkey tag and a juniors Kaibab tag. This weekend was the turkey hunt and next weekend we head to the North Rim. Although we didn’t kill a turkey it was good prep for his true “first hunt” next weekend. It was great to spend some time together and see him start to catch the bug. He has a pretty full fall ahead of him as he was also donated a cow elk tag for next month.

Man tough hunt! Pre rut activity in end of dang September. Rifle hunt. Was getting nerve block in hip openeing morn cuz pain so,bad,night before i couldn't sleep. I had high hopes this procedure would help me get around a bit better so 1 day wasted and rain was coming soon. All night bulls screaming and the moon was bright. Sat morn bulls talking but not coming to calls. I managed to hobble into a couple bulls that were chatty and dang they were in thick stuff and maybe 50 yards.. I see a nice tall 6x6 with short points but tall so i get scope on him in small opening and wait to make sure all is clear but when he dropped his head to eat a rump was at his neck line... Then up out of brush comes a giant whale tail bulls head (350ish) he was standing perfectly beside the 6. 😕 My buddy whispered something to me and when i moved my head i think the sun behind me caused flicker cuz the 6 just spun head and looked at me. I got back in the scope and the toad bull was standing straight away only presenting Texas heart shot and sorry but i'd rather have good meat then the big rack. Sat. night i sat water and 1 fox visited & a G&F guy who politely backed out but i heard same guy walked right in on aquaitence in same unit opening morn of archery. 😡 Sun morn i fully expected to shoot 1 of those bulls from Saturday.. We saw 2 monsters driving in but juat not enough light for,my aging eyes then silence fell upon the woods. Sunday night sat water and thundering bull bugles echoed out 30min before dark but not in the kind of country i could try and pursue them in with bad leg and it was clear nobody was coming to water. Monday morning after a sleepless night from sorta warm weather and a annoying loud bull we set out to try and chase bugles. Unfortunately my leg was super bad, the block helped till anathesia wore off tjen back to pain so walking was super slow and every time we got to bugles they had moved 500 yards. I told buddy (bowhunter4life) i was done and i think it's time to go home cuz pain was too bad so he asked if he should go grab the truck.. I was frustrated, how can 1 go to unit 👉9👈 with a rifle and get no bull? so i said let me take some medicine and rest foot 30 minutes and he kinda backed off and gave me room to vent my frustrations a bit. Well while venting i chose to continue a conversation with i believe the bull who kept me awake the night before. we had just spoke with him and i had even raked his rub a bit while screaming at him and he wasn't so happy. I continued screaming the bugle loud directly at him and buddy hit cow call here and there 30 yards behind me and son of a gun suddenly the screamer was 100 yards off and on same level as i so i figured this bull was in play! My buddy came over and said he is close and i was like YUP! He says can ya do it and i said meds worked lets do it. Well we walked straight at bugle which was now in a draw 150 yards or so off. I screamed loud on bugle everytime he spoke and you could tell he was not very happy with me. Suddenly after a different squeaky bull spoke we saw a spindly bull (which i would have shot) suddenly dart from thick cover and just vanish we hit bugle and the bigger bull screamed back from dead ahead maybe 60-80 yards. I got down on ground and scanned with binocs then scope and could see what sure looked like legs, belly and lower shoulders of elk. I got super low and put scope on shoulder/chest cuz facing me slighly quartering left and i asked buddy to hit bugle.. Well as soon as Mike bugled the bull buggled and his belly and balls bounced confirming target and the 300wm barked!! He ran out with leg flying all over the place. We got on his trail and found 2 tiny blood drops of blood in 40 or 50 yards.. I was frustrated and was like what the heck man i just smacked him with a 200 grain bullet at point blank kinda range and i get 2 drops of blood? Just then buddy slapped me and was like right there he is!!! Maybe 10 yards to my left. L.O.L. When Mike went for his truck to see if he could get in to us i rolled the bull over and found a busted arrow shaft and broadhead that was festering out of upper shoulder. So he is not the biggest bull but i am dang proud of him. I absolutely love this bull and the fact that i received the tag the day before the hunt started and have never hunted elk in 9, i had a nerve block the morning the hunt started, i still have post op foot! I'm way blessed to have a friend willing to drop everything and go help and a wife willing to let me drop everything and go hunt. Blessed Blessed Blessed and so very thankful. i know many people that donated tags this year were just wanting better antler/horn growth but in this case i believe it was illness so please pray for the donor. Thanks As you can tell by the boiling pot i am playing catch up with my own personal harvests so i can make room for meat, heck i even did my bison after these and it was from 2016 :]

So we are 1600 miles in to the trip so far four for four with Wyoming goats. Have two more tags to fill hopefully Saturday in Montana. Just at camp here in Montana weather is gorgeous today looks like we’re gonna have some changes coming forward looking at 48 and rain next couple days. We are just east of Broadus on some BLM land, have four groups of goats glassed up

Got a short video of this guy chasing something by the camera. Didn't appear that he got it since 1 minute later he's walking by. Would have been cool to get a kill on cam.

