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I arrived in Southern Arizona on the first day of the year. My plan was to go out the next morning to hunt javelina and camp out. It was my first western hunt and I was very excited. I had a place picked out with help from the game and fish website, and Big Browns from the wonderfully helpful form. Well, I woke up to way more snow than I thought Southern Arizona could ever get. Being I was in a rwd truck, I had another night to stay in a motel. I spent that night fighting off thoughts second guessing myself for even trying this adventure. The morning of the 3rd, I was getting back to my hunting spot no matter what. I got to a spot to park and starting hiking with all my camping gear in my pack. I was having a ball looking at the beautiful snow in the desert, and the tracks in that snow. I came up to the first ridge and thought I would get on top of it and glass the floor for javelina. I looked out and saw little black dots walking on the snow as soon as I got to the top and before I even got my binoculars out. I heard myself say “javelina” in my head. The bow got an arrow nocked, and I was on my way to the first spot and stalk hunt of my life. I caught up to the smelly little things in no time. After a few times getting busted I got the hang of what I could and couldn’t get away with. I then got one within range and let an arrow fly. I was successful within the first few hours of hunting. What a thrill! As I was cleaning the javelina I looked around at the snow and thought of how it really helped me in the end. These little pig like mammals stuck out like a sore thumb against the white ground. I finished quartering and got the meat and skull in my pack. Instead of camping out I would go back to the motel and get the meat cleaned up and cooled down. All the camping gear was just more weight in my pack as I wasn’t going to use it that day after all. It was then I turned my attention to the harder of the two game I wanted to hunt on this trip, the gray ghost. This is when Big Browns got me in contact with CatfishKev. What a great guy. CatfishKev spent the next few days showing me where and how to spot these little gray deer. I even got a few stalks on them. I can now see why people get so worked up about Coues Deer bow hunting. So many things have to go just right for it to happen. It didn’t happen for me this trip, but there will be more tries in my future. What a blast! I’m now a believer in Arizona hunting. It will be in my dreams most nights until I get to come back and hunt this land of beauty and the friendliest of hunters. CatfishKev could be a great guide anytime he feels like quitting his day job. I really can’t thank him enough

Congrats on a super adventure! There are some good dudes around here unless you are trying to sell rare deer mules or win prizes for poached bucks, or talk about long range.

You can't go wrong with either. But if it were me and I had the 7mm stuff already I would go with a tight twisted 7 mm RM. And shoot 160+ grain bullets. The browning fits that bill also take a look at the Christensen Arms mesa too. Both nice rifles.

When the deer draw results came out I was super excited to see I was able to draw a 36c late rifle hunt with my dad, tag 124 and 125 out of 125 permits! We have been in this unit many times in the past and have seen great deer. A little pre-season scouting turned up some bucks. Including a group of 7 bucks in a small rolling canyon that is hard to glass and gets overlooked by most over the years. We chose this to be our opening day starting point, which turned out to be the perfect plan. On opening day before even legal shooting light I was able to glass up deer across the small canyon and as light approached I could tell it was one of the nice 3x3s that we had encountered on our scouting trip. Once it was light enough to shoot my dad was able to drop his buck in its tracks at just under 200 yards on his second shot after narrowly missing just over the deer on the first shot and having it come 50 or so yards closer (he has done this several times over the years and calls it the “Alan method”). After several more days of hunting and many many days passing deer and a few really large deer narrowly avoiding getting shot at, me and my dad headed back to where he was able to get his shot. Almost in the exact same manner I was able to glass up another buck standing no more than 20 yards from where my dad’s buck had been. I wasn’t sure if I was quite done having the fun of chasing these little guys around but the buck just presented too good of a target to pass. After one shot he crumpled up without taking another step.