If memory serves me correct 36 archery elk hunters were in field thru same organization for the prior 2 weeks before my hunt 1 for sure was in 9 another was rifle early bull 23 when i was in 9 etc etc.. 👉Not every veteran is authorized nor is every service connected veteran so that is large part of the thousands of veterans Casey seems to think are eligible and waiting for a donated tag.👈 If someone is just ignorant and unwilling to understand the qualifications to receive donated tags well L.O.L. can't do much about him or her. Shoot for kids to get these tags they gotta have a terminal illness and they are only eligible till 18 so hopefully Casey doesn't get mad at them next. I was told about a organizarion in Wyoming that vetetans with 50% service connected or higher can get free hunts and sleeping quarters and food etc Veteran must only provide transportation. Multiple ranches participate and over 600 veterans involved. I was told fill out paperwork and come hunt antelope in 2019. They like to start vets with lope before elk or deer i think so they can gauge your dissabilty/ability. So i'm thinking myself and 2 or 3 other vets 50% or higher need to apply and go kill some antelope in 2019!

says the guy posting about bigeye tuna on a coues site for a month

Wow. What a waste.

Found this guy dead on the southern portion. Opening day of the second season

I almost did not post because of Casey then i realized Casey is exactly why i needed to post. People need to see Casey for who and what he is.

Times change i guess, the thread was from 3 years ago. Don’t tell me you’re a vanilla frosty guy too....haha

He ended up buying the Talley lightweight rings. Thx

I agree. It wasn’t my tag. I was just helping a friend. He was super stoked with the bull. It was his first archery elk.

Expect plenty of hunters glassing the Coconino Rim from down below in the upper basin. If it is dry, you can boringly sit water all day. I had a tag two years ago that went from dry to 10" snow and -15F, so be prepared for extremes. Most of the bulls I have seen have been at the very first and last lights. Have a good hunt.

My wife always wanted to go shoot some. Then a few years ago we got to our glassing spot while deer hunting and a fox was standing in our spot. He "batted" his eyes at her, and that stopped her interest in fox hunting.

Sorry for the sideways pic. The first week of the hunt was tough. We still got on elk but there was no vocalization. Second week was better. Bulls were talking and fighting but still not coming to calls. Called in a spike the last morning and was able to but it broadside of my buddy at about 10 yards but he was unable to get a shot. We the decided a hail marry and drive across town and try and hunt for about an hour before we had to get to work. We instantly got into some bull fighting and shot this bull at 37 yards. My advice for 11m is don't get stuck in one area. Rutting can stink in one area and be on fire in another. Be mobile. Someone mentioned A1. If I was hunting right now I would consider following that advice.

Here is the bull we were able to shoot the last day of the first 11m hunt.

Sometimes the trophy is not measured in inches, but on effort and the experience. Congrats on your archery bull.

I was in 11m for the first hunt a total of 9 days. Was one of the worst elk hunts ive ever been on. Brutal more like it. Very little bugling. We killed a herd bull that had 42 cows and it wasnt even a 300 inch bull. Tells you something when a herd bull has that many cows, and isnt very big. We felt very blessed with the bull. It felt like the bull was 360 though with how hard it was . My first experience in 11 m was a let down. All hunters we ran into had the same story as ours. Everyone said last year was great though. Good luck.

Just go to any unit and fire a 6.5cm at a random mountainside. The bullet is guaranteed to only hit a monster buck.

Sweet

I think it would be better to enforce the laws that keep people from driving off the roads at that time. I've gone into wilderness zones miles from a road and seen side-by-sides.

Yup. I'm still trying to work that out. My kid has a cow hunt in 6A, if that's goes really well and he tags out early I should be able to give it another go.

Call Josh or Alan http://azantleraddiction.com/we-buy-antlers-contact-us/

6 stolen in 19a a few weeks ago... bolt cutters. Left security boxes intact and cut lock on the ground. One belonged to me and at least five belonged to others.I don't want to talk to them, I'd like to beat the sh!t out of the low life thief, that's all. Ed F