Went up to 23 yesterday for a day of archery hunting in the snow. Spotted 1 lone javelina heading down the side of a big wash. Worked our way over and found about 7 feeding. LukeDuke worked up to the top while I stayed near the bottom. The javelina worked up to near the top of a snowy knob. Luke drew back and missed his. I had already worked up to the top and across a flat near the edge of the next wash. I found a lone boar standing near the edge and drew back and released an arrow. I heard the arrow hit something but got to where he was standing and no blood. I found blood on my arrow. We looked around and finally 1/2 hour later I noticed him limping at the bottom of the wash. Got into position for a finishing shot and then the long haul/hike back to the FJ. Thanks to Luke Duke for carrying my bow and jacket to the truck and not offering to help carry the pig. Lol! The last picture is where the pigs were feeding.

Older youth model savage axis in 7mm-08, we had a muzzle break put on it. Three magazines. Rifle is in Tucson, great hunting rifle. $350.00 SOLD

That the best javelina blood trail I’ve ever seen

I just noticed that Tayassu sounds like ASU and tajacu could be ta cu. I have seen those on mill ave. Smell similiar? 😄

Awesome, hope you kicked down a little more to the maids haha. I'm sure you'll be back in Aug since that tags gonna be burnin a hole in your pocket.

Great job and congrats on a successful first trip to Arizona! Kevin is definitely a great guy and will make a great guide when he is ready!

Congrats and yes, snow helps a ton. CWT is a great community and many will help and bend over backwards. I really like the use of the motel room for a skinning shack!

Congrats! Since it is a peccary my vote from here on out is that they are called PECCERS... Have to be careful who you tell you are going peccer hunting! 😂

Yep i use them in 10's, 12's, 15"s and only my15's are newer model. I just got wifey a smaller pair of glasses since she is kind of a fake glasser. 😁 don't tell her i said that! Plus she likes to snag my 12's when they are out on tripod. Honestly until Euro 10's i never had 10 power glass i used on tripod or chest now i use them quite often on tripod to get things started.yes i love swaros but i only give the very outside edge crispness/clarity in being better and if they are not hd swaro the euros are brighter. I do like that swaro edge but a guy can have a set of 15's and 10's in Euro for same price as 1 new 15 swaro hd and i am sorry no matter how many people disagree with me you have to literally have STUPID money to think otherwise. If you have STUPID money then good for you whoever is reading this and about to type how idiotic and poor i must be. 👍 L.O.L.

Love the 300 wm. Go w 300!!

I'd consider a lifetime license before you leave.

+1 on this.

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Since the military green long sleeve shirt is so popular, how about military green hoodie?

Anyone who wishes to know all about javelina should find and read Jerry Day's excellent treatise on the subject -- JAVELINA --RESEARCH AND MANGEMENT IN ARIZONA. As a biologist at the AGFD, Day spent years studying javelina. I think the AGFD published the book (5"x9" softcover, 122 pgs.) in the mid-1980s, so I'm not sure it's still available as a new buy. Although swine are supposedly the nearest relatives, he shows a long list of the physical differences between pigs and javelina. Also, although Day uses Tayassu Tajacu, it seems the official taxonomical name is now pecari tajacu. Here's the way the javelina fits into the biological chain, as shown by several reliable references. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Suborder: Suina Family: Tayassuidae Genus: Pecari Species: tajacu

I agree with everything Stanley wrote except one thing. For the Love of God why do people call an animal with a pig like snout, hoofs, no incisors and giant canines rodents? There's a classification system in biology called Taxonomy. Rodents are squirrels, mice, beavers etc. A javelina is in no way, shape, or form a rodent! It is indeed most closely related to, yes, swine. Its not a swine, but similar. Maybe you are being funny trying to say varmint or something like Yosemite Sam would in a cartoon but it's wrong and a huge pet peeve. Rant over!

Bump and i will accept a good best offer. Will consider trades. This is a great pack in really good condition

Had the honor to take my friend Michael to a hunt in Sonora Mexico and oh boy!...He killed a dandy of a coues!